This museum at the Smithsonian originated with a group of kites obtained from the Chinese Imperial Commission in 1876
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obtain video of body parts killing; suspect dated sex-killer Karla Homolka ..... Air 
and Space Museum collection date back to the 1876 Centennial ... after which 
the Chinese Imperial Commission donated a group of kites to the... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia [PAR] A timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) encompasses the ingenuity 
and innovative .... By 1752, Dr. Franklin tied the string of his "electrical kite" to an 
insulating silk .... Crackers trace their origin to the year 1792 when John Pearson 
of ... was developed sometime around 2000 BC in China and India, relying upon
... [DOC] [TLE] Electropaedia History of Science and Technology, Development of ... [PAR] Circa 500 B.C.