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Chapter 300

Weighted Rope Holds Flag Upright

A householder devised a simple and effective method of keeping the flag upright when displayed from a nearly horizontal flagstaff. The cord which held the flag was run through pulleys, as indicated, and weighted with a pulley weight.—M. T. Kanary, Chicago, Illinois.