balsa
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The roomy interior was cooled by dry ice, with a single headlamp and a crush zone of balsa wood installed in front.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
He laid out the physics hurdles of such an epic voyage and even crafted a prototype spacecraft from poster board, balsa wood, and Elmer’s glue.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
"My mother gave me her grandfather's hammer and some nails and I had some very soft wood called balsa wood so I'd hammer nails into it and make sculptures," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2022
Guided by laser markings, the crew is lining the sides with panels of balsa wood.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
A glass-paned cupboard was crammed with damaged balsa airplanes.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
They were taking many of the same chances as their theoretical primitives: the raft was modeled after the balsas of the ancient Peruvians.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to Peruvian tradition, the Inca Tupac Yupanqui sailed a large fleet of balsas into the Pacific, about 1470 A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
This watery labyrinth was navigated by the Indians in their balsas; and, secure in their retreat, they contrived to make inroads on the Spanish towns in the neighbourhood for a length of time.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
The balsas cannot beat to windward, but behave very well in shallow water with a favoring breeze.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham
At length the Spaniards embarked in twenty balsas, and came in sight of the native squadron.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
