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Plumb and Level
A free-thinking seventeenth-century Frenchman by the name of Monsieur Thévenot published a book, in 1696, entitled L’art de Nager [1], the English translation, The Art of Swimming, being published in 1699. The book is, indeed, a treatise on swimming – … Continue reading
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