 | Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 lapas
...Philadelphia, thongh made in a different and more easy manner, which is as follows: Make a. small eross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reaeli to the fonr corners of a large thin silk han.lkerehief when extended; tie the corners of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 552 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... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 lapas
...1752, in Philadelphia. Dr. Franklin, himself, thus describes it: " Make a small cross of two liglit strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the...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... | |
 | 1839 - 230 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 576 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 to reach to the four comers of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the... | |
 | T. C. Thornton - 1846 - 268 lapas
...continue moving so long. THE ELECTRIC KITE. Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms 1o long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin...extended; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremity of the cross ; and you have the body of the kite, which beiug properly accommodated with... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 374 lapas
...thunder-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. . 10. " He then tied the corners of the handkerchief to the extremity of the cross, and fixed a very... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 lapas
...Philadelphia, though uiaJe 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... | |
 | John Wesley - 1871 - 104 lapas
...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 Extremeties of the Cross; and so you have the Body of a Kite: Add to this a proper Tail,... | |
 | William John Johnston - 1880 - 288 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 to reach to the corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended , tie the corners of the handkerchief to the... | |
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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... 
