The History Of The Kite

Th in?mlon of the kH h usually attributed to the. Chinese. The flrst man on ec.ual record as h'aving used the kite is Archytas (about 800 B. C). Por what purpose he ompiqyed it I have been tiñable to ascertafó; but it 13 not probable that he aecompllshed anything of scientiflc Importares; aod it was not until 1749, when Dr. , ander Wllson and Mr. Thomas Melville, In Scotland, used it for taking the. tomperature of the upper air, that the kite showed poasibilities of becoming a useful and scientlflc ■■ apparattós. Pránklin's well-known éxpe"riment: of obtaining atmospheric electricfty by means of' a kite again drew attentiem to it. It is, however,: within the late' decade that the kite has galned nearly, all of its importance, and this; Is.due to ita dévelopment by men wüó have" atudied it, and the foress acting upon it, ín a scientlflc way. Among others may b'e named Marvin, Ijgley.-iHargrave a'nd EMÍy; by ttteir labór3 a hitherto ueles3 toy has becorae an