Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
- Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
Infobox Book
name = Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
orig title = Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
translator =
image_caption =
author = Victor Appleton
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series = Tom Swift
genre = Young adult novel Adventure novel
publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
release_date = 1910
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 200+ pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle
followed_by = Tom Swift and His Airship
"Tom Swift and His Motor Boat", or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa, is Volume 2 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Plot summary
Tom Swift's father, a world famous scientist, has been robbed of one of his greatest inventions, and it's up to Tom to bring the criminals to justice without getting himself killed in the process. Unfortunately, Tom himself quickly becomes a target of the rogues' anger when he unknowingly buys a boat in which they had hidden a stolen diamond. Tom must use every bit of his wit to keep himself ahead of the gang of hardened felons.
Inventions & Innovation
* Tom purchased a used two-cylinder "family cruiser" lake boat at auction with the intention of customizing it. The model he purchased would have been from between the years 1900-1910 and was twenty-one feet in length. Among his modifications were: ignition system, water pump, oil system, spark plugs, and fuel tank. In the end, the cruiser's two-cycle engine was able to outpace the three-cylinder engine of his nemesis, Andy Foger.
* Barton Smith, Tom's father, was perfecting his latest invention: an electric gyroscope to be used in airplanes.
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2273 Tom Swift and his Motor Boat e-text at Project Gutenberg]
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