 Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended...  A History of Science - Page 294by Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1752 - 694 pages
...handkerchief when ftretched out. Tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the crffs : So you have the body of a kite, which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and firing, will rife in the air like thofe made of paper; but thii hem; of (ilk, is fitter to bear the... | |
 | 1752 - 696 pages
...of two light {trips of cedar, the arms To long ai to reach to the four corners of a large thin filk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the crofs.fclb you have the body of a kite ; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and ftring,... | |
 | William Duane - 1811 - 378 pages
...1752, and appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine. " Make a small cross of two light slips of " cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four " corners of a large silk handkerchief when ex" tended; tie the corners of the handkerchief to " the extremity of the cross;... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...easy manner, which any one may try, as follows : Make a small cross, of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handker. chief, when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1817 - 276 pages
...experiment. Make a small cross of two thin strips of wood, the arms being just so long as to reach the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended. Tie the corners of this to the extremities of the cross, and so you hav e the body of a kite. Add to this a proper tail,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...different and more <-:asv manner, which is as follows : Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of...extended; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremitieg of the cross, so you have the hody of a kite ; which .being properly accommodated with... | |
 | 1834 - 270 pages
...gust, without tearing. He first made a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms of which were so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended; he then tied the corners of the handkerchief to the extremity of the cross, and fixed a very sharp... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 pages
...Philadelphia. Dr. Franklin, himself, thus describes it: " Make a small cross of two liglit strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of...extremities of the cross, so you have the body of the kite ; which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop and string, will rise in the air like... | |
 | 1839 - 230 pages
...instantly, as if at the word of command. The Electric Kite. MAKE a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of...of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross ; and you have the body of the kite, which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string,... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1894 - 810 pages
...Philadelphia. Dr. Franklin, himself, thus describes it: " Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of...extremities of the cross, so you have the body of the kite ; which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop and string, will rise in the air like... | |
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