Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 68
sug- srested the use of a kite as a means of establishing commu- nication between vessels wrecked upon the off-l^ang rocks of a lee shore and the mainland. Being an Englishman, he selected, of course, the inevitable bow kite (Fig. 26), with its tail festooned with bunches of paper in the manner… … Fig. 27. — The Pulley and Weight Kite. flight of the Weight and Pulley Kite. Over this pulley pass a second string and fas- ten the weight to the end, the other end of the string being
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