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Hargrave|ˈhɑːgreɪv|
The surname of Lawrence Hargrave (1850–1915), an Australian pioneer in Aeronautics, used attrib. to designate a cellular box-kite invented by him in 1894.
1900R. S. Baker Boy's Bk. Inventions vi. 210 Those [tailless kites] of the Hargrave model giving the impression of a number of big pasteboard boxes with the bottoms knocked out. 1908W. H. Story tr. Hildebrandt's Airships x. 117 (caption) Hargrave kite. Ibid. x. 121 Four Hargrave kites were used. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. x. 200 Hargrave box kite. |