Word: naptha
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Bushnell, Yale '88, has loaned the Yale Navy a naptha launch to be used in coaching the crews...
...junior crew did not row during the latter part of last week on account of the high wind but went out as usual yesterday. The crew has been loaned the use of a small naptha launch which has proved to be a great convenience in coaching as it is almost fast enough to keep up with the barge...
...Leitrim, T. J. Manahan '96; - , C. F. Lyman '96. Catboats - Calypso, George Derby '96; Pooh Pooh, J. C. Fairchild '96; Tycoon, J. L. Stackpole, Jr., '95; In It, R. B. Williams '96; Algol, J. R. Bullard '96; - , J. Sargent, Jr., '95. Steam yacht - Cora, D. U. Morris '96. Naptha launch - La Miserable, C. A. Pierce...
Thomas Stevens, of bicycling fame, has the first chapter of "Across Europe in a Petroleum Launch. From the German Ocean to the Black Sea." It is the description of a trip in a naptha lauch, up the Elbe, across to the Danube, and down to the Black Sea. The syle is very bright and vivid, and the article makes delightful reading, like nearly all of Stevens' work...