What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 38
so simple in its construction that a lengthy descriptioaof how to make it would be out of place. All that is necessarjl Kite Time. 17 is to place the diagram before you (Fig. 19) and go to work.Suppose you want your kite to measure two feet from tip ofnose to end of tail, the spine or centre-stick… … fto, 19.—Frame of Turtle-Kite. Fig. 2a—The Turtle Kite. legs eight inches below the fore-legs. Adjust the hoop so thatit will extend four inches above the fore-leg stick, and the samedistance below the hind-leg stick. Let the diameter across thecentre from side to side be about fifteen inches. Put…
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