Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 688
ensue, and with a tail the latter would be equally certain. It is necessary, there-fore, that the kite be inclined, and this is effected by the string being attached at such a point as toleave more surface (and therefore, a greater pressure of wind) below the point of attachment than aboveit. This… … sity of which is represented by the line on, must be resolved into two portions, one parallel, and theother perpendicular to the surface. The former portion o a has no effect; the kite is pressed only bythe other portion, in the direction o b, in which direction it would move, if it maintained its…
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