 | 1752 - 694 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...{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,... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 Seiten
...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 mad£ of Paperi * but ' but ,thi& "being of Silk is fitter . to bear the... | |
 | William Duane - 1811 - 378 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Enfield (M.A.) - 1821 - 302 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...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 strin°. nill rise in the air, like those made of paper; bui this being of silk is fitter to bear the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...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... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 Seiten
...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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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... 
