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KiteSquid · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject: Parakites by Woglom

There is a copy of Parakites by Wolglom on eBay right now.

The buy it now price is $275.

Look HERE for more details.

BTW I know that I will NOT be able to afford this antique kite building book.
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P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Shocked

Doesent he ever shut up???

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Stan · Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 598 Location: San Diego

Wimp.

That's my toy budget for a year!
Stan

KiteSquid · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:46 am Post subject:

Well I just got a copy of Parakites:

And I got it for $50 plus shipping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Now I have 113 diffrent kite books on my shelf.

BTW Parakites is a good read!!!!!!!!!!! and printed in 1896!!!!!
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KiteSquid
AKA TakoIka
AKA Harold
King George VA

P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Shocked

Doesent he ever shut up???

P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.

CJQ · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:54 am Post subject: New Book

Squid, Will it have any articles POLYESTER???

KiteSquid · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:07 am Post subject:

Copywright is 1896.... It talks about Silk and other natural fiber fabrics and lines, but no talk about Polyester.

From Wikipedia

The first synthetic polyester, glycerine phthalate, was used in the First World War for waterproofing. Natural polyesters have been known since around 1830.

Dacron was invented in 1942.

BTW his term Parakite is defined as a tailless kite.

He was trying to write about lifting kites for weater instruments and KAP...

GREAT stuff in it!!!!!!

AND it only took me 3 years to find a copy I could afford that was in good condition.
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KiteSquid
AKA TakoIka
AKA Harold
King George VA

P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Shocked

Doesent he ever shut up???

P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.

CJQ · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:42 am Post subject: Fine Book

Harold , happy for you, sad for me . I'd like a book like that also. Good find.

CLIFF

PS tnx for the synthetic blurb intresting.

knotronda · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:16 am Post subject:

Hey, how about some inside shots of the book for those of us who can not afford our own copy?

Just a thought.

knotronda

KevinK · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:13 am Post subject:

The wife and I go to alot of estate sales, and you can find some pretty interesting book at them. My wife collects old cook books, I guess I'll have to start looking less at tools and more at the books.
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PeterB · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Leeds, UK