Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 773
l, and willhave no trouble in seeing that their path is notreally a straight line, but is made up of curves;although most birds flap their wings so rapidly thatthey have no time to fall through a space greatenough to be seen. Birds also make use of thewind to aid them in flight, and by holding… … A SKILLFUL FLYER. rim of bone along the front edge of a birds wing,and cut out a small strip of wood, about as thickas a match and twice as long, and run this throughthe two slits, b, b, to represent the body of thebird. If you hold this model about three feet fromthe ground, and allow it to fall…
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