Word: drag
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Dates: during 1912-1912
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...shell is its stern, which will be square, instead of being drawn out to a fine point as in previous boats. The new shell embodies some of the lessons Mr. Crane learned in designing hydroplanes. Although it is square, it is so built that it will drag the least possible water astern. The fact that it is seven feet shorter than previous boats will materially lessen the skin resistance. Mr. Crane is convinced of the superiority of the new design from the result of many tests made in the government testing tank, at Washington, D. C. In these tests models...