| 单词 | telescopic |
| 例句 | They had rifles with telescopic sights that could easily kill him from that distance—and he had nothing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had peered up my nose with a telescopic flashlight which looked like a thin pen that clipped into the top pocket of his white lab jacket. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In a correspondence beginning in 1668, Hooke implored him to switch to telescopic sights, but Hevelius stubbornly refused, claiming that he could do just as well with open sights. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Crew members hid in the woods at a distance of about fifty yards and filmed him using a telescopic lens. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They rest their rifles with telescopic sights on the parapet and watch the enemy front. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But on his return to England, he eventually changed his tune and said that the telescopic observations were much better. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In these two cases telescopic snapshots had been included, fuzzy 3-D color prints which he could barely make out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He extracted a Sweeper from his pocket, extending the telescopic aerial. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Demand collapsed, however, immediately after Galileo’s telescopic discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z With telescopic sights, a fine hair in the focal plane of the telescope provides a far more accurate guide to the precise alignment of a star. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The bin had to be emptied, and I couldn’t operate the loader—a massive forklift with a telescopic arm and wide, black wheels that were taller than I was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After that, concerned Milagro citizens commenced picking off the varmints from a distance, using high-powered guns and telescopic sights. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got you, eh? You’ve made quite a few telescopic observations since being put together, Cutie. Have you noticed that several of those specks of light outside become disks when so viewed?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In Barragán’s telescopic satire “Tierra Contrafuturo,” or “Earth Against Future,” the United States threatens to invade Colombia to manage an alien arrival, claiming that Colombia is not up to the job. Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Its crags, angles and lines constitute a virtual contour map and metaphorical mirror image of the rugged mountain territory he enters, equipped with telescopic rifles and elaborate traps. Movie Review: ?The Hunter,? an Australian Odyssey With Willem Dafoe 2012-04-05T22:10:03Z Their minds are microscopic and telescopic at the same time. A Biography of E.O. Wilson, the Scientist Who Foresaw Our Troubles 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The ship’s ion plasma particle engine sits on the back of a telescopic arm to keep the nuclear reactor that powers it as far away from the crew as possible. Below the Line: Designing ‘The Martian’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “We simply thought of leveraging the unused real estate located underneath the telescopic handle.” Perspective | Second-generation ‘smart’ luggage aims to balance form and function (batteries included) 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The tallest folly in the UK, it climbs into the air with telescopic ambition, pierced parapets piled upon trefoil tracery. Hadlow Tower: the UK's tallest folly reborn as a rentable holiday home 2013-04-18T11:06:44Z Doing the time warp again, the telescopic effects of time mean that the events of 1985, once so brashly and embarrassingly novel, now seem almost as quaintly ancient as the abdication of Edward VIII. Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z “It was to be some time before either Mission Control—which had no telescopic means of watching Apollo 13—or the astronauts themselves realized that one of the ship’s two oxygen tanks had burst.” Sunday Reading: Flight 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z But ask yourself this – what would a 24 movie be without a partially reanimated titanium cyborg version of President Logan running around and terrorising the public with his arm-guns and a telescopic spiked tongue? Time's running out. Let's write the script for the 24 movie 2011-01-07T12:53:24Z A compact, telescopic umbrella would never offer enough resistance to the wind and any six-year-old, instead of flying, would end up face-down in a puddle and drown. Yes, The Railway Children must be censored. As must Toy Story 2013-07-12T11:03:07Z It shows a Union sniper wedged in a tree surveying things through a newly invented telescopic viewfinder. Winslow Homer: Radical Impressionist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z American Sniper, for instance, rarely looks up from its telescopic sights to ponder why this whole Iraq mess is happening in the first place. In the line of dire: let's call time on Clint Eastwood's macho movies 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z There was the crossbow, a clumsy weapon of mahogany and steel with telescopic sights, bought at Lillywhites. From the Observer archive, 21 July 1968: The Kray twins on trial 2012-07-21T23:05:34Z Van Pelt peered through a telescopic sight to pinpoint the tallest twig to get the right spot to measure. