Word: kites
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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From the very beginning the aim of inventors has been to arise in a machine which is heavier than air. There were two kinds of these machines, one like a bird, with wings to flap, and the other like a kite. The former has turned out to be worthless, but the latter has been developed into the aeroplane. The first attempt to fly in one of these machines was made in 1894 with little success. Not until almost the beginning of this century when Langley, Chanute, and the Wright brothers turned their attention to this invention was anything like success...
...Arequipa station the total number of stellar photographs taken during the year was 3,509. Meteorological observations have been continued as in former years. Very extensive and important work is being done at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in the way of atmospheric observations. Kite-flying is an effective method of observation...
...addition the report contains a detailed statement of the work carried on this past year in Cambridge, and at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory. The average of the highest altitudes obtained in each of the kite-flights, made in confection with observations taken at the latter station was 6,940 feet above sea-level, and the maximum in any flight 11,180 feet...
...work at the Blue Hill Observatory, under the direction of Mr. Rotch, has been for the most part in the nature of determinations, day and night, of the atmospheric refraction above land and water, Commencing in December, 1901, kite flights were made on a fixed day each month in co-operation with simultaneous ascensions of balloons and kites in Europe...
...addition to the regular routine at the Blue Hill station semi-daily observations have been made of audibility and of the refraction of Mt. Wachusetts. The possibility of kite flying in calm weather from moving steamers was demonstrated. This discovery will open an extensive field for research, especially in the tropics...