Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 76.—Lieutenant Wise makingan ascent in a kite. KITES. 123 long, and 3 ft. broad, which was covered with cambric, and hada space in the middle to accommodate the passengers. A kite,flying at the height of 560 ft. was fastened to the top of themast, and pulled the boat along. On November 6th, 1903, hesucceeded in crossing from Calais to Dover in 13 hours. Arowing boat accompanied him, with a crew of five men, but thepace was too great for it to keep u
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 76.—Lieutenant Wise makingan ascent in a kite. KITES. 123 long, and 3 ft. broad, which was covered with cambric, and hada space in the middle to accommodate the passengers. A kite,flying at the height of 560 ft. was fastened to the top of themast, and pulled the boat along. On November 6th, 1903, hesucceeded in crossing from Calais to Dover in 13 hours. Arowing boat accompanied him, with a crew of five men, but thepace was too great for it to keep up with Fig. 77.—Millets kite carrying observers. Kites have often been proposed for the purpose of saving life atsea. They have been used for the purpose of throwing lines onboard a wreck, or from the ship to the land, and many cases areon record where they have served a useful purpose in suchemergencies. It may also play its part in Polar apart from its use for meteorological observations, it mightbe used to drag sledges, and so take the place of dogs. Thereare few things capable of such varied application as the kite. Itmay assume almost any shape, and every fresh enthusiast seemsto evolve something new in the way of design. CHAPTER XI. PARACHUTES. The first mention of parachutes is to be found in thewritings of Leonardo da Vinci, and Fauste Veranzio seemsto have risked his life at the work. Joseph Montgolfier alsomade similar experiments at Annonay before turning his atten-tion to the balloon. Sebastian Lenormand made a descent froma tree in a parachute in 1783; but hi
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