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The blast occurred at a warehouse storing fireworks, he said, though it was on the grounds of a factory that makes telescopic sights and other optical equipment for the army, as well as medical apparatus. Russian officials say 2 drones approaching Moscow were shot down overnight, blame Ukraine 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Machines dig and scrape in the depths, and an excavator with a long telescopic arm reaches down from the surface to remove the earth. Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Authorities found a Glock pistol, a rifle with a telescopic sight, a drone and 30 to 50 bullets in his vehicle, Fleitas said. German arrested trying to enter US Embassy in Paraguay, guns found in vehicle 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z With its successive multibillion-dollar investments in JWST, Hubble and their telescopic kin, the U.S. and its international partners sparked an ongoing scientific revolution representing humankind’s best hope of learning our deepest origins, context and fate. JWST’s Smashing Success Shifts Focus to Astronomy’s Blind Spots 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Scientists will need better telescopic data about the planet’s upper atmosphere before they can design a parachute and a heat shield that will protect the probe and slow it down to a science-maximizing entry speed. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Five Scorpions, all of them trained use-of-force specialists, proceeded to take turns hitting him with everything they had, including boots, fists, and telescopic batons. Welcome to the predator state: How elite police units like Memphis’ “Scorpion” hunt humans 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z A telescopic handle can adjust to your height and preference. Bing’s A.I. Chat Reveals Its Feelings: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’ 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z A second telescopic public urinal has been shut after a man was crushed and died while working on another device in central London. London's West End: Second telescopic urinal shut after man dies 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The Metropolitan Police force said the man “is thought to have sustained crush injuries while working on a telescopic urinal.” Man crushed to death under outdoor urinal in London 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Ultimately, however, the make-or-break factor for NASA’s Uranus mission will not be telescopic observations or rocket technology, but rather funding. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z A man has been "crushed by a telescopic urinal" while working in central London. Man crushed by telescopic urinal in central London 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z “Still, telescopic images are needed to show any hint of the comet’s pretty green coma, stubby whitish dust tail, and long ion tail.” How to see green comet passing Earth for first time in 50,000 years 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Westminster City Council said a telescopic urinal on Villiers Street had been shut as a precaution. London's West End: Second telescopic urinal shut after man dies 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Reporters have taken pictures of him in his apartment with telescopic lenses from the sea, and at least two YouTubers have managed to sneak into the complex to film videos. Sam Bankman-Fried: I hope to make money to pay people back 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z This is why subsequent telescopic observations have repeatedly yielded new details about the celestial feature. Check out a stunning new picture of the Pillars of Creation from the James Webb Telescope 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z A spokesperson for the Met Police confirmed the man is thought to have sustained crush injuries while working on a "telescopic urinal" at the location. Man crushed by telescopic urinal in central London 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s simple, weighs only 51 pounds and consists of a telescopic robotic arm that moves up and down a 4-foot tube on a motorized, wheeled base. The AIs are here: Robodogs, Amazon’s Astro & more. Attachment issues! 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Does a telescopic reading suggest a life-sustaining atmosphere? The Search for Intelligent Life Is About to Get a Lot More Interesting 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The Bayern Munich loanee worked hard to get involved in the game, but the most powerful telescopic lens couldn't have picked him out in the opening hour. 'Dogged Rangers fight way to place with big boys' 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The image in most telescopes is inverted, which is unimportant for observing the stars but a real problem for other applications, such as telescopes on ships or telescopic gun sights. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z A telescopic urinal is a pop-up toilet stored beneath the ground which is brought to street level at night for people to use. Man crushed by telescopic urinal in central London 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z In 1610, Galileo made the first telescopic survey of the Milky Way and discovered that it is composed of a multitude of individual stars. