Photo Of The Day: 29/07/2011 "comet"

There is no unanimity at the time of establishing the origin of comets, however, the idea becomes strong enough that they come from ancient China. It appears that the first record of its existence dates back at least 2,500 years. As curious contraption, has raised the spread of many legends around the occasion of his appearance. Some people associate it with traditional fishing methods, consisting of a hook tied to a rope ending in a comet, and in turn hold a boat to fish in a relaxed manner. Had to be careful with the position of the shadow on the water surface, not to scare away the fish, but apparently was used by ancient Polynesian fishermen. Some Chinese monks, made it fly for hours, as an exercise meditación.Con Over the years, kite flying is spreading to different countries of the region, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Japan, India, to move something later to the Arabian Peninsula and North? Africa. It would take more to get to Europe, as we had to wait until the Mongol invasions, contacts with Arab culture and trade from the Cape of Good Hope.

So he came to our continent in the fourteenth century and reached a high level of popularity in the XVI.No However, the most unusual uses for this mill came on the nineteenth century when it was used to lift up to the sky meteorological observation instruments. The versions that revolutionized scientific research of the time, came from the hands of L. Hargrave (1894), which amended it to make it three dimensional and William A. Eddy (1891), who devised a method capable of flying non cola.Ya in the early twentieth century, when the aircraft burst into our lives, he joined a military application to their already diverse applications. The intention was to raise observers on the battlefield, for what is building a complex system of interlocking comets, of which hung a basket containing the observer. In a few years, we decided to use balloons in his lugar.Hoy days, have versions designed for racing or recreational use or tracción.Si options this world I find it interesting, I recommend you visit the following link http:// usuarios.multimania.es / jmsuay / photographs are details of some of the most important comets in history. You can find an evolution of forms, applications and even names of the creators of some of the most prominent examples. You can find more articles of this series in http://fotoblogedurneiza.blogspot.com

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