Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 450
in the hour. At what rate should you thinkthe air traveled this morning, whenwe flew our kite ? inquired Louisa. I should think at about fivemiles an hour, for it was a pleasantbut gentle breeze. Mr. Seymour now, at the earnestrequest of the whole party, whohad been on the tiptoe of expecta-tion,… … 168 PHILOSOPHY IN SPOE-1 ment of a circle, the obliquity of whose surface increases asit recedes from the center of motion ; this flyer, as you see,is attached to a spindle, around which the string that is toset it in motion is carefully wound, and the whole is adaptedto a stand. Let us now join…
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