 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...silk join, a key may be fastened. •• See further on this subject, tection v. 1. VOl. Iv. X The kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be com. ing on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door, or window, or under some... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 592 pages
...hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon ; and where the twine and silk join, a key may be fastened. , The kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to...coming on, and the person who holds the string must btand within a door, or window, or under some cover, so that the silk ribbon may not be wet ; and care... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...foot or more ahove the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
 | William Enfield (M.A.) - Amusements - 1821 - 302 pages
...twine next the hand is to be tied a silk ribband, and where the twine and silk join, a key or tin tube may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming on, and as soon as the thunder clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electricity from them,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1837 - 552 pages
...foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 576 pages
...the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine job, a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
 | T. C. Thornton - Scientific recreations - 1846 - 268 pages
...wood. To the end of the twine, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, the key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder storm appears to be coming on; and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next the hand is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
 | William John Johnston - Telegraph - 1880 - 288 pages
...foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thundergust appears to be coming on, and the per son who holds the string must stand within a door... | |
 | Richard Heath - Church history - 1882 - 376 pages
...foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next the hand is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thundergust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or... | |
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This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover so that the silk ribbon may not be wet, and care must be taken that the twine does not touch... 
