The Great Kite Book
Published on 1. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-895569-17-9 (ISBN)
Description
A handbook on making kites, containing 19 designs. It covers aerodynamics, stability, bridling, launching, and construction materials, with step-by-step instructions. Each kite project is illustrated with a full-page photograph and a grid plan that can be enlarged using a photocopier. Every other spread provides a continuing story of the history and mythology of the kite in different cultures - China, Japan, Maori, Polynesia, Thailand, India, Bali and Ancient Greece, as well as in modern Europe and the USA. It also discusses the kite's military, meteorological, aviation and artistic functions.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
26 colour photographs, 45 colour line drawings, 36 scaled plans
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 215 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-895569-17-9 (9781895569179)
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