 | 1826 - 502 страници
...kites according to the method which had been projected, and affording them abundance of proper line, the uppermost one ascended to an amazing height, disappearing at times among the white summer-clouds, whilst all the rest, in a series, formed with it, in the air below, such a lofty scale,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1901 - 1060 страници
...clouds. Those kites, from -t to 7 feet high and covered with paper, were fastened om behind the other, each kite taking up as much line as could be supported,...thereby allowing its companion to soar to an elevation pro]>ortionally higher. It is related that "the uppermost one ascended toar, amazing height, disappearing... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1901 - 1058 страници
...clouds. These kites, from 4 to 7 feet high and covered with paper, were fastened one behind the other, each kite taking up as much line as could be supported, thereby allowing1 its companion to soar to an elevation proportionally higher. It is related that ''the uppermost... | |
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Their kites, from four to seven feet in height, and covered with paper, were fastened behind one another, each kite taking up as much line as could be supported, thereby allowing its companion to soar to an elevation proportionally higher. It is related... 