Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 452
reaterthan is sufiicient to counteract its gravity, the flyer mustascend in the air, just as the bird does, in prriportion to thatexcess. You are quite right, continued his father, and I needhardly remind you of the importance of atteadin^ to the an-gular adjustment of the vanes to insure the… … CHAPTBE IX. A SHORT DISCOURSE. THE SHUTTLECOCK. ITS CONSTRUCTION. THE SOLUTION OF TWO PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH ITS FLIGHT. THE WINDMILL. THE SMOKEJACK. A TOY CONSTRUCTED ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE. THE BOW AND ARROW. ARCHERY. THE ARRIVAL OF ISABELLA TILLERS. Me. Twaddleton, on his arrival at the Lodge on…
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