Word: weights
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...others; but from thirty to fifty machines intended to develop the different parts of the body, in order that no one man may take possession of a machine and monopolize it, as was too frequently the case in the past. There will be a new style of adjustable pulling weight. In principle it is the same as the old pulling weight, but in the details of construction it is vastly superior. Wooden pulleys on steel shafts have been substituted for the old iron pulleys, and the cowhide has been replaced by Manila rope. The weights are placed in a stout...
...Throwing 56 lb. weight...
...Heavy-weight tug-of-war, teams of 4 men, 2 substitutes...
...Light-weight tug-of-war, teams of 6 men, 150 lbs. and under, 2 substitutes...
...Height. Weight. Time...