 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1912 - 274 pages
...those madeia of paper; but this being of silk, is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharppointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosities and wonders - 1913 - 990 pages
...those made of paper; hut this being made of silk is easier to bear the wet and wind of a thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to he. fixed a very sharp pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine,... | |
 | Alexander McAdie - Atmosphere, Upper - 1917 - 344 pages
...elevation of about 7,000 feet above sea level, and covered all of the monsoon seasons, that is, roughly, top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a sharp pointed wire rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next the hand is to... | |
 | Electric power - 1922 - 734 pages
...made of paper ; but, this being made of silk, is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. In the end of the twine, next the hand, is... | |
 | 1922 - 736 pages
...made of paper ; but, this being made of silk, is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. In the end of the twine, next the hand, is... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1974 - 260 pages
...like those made of paper; but this being of silk, is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is... | |
 | Don Munson, Allianora Rosse - Crafts & Hobbies - 2001 - 194 pages
...like those made of paper, but this being of silk is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thundergust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of...more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next to the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, a key may be fastened.... | |
 | Tom Tucker - History - 2009 - 321 pages
...like those made of paper; but this, being of silk, is fitter to bear the wet and wind of thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is... | |
 | Michael P. Branch - Nature - 2004 - 444 pages
...like those made of paper; but this being of silk, is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is... | |
 | 284 pages
...in the Air like those made of paper; but this being of Silk is fitter to bear the Wett & Wind of a Thunder Gust without Tearing. To the Top of the upright...the Cross is to be fixed a very Sharp pointed Wire, riseing a foot or more above the Wood. To the end of the Twine, next the hand, is to be tied a Silk... | |
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To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, a key may be fastened. 
