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  • Let’s Go Fly A Kite

    It is very windy where Alexander Graham Bell lived.

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    He used to fly kites with big heavy instruments attached to them.

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    So we should have been able to pull off a small sheep.

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    But sheep are stubborn.

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    And they tend to flip around.

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    Not very high off the ground.

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    After much effort Matt got the sheep over his head.

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    Kerri managed to fly the  box kite absolutely perfectly the whole time of course.

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    She may have had to put a bit of effort in to get it up.

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    But up it went.

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    High overhead.

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    This definitely never happened.

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    Matt definitely did not watch a whole lot of that from his red chair of scenic scenicness.

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  • Alexander Graham Bell Museum

    This was Alexander Graham Bell’s study. He did lots of things there. Most of which you’ve probably never heard of.

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    Like his failed attempt to develop a flock of sheep that would always have twins. Apparently these cubbyholes of wool were somehow related to that project.

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    He also made a big hydrofoil that set the world marine speed record in 1919. This is a replica.

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    This is what remains of the main hull.

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    It looks weird inside.

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    He invented lots of flyey floaty things.

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    This is apparently a metal detector.

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    This is something else.

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    This is a manometric capsule, which involved a flame and helped deaf people see sound.

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