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Box kite — Diagram of a box kite Hargrave (seated) and Swain demonstrate the Hargrave box kite, November 1894 … Wikipedia
box kite — noun a kite shaped like a box open at both ends • Hypernyms: ↑kite * * * noun : a kite without a tail much used formerly in meteorology and consisting of two or more open ended connected boxes called also cellular kite, Hargrave kite, tetrahedral … Useful english dictionary
Hargrave box kite — kite designed, built, and flown by the aeronautical pioneer Lawrence Hargrave (Hargrave, Lawrence) in the 1890s. Hargrave began his experiments with kites in 1893. His goal was to build a kite so efficient that it would advance into… … Universalium
List of books about kites — This is a list of books about kites. Non fiction * 2008 Mini Kite A Day Box Calendar by Jeff Cole, Wayne Hosking * Asian Kites: Asian Arts Crafts for Creative Kids by Wayne Hosking (2005) * The Art of the Japanese Kite (1974) by Tal Streeter *… … Wikipedia
Kite types — Colorful delta wing kite Kites are tethered flying objects which fly by using aerodynamic lift, requiring wind, (or towing), for generation of airflow over the lifting surfaces. Contents 1 Kite … Wikipedia
kite — kite1 kiter, n. kitelike, adj. /kuyt/, n., v., kited, kiting. n. 1. a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2. any of several small birds of the hawk family Accipitridae that have long,… … Universalium
Lawrence Hargrave — Lawrence Hargraves (29 January 1850 – 14 July 1915 [Some older sources state that he died on 6 July 1915.Fact|date=July 2008] ) was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. Early life Hargraves was born in Greenwich,… … Wikipedia
HARGRAVE, Lawrence (1850-1915) — pioneer in aviation was born in England on 29 January 1850. He was the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave (1815 1885), an English barrister, who came to Australia in 1857, and his wife Ann Hargrave. The elder Hargrave was appointed a district… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
Hargrave, Lawrence — ▪ British aeronautical engineer born Jan. 29, 1850, Greenwich, London, Eng. died July 6, 1915, Sydney, Australia English aviation pioneer and inventor of the box kite (Hargrave box kite). Born and educated in England, Hargrave… … Universalium
Dihedral (aircraft) — For other uses, see Dihedral. The upward tilt of the wings and tailplane of an aircraft, as seen on this Boeing 737, is called dihedral angle Dihedral angle is the upward angle from horizontal of the wings or tailplane of a fixed wing aircraft.… … Wikipedia
Hargrave — /ˈhagreɪv/ (say hahgrayv) noun Lawrence, 1850–1915, Australian aeronautical pioneer and explorer, born in England; his experiments with models and kites contributed to development of later aeroplanes. Lawrence Hargrave arrived in Sydney in 1865… …
