| Duncan C. Blanchard - 2004 - 228 lapas
...so long, as to reach to the four comers of a large thin handkerchief, when extended: tie the comers of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross; so you have the body of a late; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air like those... | |
| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1906 - 652 lapas
...Philadelphia, though made in a different and more easy manner, which is as follows: "Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as...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 those made... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 496 lapas
...Philadelphia, though made in a different and more easy manner, which is as follows. Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as...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 those... | |
| 284 lapas
...Tho' made in a Different & more Easie manner, which any one may try as follows : Make a small Cross of Two light Strips of Cedar, the arms so long as...extremities of the Cross; So you have the Body of a Kite, which being properly accomodated with a Tail, Loop, & String, will rise in the Air like those made... | |
| 780 lapas
...the summer of 1752, in Philadelphia. Dr. Franklin, himself, thus describes it: " Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as...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... | |
| Endless amusement - 1820 - 232 lapas
...stopped and renewed almost 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...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,... | |
| 1907 - 460 lapas
...experiment with the " lightning kite " : " Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms s& long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin...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 those made... | |
| mrs. warren - 1882 - 816 lapas
...follows—Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms of the cross so large as to reach the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief...the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, and with a tail loop and twine string the kite is made. To the top of the upright, or centre of the... | |
| 1915 - 902 lapas
...this view he made a small cross of two small, light strips of cedar, the arms being sufficiently long to reach to the four corners of a large, thin silk handkerchief when extended. The corners of the handkerchief were tied to the extremities of the cross, and when the body of the... | |
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