Notes on an Aluminium Kite

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I have made many kites subsequently, and of many different forms, but always came back to that represented in the photographs before the meeting. It resembles in some particulars that of Mr. Cody, though I had made it long before I had seen or heard of Mr. Cody's kite. The essential difference is in the wings, where I do away with the eccentric protuberances which he favours. One particular feature I would point out is my employment of steel springs to fly the kite from at the kite-end of the connections. Mr. Cody employs all his springs at the winder end, but I find the double use of springs renders the flight of the kite infinitely more steady.