The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
MONSTERS AMONG KITES.
ENORMOUS T. TTHINGs muir M
VIRIOUS MEN.

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A Kite as BIE as y Two.siory House xet
BcinF Csnatructsd-Hoys Tnwrd by u seven.
teen-Footcr-A G. Gris,Void's Grotesaue Kite
Directions for Making n High FiSinE Kite.
While science, through the efforts Of William
A. Eddy, Gilbert T. Wooplom and others,
has taken tho kitc and made II perform
wonders at an elevation OF about two miles
until II has become n valuable scientific instru-
ment, tho everyday kite has not been neglected
by tho laity. A monster kite now being built
by w. II. Marklo Of South bethlehem, Pa.. is 40
big as n two.story house. 1t Is % feet high, ~
feet wide and triangular in shape. Tho sticks
are Of whito pine, btS by . inches, taporing 10
1S inches at tho extromities. At the angles
are two inch screw eyes to which are attached
the canvas sail corners. Mr.. Markle has flown
the kite only once so far, and thon It began to
carry him M with IL, supporting him steadily
while he climbed down hand over hand.
Another largo kite has been built by r. n
Ramsey, II cigar manufacturer, Of Lebanon,
Pa. 1t is Is feet by IL feet and the top is orna.
monted with gold stars and tho lower part
with red and blue stripes. When he started 10
up on a trial trip IL ran away with him, and 10
took six men to hold It down.
A kite II feet high and IL feet wide has been
made by A. Andrews, Arthur and Leon Bunneil
and Wallace Cook Of Terryville, Conn. It 10
covered with ffty-four yards Of canvas and
weighs fifty pounds. having a tail 124 feet long.
It carries 1000 feet of line, and one day 10
dragged tho boys, seated In q light buggy, sir
miles down the road.
Fortune Labado of Nyack, N. Y, has made .
folding kite on the umbrella plan. offering great
resistance and perfect stability. The frame con.
sists Of eight ribs. The tail is a cord with light
canvas pockets, in which sand or pebbles are
placed for ballast.
Anotbor largo ti,o Il, TINT NJ ceoroe Tbor,so,
of Dudley Hill, England. It has a rib franc Of
ash and Is % feet high. IA feet wide. 65 feet in
circumference and weighs forty pounds. Its tain
is 1875 feet long and 1t takes four men to fly 1t.
A very large grotesque kite lie now being made
BY A: c. Griswold of this city. 1t is IL feee
wide by 10 feet deep and is built on the old
added for Tho ton and light side stavs r. ron
aeuou ior inc 'op ana hsh. Siae s'aSs. i'rrp,
trying to balance himself on his abdomen on a
pedestal which is really the tail. and is formed
of a broad band of canvas painted to look like q
column. At the back of this band are ten or
twelve pairs of rldiculously small legs nttod
with double springs, and as the man wriggles
and twists in air to preserve his balance. first
II pa,r VI iesS Shoo's u { "no'"ef II" '"
on until he is like a centipede.
cn IN spe ca Meo OF ny s ing t ,n : s TO great rsnor se,sN''
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oho Soh bf'o ohis ONA pNSs
ting them together will only come by practice.
and many kites will DO built before one win fly
satisfactorily to a great height. / never make
q kite Of less than thirty six inches. The two
s,icks mr.. In avery case nj eonaI length. the
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