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You may never want to dy vites to keep away evil spirits, as the Chinese have done
for centuries, or to make an as the Tibetans did, but some more modern and Western
uses may tempt you to try experimenting yourself along similar lines. The kite has been
claimed as the invention of sur century BC Chinese philosophers Mozi and Lu Ban. By 549
AD, paper kites were certainly being flown, as it was recorded that in that year a paper kite u
was used as a message for a rescue mission The most widespread use of kites in modern
times has been for meteorological investigations. Everybody knows about how Benjamin
Franklin, the great American scholar and statesman, sent a kite, up in 1752 during a
thunderstorm to prove that lightning was caused by electricity. He produced sparks at
ground level from a key hung on the wet line as the current flowed down it (Do not under
any circumstances think of trying this yourself). A second investigator repeated Franklin's
experiment shortly afterwards and was killed. By sending up instruments on kites, it has
been possible to make readings of air pressure, temperature, speed, direction and
humidity​

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