Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 480
n a large multiplying-reel. and were ready for business. i89?.] EXPERIMENTS IN KITE-FLYING. 467 At the first trial thekite would not fly.This was due to lackof sufficient wind forso large an affair, aswe afterward dis-covered. A secondattempt was entirelysuccessful. In a moderatebreeze the kite… … ing made thekite fast to afence, whilewe rested, webrought out alarge spring-balance, andhooked it toa loop in thecord. The bal-ance showeda strain onthe cord ofover twentypounds. We foundit hard toget the kitein ; one childturned thecrank on thereel, while 1walked thekite in, withthe cord overmy…
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