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 141
As it is not possible to reachgreat heights with one kite, it is usual to put several on the samecord, one behind the other, and sometimes as many as nine are 120 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. joined together in this way. A kite of this kind is quite able tosupport the weight of the rope and recording… … % 1 FIG. 73.—Codys kite used as a captive balloon. An absolutely calm day or night is a very rare occurrence; andit is nearly always possible to send up a string of kites to a heightof a few hundred feet. Signalling can therefore easily be carriedout, either by hoisting flags in the daytime, or…
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