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THE SHIP KITE sails on the wind as if riding on the waves, the sails are so 



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! children. Kites of this type have attained the height of two miles. Thej' go straight up 



, from the hand like a bird. Will fly ia a moderate breeze, and yet no wind short of a 



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THE BLUE HILL BOX KITE is the invention of H. H. Clayton, Chief Observer 



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From the Nctv Vo?'k Herald^ March 3rd, 1899:— "New Kite-Flying Record, 

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 Mass. — The record for high kite-flying was broken at the Blue Hill Observatory, 

 Tuesday, when 12,507 feet above The sea-level was reached by a recording instrument 

 attached to a string of tandem kites. This is 383 feet higher than the preceding best 

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 temperature was twelve degrees and the wind velocity fifty miles an hour." 



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