| Willis Luther Moore - 1900 - 168 Seiten
...the top of the upper right stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp pointed wire rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next...may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming on and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or... | |
| William Jay Youmans - 1897 - 896 Seiten
...To the top of the upright, stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next...may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming oh, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 378 Seiten
...To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon ; where the silk and twine join a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust... | |
| Willis Isbister Milham - 1912 - 660 Seiten
...To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next...may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1912 - 274 Seiten
...To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharppointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silkzo ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised... | |
| William S. Walsh - 1913 - 990 Seiten
...the top of the upright stick of the cross is to he. fixed a very sharp pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to he tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk ami twine join, a key nuiv be fastened. The kite is to he... | |
| Alexander McAdie - 1917 - 344 Seiten
...is, roughly, top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a sharp pointed wire rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next...may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
| Mickey S. Eisenberg - 1997 - 326 Seiten
...for his 1752 experiment demonstrating the electrical nature of lightning. As he describes it, "The kite is to be raised, when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on (which is very frequent in this country). . . . The pointed wire will draw the electric fire . . .... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...To the Top of the upright Stick of the Cross is to be fixed a very sharp pointed Wire, rising a Foot or more above the Wood. To the End of the Twine, next...the Hand, is to be tied a silk Ribbon, and where the Twine and the silk join, a Key may be fastened. This Kite is to be raised when a Thunder Gust appears... | |
| James Campbell - 1999 - 316 Seiten
...To the Top of the upright Stick of the Cross is to be fixed a very sharp pointed Wire, rising a Foot or more above the Wood. To the End of the Twine, next...the Hand, is to be tied a silk Ribbon, and where the Twine and the silk join, a Key may be fastened. This Kite is to be raised when a Thunder Gust appears... | |
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