Identifier: handymansworksh00bond (find matches)
Title: Handy man's workshop and laboratory
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876-
Subjects: Handicraft Workshop recipes
Publisher: New York, Munn & co., inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ese are split at the ends, the light halves having wheels.Ordinarily the weight can be supported on the wheels, but whenthe machine strikes ground the split ends give and the main skidstake the shock. There are also elastic braces from the body to theskids, and a number of strong guys running to the keel. THE DIABOLO FLYING MACHINE Some ingenious Frenchman has conceived the idea of modern-izing the game of Diabolo to the extent of using a toy aeroplaneinstead of the top or double cone. The scheme is illustrated inFig. 370, which clearly shows the construction of the apparatus.The body of the aeroplane is a wooden stick, which is curvedupward by means of a bow string. A birds head at one end ofthe stick gives weight to the forward part of the aeroplane, and 454 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY also provides an attractive headpiece for the device. The deviceis of the divided monoplane type, the main plane consisting of twosails attached to a pair of steel wire stretchers. The forward
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Fig* 37°—The Diabolo flying machine hAndy mans workshop and laboratory 455 stretcher is tied to the head of the aeroplane, while the rearstretcher is connected to the forward corners of the rear sailplanes by means of four light cords. A light metal crosspieceis secured to the rear end of the machine, and to this crosspiecethe rear plane is made fast. The forward end of the rear planeis tied down to the body stick, giving the sail planes a concave ordished set, which tends to direct the machine upward when it islaunched in the air. A large wire hook is attached to the prowof the machine, and the device is slung into the air after themanner of the Diabolo by means of a cord caught under thehook and fastened to two light sticks that are held in the hand.The hook is quite open, so that it will readily clearthe string whenthe aeroplane is slung off. The game consists of throwing thedevice in the air and catching it again on the string as it returns,only to throw it up again. The device

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