The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-13
SCIENTIFIC KITE FLYING.
EXPERIMENTS ~ 4 fJ-NfLE GAZE
ON SOrTH BROTHER.

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IN. IN sa'u.oy ',o ,, thero was q aueot
'''u' Vi iop's anu '.e' a"" reois anu oi'S Oh
.,o'i o'.. ,' "oouv I'll. noo. anu iurniture Oh
.'o q, ''o ioo. VI i''S' io'th street
,o,he."ins ,ess WA" uoZsn mon "ere bnsy-
lhR ,'ion,seres over TINS inter- laying OUT a
wooden frame upon tho floor and spreadin.
. lot Of fas,.nins and '''u norryir r ~, VA
frame and the oiod silk wcro put
in an upright position Than everybody
saw that it was a kite. not an ordinary school,
strength as no man hcroabouts had seen bc-
.oie ."e 'ac. was 'i"t ~, ,,'s W''s tSoi'yl's
expedition. led by Dr. j. Woodbridge Davis Of
wa n,a.,t,'I,. ,,.'. ,i'tr,,,ii,io,, ,',t
~, mn o,e' '"'nt was io"'' wv ''',on
whitecaps for dssolato it'll, South brother
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The li,os that DR.. !. Woodbridge Davis had
made had six corners The sticks wore rs
hoavv ns ~. HEAVIEST y Ioth, and wrre made Of
stout wood and With no attention 70 weight at
alL He had thrcs Of these heavy sticks in each
screw SO that they could be opened out to the
IN. md ins,snd NJ usin,. tissue n,nsr ,s n
up anu ihs's"" y, ". .'sau' P ,'i. Us a
,Iuck for others The brillea were arranged
,""rn os ,hn hri,ln ~ small boys kit" and
.i',.a ,' 49, ,,m ,,.,,i.,,, ,,',, ~
kno;ted clothes line. The BEAUTY of the,e
Eitcs was thnt wien they w.r. rjgced they
could DO folded together and wrapped W. SO
that. With moment or tw" work. they would
t Kte F'D.d f,M '.s' Wien resting ~ inc e''s ''
N%uih Dt"lner Issn ilo IS sha ; '"T aN
jr,n str,on 1yct is d"so,n,s ar. or 20 Of land
~" n s s1, day yss,sy.S tnrSa t ,9
Nav II nn" WAR VIA rntr Win ~ pry,s
ap n h 'na ve[ n% WI t6 wind wa Ii dw Is
Eey ptts T Gould NJ bny lV N" ~ ue s'o''
nrH srnHo, ses +" w9Ek to sn'nE a9Hn sGe
to sand p OF sevent tse ponpds order
cnnn oe pte e IN oe pay tran s W ,b. rae
two pI!leys wste fastened to stakes a short
in Gns Of the Mbss ana linz
t ANA yar.a o w'1 Wnsn VA
o1I he 5 wsse is, 20 IL SIX y3nhs msn hslh
had cot cauyht in sons weeds ,s nnd ' tho tho
VIII h.oSen s'iGk Rr pay, had had this
sxnSrincn,ts; These ,rAIet;mIns Mad t" ts
r raanv "u" III one" BLK MIG was n'aae
I,l,z ,nz -
insrenn q, "rnSnns aii SIX It. ,n from the
r.ntra ma vino ths str rin re that ps tba
srhnonnv .'e naris bsS bron. ~ t ths
tHres stT n on each sde together and had
snI ~, nnd linz ,ren ths nther tis nt thn
ih ~" ~ ing aaitn ~ tS ..e W. a. n,o
n. XII liyhtar cord ia.tanad re- ths ton ma, If
e Kite Tms cord 1t Was TO be- paid out out 1 "a
'l IN 81 i.s vnslr an hsd II, tba b,o ,;,od ell,
kite an Uass man, es 'r III" I reels es' pun
$50" 'ho oii'A s1'NA
iset Of lSoped Clothes line hanging far I.iS~
Gar or w. sh a. w"tar n"''e" "p =" '''e @"'
ia" S"w ST.. t iii. ..ivnntage o., this line to the
ro . f ne u's thc , rel inS IN
@ sr ths nj, n ~" II. sm ~ lni rmE
ant Jrn,, mt ~. end OH OF yr vas to ~
r,rbt nor 20 the e'ts III bJ imY
straight and gently through the air. As soon
IS as ~ doctor 5tcpGISSl PAYING out lie lino
t"nary Dr. Davis had is " perpend;rniur mo-
ton ander perfect control. pS'rs"a'sa'A' nl'
reajs :pia at s mo a''al'use VI having Two
AM And he cirinped the left-hand reel and began
W. ris tbnnT Iira oraw sIS"E he kjta svant
towy arona to OH, IT, i LIT: until i. hal
~ tmn rirbt + nd lima and rad ont ths ntt.
s% s"% s'sa4I'y ss %I; tn and
mrI ~. 81 ~ =, .r IN INN , irsciin ~
Stacking or ti.I.isrinc tL. ton line DR.. Davis |
r",iI Nh; .hH. Ia .,u ,unt,n m IN r,wn,a,r
doWnwnri n,iryr' ''''''0'' ~ AL
Tho Kite had been built for forty.mile wind. |
and thn ines ,vrrn tcStnI In hea Nat nrHssnra
"'The nuii OF tits Eit. in a tSrty.miIs Wind;
said Dr. Davis. is more than a horse exerts |
when ha draws a load weiphipG a ron over a |
leve ruad A hors" nu,iiuEsucit \ load is sun |
nos.d TO- re puIiinr at the rate Of about iuO |
,nSmnis THa Strnioo ~ thGo riSo 10 go III AZ |
bounds an arid that the wind IA roo birb |
and flat tn. iinys viii treaK." ''''' 70 WV 's"
tho lines did break. and "I liz Ike tumbled
W wn nu nay 'e ts1 'ne Wa'GT nos h wre
Relied It Was lot 20 a;a ard rose hi S5ve
NE .on r 1r, ~ne,9 "a, at ~ E n,r VIZ" r'Lss
!ton thst hni cone 10 among Them p ' Dr. nr.
" az, L"fnu ~ hil - ~ NJ .'; az ~ ~
di, s when tho limo Sroko again. and the
'Fss nsm t TO Ha ~ sy;s nron,eos q, +io t.o
of Ills kites to small bout viii centreSo ard
Emu max LIZ VI e,io .uis"h nhst. Ni.h