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z As the suspected planet is shrouded by the matter that is making it, further telescopic observations will be required to confirm its existence. Astronomers May Have Found the Galaxy’s Youngest Planet 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z They’ll also be extending a telescopic boom on the outside of the station that will be used to help with future spacewalks. Watch a European astronaut and Russian cosmonaut embark on a spacewalk 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The suitcase includes a recycled polycarbonate shell, recycled zippers, a lining made from upcycled plastic bottles, and recycled vegan leather — a composite made from plastics — and a telescopic handle made from durable, recycled aluminum. Tread a little greener with this environmentally conscious travel gear 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z That militant allegedly fired multiple times at one of the army vehicles, and a soldier inside it returned fire with a rifle equipped with a telescopic scope. Reconstruction of reporter’s killing points to Israeli fire 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z By digging into the data with sophisticated computer programs, astronomers have turned up numerous tiny, faint dwarf galaxies that are all but invisible to the eye even in those deep telescopic images. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z And there are three cameras shown on the rear of the Xperia 1 IV, each reportedly touting 12MP sensors, including one that seems to be telescopic. Sony Xperia 1 IV leaked in renders showing off a mostly unchanged design 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z After a two-year manhunt, the elusive Qurayshi had been spotted, first by informants on the ground, and then that tip was confirmed by the drone’s telescopic lens. With watchers on the ground and spy drones overhead, U.S. zeroed in on Islamic State leader’s hideout 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The numerous Starlink satellites already in orbit form a "megaconstellation" which makes it more difficult for scientists to use their telescopic equipment for distant observations. 40 SpaceX satellites that astronomers loathe were destroyed by a geomagnetic storm 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z We weren’t allowed to fly a helicopter, a small plane or a blimp above the stadium, so our aerial shot was taken with a telescopic lens atop a hotel about a half-mile away. From the first Super Bowl to the latest, it's been 'one hell of a ride' for Al Michaels 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z After maximum brightness, the star’s light fades and disappears from telescopic visibility within a few months or years. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z There are three cameras on the back, one seeming to be telescopic. Sony Xperia 1 IV leaked in renders showing off a mostly unchanged design 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Of the thousands of exoplanets already detected, our telescopic abilities limit the level of detail we can make out, even in the nearest planetary systems. New Views across the Galaxy 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Yet current telescopic technology makes it almost impossible to tell whether they are as welcoming as our planet or hellish as Venus. NASA Just Broke the ‘Venus Curse’: Here’s What It Took 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z As the crews work, they deploy an array of working dogs, acoustic sensors, cutting tools and telescopic cameras in hopes of finding survivors. The wicked challenges of search-and-rescue at disaster sites such as Champlain Towers 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Galileo was the father of both modern experimental physics and telescopic astronomy. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Yet current telescopic technology makes distinguishing between the two almost impossible. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Enter Solar Orbiter, which launched just over 1 year ago with six telescopic instruments and four sensors of its local environment. Solar ‘campfires’ may heat the Sun’s atmosphere to scorching temperatures 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Witnesses said that plainclothes officers entered the crowd of protesters Wednesday night, not all of whom were donning armbands identifying them as police, and used telescopic pipes to beat people. Amnesty ‘horrified’ at force used against Polish protesters 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Curran showed him how to use the telescopic sight, then slid in a magazine, chambered a round and passed him the weapon. Scarred by two shootings, would firing a gun help him heal or wound him again? 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z He studied the acceleration of moving objects and, in 1610, began telescopic observations, discovering the nature of the Milky Way, the large-scale features of the Moon, the phases of Venus, and four moons of Jupiter. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z They were waiting for the coast to be clear so they could put up the telescopic ladder they had hidden in a rucksack. A brief history of jumping the Glastonbury fence 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z According to Muscat’s account, after getting the contract to kill Daphne, the plotters first decided to shoot her and bought a rifle with telescopic sights. Exclusive: Daphne murder accused details plot to kill for 150,000 euros 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z On a clear winter day, says Bluemont General Manager Hailey Zurschmeide, you can use the winery’s telescopic viewfinder to look for the tip of the Washington Monument, more than 45 miles away . Five local wineries where the experience is about more than just what’s in your glass 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The USTR’s decision to partially suspend Ukraine’s duty-free privileges affected products such as chocolate bars, helium, mushrooms, deodorant and telescopic gun sights, according to a 2017 Federal Register notice. White House delayed Ukraine trade decision in August, a signal that U.S. suspension of cooperation extended beyond security funds 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Before the era of spacecraft studies, astronomers had mapped the side of the Moon that faces Earth with telescopic resolution of about 1 kilometer, but lunar geology hardly existed as a scientific subject. