balsa
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Mindy, who takes to a balsa Hobie as easily as Carol once did, has bigger plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
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
It often involves getting rid of oils, chemicals and plastics, before you even get to the hull - layers of polyester resin that can be mixed with balsa wood and foam.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022
Weary had a block of balsa wood which was supposed to be a foxhole pillow.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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
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
But the balsas are the most original, and, therefore, the most attractive sight.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James
They alone employed a plank-built canoe instead of the balsas or canoe-shaped bundles of rushes of the greater part of California.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
The balsas are clumsy, and difficult to paddle.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram
