Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon (1908)
Hildebrandt, A. (Alfred), b. 1870, Story, W. H. tr · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 137
at thattime.1 Some 800 yearslater another Chinesegeneral used them tohelp him to effect ajunction with his allies.He was besieged in thetown of King-Thai, andsent out a number ofkites with a requestfor speedy relief, the position of the kites showing the most con-venient side of the town for an… … Fig. 68.—The Japanese May Carp.(From the Ilhistrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, 1905.) KITES. 117 that a fish-shaped kite, called a May carp, is hoisted on thetops of the houses on May 5th, if the father of the family has beenblessed with a son during the preceding year. This takes placeduring…
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