| 1752 - 696 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...October 19< 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 Polehampton - 1815 - 628 Seiten
...different and more 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,... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 Seiten
...different and more 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 Seiten
...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,... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 Seiten
...different and more 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...extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite, which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air like... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...more easy manner, which is as follows : Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the ;u lns so long as to reach to the four corners of a large...extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite ; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and String, will rise in the air, like... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...though made in a 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...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... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 Seiten
...different and more 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...extremities of the cross : so you have the body of a kite ; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air like... | |
| 1834 - 270 Seiten
...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... | |
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