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 138
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… … Fig. 69.—Hargrave kite. by Mr. Patrick Y. Alexander during the last few years, and is calledby him an aerosack. It may be described as consisting of a pillow-case, into the mouth of which a hoop has been inserted. If it ishoisted on a stick and kept with its mouth towards the wind, itbehaves in…
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