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  • 21cellular kite — Box kite Box kite A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also {Hargrave kite}, or {cellular kite}. [Webster …

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  • 22Hargrave kite — Box kite Box kite A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also {Hargrave kite}, or {cellular kite}. [Webster …

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  • 23Box of Fear — Infobox Album | Name = Box of Fear Type = Album Artist = Mister Kite Released = 2004 Recorded = 2003 2004 Genre = Progressive rock Length = Label = Lion Music Producer = Christer Hermodsson Reviews = Last album = All in Time (2002) This album =… …

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  • 24Man-lifting kite — Roald Amundsen, the polar explorer, is lifted from the ground using a man lifting kite during tests in 1909. Man lifter War Kite designed by …

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  • 25Tetrahedral kite — A tetrahedral kite is a multicelled rigid box kite composed of tetrahedrally shaped cells. The cells are usually arranged in such a way that the entire kite is also a regular tetrahedron. The kite can be described as a compound dihedral kite as… …

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  • 26Har|grave kite — «HAHR grayv», = box kite. (Cf. ↑box kite) ╂[< Lawrence Hargrave, of Australia, who invented it] …

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  • 27Eddy kite — Ed dy kite Called also {Malay kite}. [After William A. Eddy, American kite expert.] A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological experiments. It is… …

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  • 28Malay kite — Eddy kite Ed dy kite Called also {Malay kite}. [After William A. Eddy, American kite expert.] A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological… …

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  • 29cellular kite — noun : box kite …

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  • 30hargrave kite — ˈhärˌgrāv noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after Lawrence Hargrave died 1915 Australian pioneer in aviation : box kite …

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