 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1852 - 430 páginas
...projection is not well understood. It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang—that which is thrown to a distance straight ahead; and...axis to the thrower. I saw, on a subsequent occasion, n native of slight frame throw one of the former two hundred and ten yards, and much further when a... | |
 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1852 - 430 páginas
...as a toy. I believe its law of projection is not well understood. It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang — that which is...a distance straight ahead; and that which returns 011 THE BOOMERANG. 221 its own axis to the thrower. I saw, on a subsequent occasion, a native of slight... | |
 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1852 - 428 páginas
...projection is not well understood. It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang—that which is thrown to a distance straight ahead; and that which returns 011 its own axis to the thrower. I saw, on a subsequent occasion, a native of slight frame throw one... | |
 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1855 - 688 páginas
...Australian war-implements, is, or was, familiar in England as a toy. It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang — that which is...that which returns on its own axis to the thrower. 1 saw, on a subsequent occasion, a native of slight frame throw one of the former two hundred and ten... | |
 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1857 - 298 páginas
...Australian war-implements, is, or was, familiar in England as a toy. It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang — that which is...when a ricochet was permitted. With the latter he mado several casts truly surprising to witness. The weapon, after skimming breast high nearly out of... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1864 - 506 páginas
...Australian war implements, is, or was, familiar in England as a toy. It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang, that which is thrown...returns on its own axis to the thrower. " I saw," says Mr. Mundy, " a native of slight frame throw one of the former two hundred and ten yards and much... | |
 | Thomas Worsnop - 1897 - 372 páginas
...axis." Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy in "Our Antipodes " writes : — " There are two kinds of boomerangs — that which is thrown to a distance straight ahead,...which returns on its own axis to the thrower. I saw a native of slight frame throw one of the former 210yds., and much further when a ricochet was permitted.... | |
 | Thomas Worsnop - 1897 - 366 páginas
...Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy in " Our Antipodes " writes : — " There are two kinds of boomerangs — that which is thrown to a distance straight ahead,...which returns on its own axis to the thrower. I saw a native of slight frame throw one of the former 210yds., and much further when a ricochet was permitted.... | |
 | 1907 - 422 páginas
...exhibition like the one described by Sir George Grey, or that described by Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy: "I saw on a subsequent occasion a native of slight frame throw a. war boomerang two hundred and ten yards, a.id much further when richochet was permitted. Vvith the... | |
 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1852 - 430 páginas
...as a toy. I believe its law of projection is not well understood. It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang — that which is...a ricochet was permitted. With the latter he made several casts truly surprising to witness. The weapon, after skimming breast high nearly out of sight,... | |
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It is a paradox in missile power. There are two kinds of boomerang — that which is thrown to a distance straight ahead ; and that which returns on its own axis to the thrower. I saw, on a subsequent occasion,, a native of slight frame throw one of the... 