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MISSION OF MATH I NVESTIGATION: ΚΙΤΕ

Science
The Eagles, made of
paper or fabric, used
for scientific purposes.

passing from one
side to the other the
first rope tied to a
kite.

In 1752, Benjamin
Franklin, found with
the help of an eagle,
the electricity of the
atmosphere and
made the lightning
rod.

There are also reports of ships that
were stranded on
beaches, which were
evacuated, after they
had shed lifeboats
cables with Eagle assistance.

In 1880 the Australian Hargrave designed huge eagle for
meteorological observation.
According to oral history, the great bridge
of the Falls started,

On Ash Monday, the sky,
from end to end in Greece,
filled with colorful
"birds", the kites. In the
prevailing view, the kites
are been devised by the
Eastern peoples.

ΧαρταετόςKite Henri Lebasque

out measurements,
for military purposes, and even to
conduct scientific
experiments.

Thus kites, although
nowadays the combine only with the
game, have been
widely used by humans for many purposes. They are used
for fishing, to carry
The kiteGeorge Romney

Europe
of cloth, like the
sails of ships.
In Europe, the kite
appears
around
1400 AD They
brought explorers
who had returned
from Asia. Certainly
those eagles were
not as we know
them today. That's
because to do the
kite takes a long
and thin paper,
which was a luxury
at that time. Therefore, the Eagles
during the Middle
Ages, were made
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Written reports of
the presence of
an
eagle
in
Europe found in
German
documents of 1450.
Later, in 1606, a
Spanish
cleric
wrote in his diary,
that used it as a
"joy game on
Easter
day."
A French production of 1657 and
another of 1807,
showing our children playing with

kites. From this we
can assume that
the rich kid Europe,
which had paper,
first began their
involvement with
building and flying
the kite.