Parakites : a treatise on the making and flying of tailless kites for scientific purposes and for recreation (1896)
Woglom, Gilbert Totten · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 29
ams the full lines show the framework-slips of bamboo ; the broken lines show the surrounding cord, to which the margin of the paper cover is pasted ; the converging lines projected from the points on the face represent the bridle. They require tails, and fly only in light winds, but will not… … tint which is rarely completely eradicated by bleaching ; they prefer the tint, to weakening its tensile strength by the bleaching processes. The kites represented in diagrams B and C do not dart about the air, as do those shown in diagram D. Such as B and C are sold in their shops. The complicated…
Kites · Kites (Meteorology)
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
