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" 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; tie the Corners of the Handkerchief to the Extremities of the Cross, so you have the Body of a Kite; which... "
The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science - Page 267
by Edward Polehampton - 1815
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London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 21

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...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 22

1752 - 696 pages
...{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,...
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Philosophical essays

Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 pages
...handkerchief f when extended ; tie. the corners of the. hand* kerchief to the extremities of the erofs, fo you' have the Body of a Kite ; which being properly...accommodated with a Tail, Loop, and String, ; will riCe in' the Air like thole madĀ£ of Paperi * but ' but ,thi& "being of Silk is fitter . to bear the...
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An Epitome of the Arts and Sciences: Being a Comprehensive System of the ...

William Duane - 1811 - 378 pages
...of a large silk handkerchief when ex" tended; tie the corners of the handkerchief to " the extremity of the cross; so you have the " body of a kite ; which being properly accom'** modated with a tally loop, and string, will rise " in the air like those made of paper, but...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...I. Letter from Benjamin Franklin, Esq. to Mr. Peter Collinson, FRS dated Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1759. As frequent mention is made in the public papers from...properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, wilt rise in the air like those made of paper ; but this, being of silk, is filter to bear the wet...
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...strips of cedar, the ;u lns so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief...being of silk is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp...
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Scientific Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics: Including Arithmetic ...

William Enfield (M.A.) - 1821 - 302 pages
...it, by fastening the four corners to two slight strips of cedar. The handkerchief thus prepared and accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air like a common paper kite. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a pretty sharp pointed...
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...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 a tail, loop, and strinĀ°. nill rise in the air, like those made of paper; bui this being of silk is fitter to bear the...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 pages
...to the extremities of the eross, so yon have the body of a kite ; which heing properly aecommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air, like those made of paper ; bnt this heing of silk is fitter to hear the wet and wind of a thnnder-gnst withont tearIng. To the...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volume 32

American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 pages
...strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large, thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief...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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