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Another telescopic tactic: Many organizations use gamelike scenarios in which they role-play responses to enemy attacks or natural disasters or business disruptions. Review | Too much data, too little imagination: Why it’s hard to achieve long-term goals 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z "Large telescopic surveys capable of scanning large fractions of the sky on a regular basis may help to answer these questions and more in the near future," IAU wrote on its website. Mysterious, second interstellar object confirmed 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Among the items they bought were 10 iron crowbars, bolt cutters, a telescopic ladder, pliers and tape. Inside the bizarre, bungled raid on North Korea's Madrid embassy 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Other methods investigated include rotating sprinklers attached to the tops of individual trees, and a mobile sprinkler which reaches suitable heights with a telescopic mast. From the archive 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “The match between the lab data and the telescopic data was just beautiful,” Hand says. Water on Europa--with a Pinch of Salt 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The reports include telescopic views of a plume of methane in 2003 and occasional detections by NASA’s Curiosity rover since it landed at Gale crater in 2012. Mars Methane Hunt Comes up Empty, Flummoxing Scientists 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z In Los Angeles, Griffith Observatory said it was anticipating “extremely large crowds,” and its website will live-stream a telescopic view of the eclipse. 'Super Blood Wolf Moon' to get star billing in weekend lunar eclipse 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z On Thursday, scientists reported that the color of Ultima Thule matches the color of similar worlds in the Kuiper Belt, as determined by telescopic measurements. NASA announces latest discoveries from Ultima Thule flyby 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Distant telescopic observations suggested its surface is very dark, with a bit of a red tinge. Excitement ahead of distant Nasa flyby 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z With the Pluto encounter, the last of the classically known planets made the transition from speck to world, from telescopic point to finely photographed landscape. Pluto Is Far in the Rearview. Next Stop: Ultima Thule 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z He has photographed drones and government spy stations with telescopic lenses, the resultant pictures recalling JMW Turner’s most abstract paintings, updated to include tiny spy planes or military bases. Orbital Reflector: the artist firing a satellite into space 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z An international group of astronomers used data from 20 years of observations of Barnard’s star, taken with seven different telescopic instruments, to find clues that a planet may exist. A cold "super-Earth" may live around a nearby star 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Robotic and telescopic missions cost much less and can reach more-distant planets and moons. Rock legend retells the race to the Moon — in 3D 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z On 1 October 1847, on the roof of the Pacific Bank, she spied a new “telescopic comet” five degrees above the pole star. Maria Mitchell at 200: a pioneering astronomer who fought for women in science 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z That plan now is shelved, Haberman said, because the cost of steel used in Gradall’s telescopic excavators and vacuum trucks shot up by one-third following President Donald Trump’s crackdown on steel imports. As Trump's tariffs bite, small U.S. manufacturers begin to tap the... 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Monroe debuted a hydraulic shock absorber in 1926, and then the groundbreaking Monro-Matic telescopic damper — “with automatic adjustment for all roads and loads!” Seeking a Smoother Ride, Whether You Drive or Your Autonomous Car Does 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z They are also absent from images taken from the space-based Ulysses telescopic cameras, suggesting to Woo that Butler’s paintings—and by extension, human vision—are superior to any and all Earthbound cameras. Celebrating Sun-Earth Day: A Total Eclipse of the Mind 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Blows from a telescopic truncheon were aimed at a knee in what was immediately interpreted as an attempt to prevent her competing in that year’s Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, then seven weeks away. I, Tonya strips away the rhinestones but fails the real victim of Harding’s story | Richard Williams 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z He got a leading edge that flew back towards Lyon, who extended a telescopic right arm above his head to take a superb reaction catch. Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England fourth Test, day two – live! 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z When our view clears, in December, many of the world’s telescopic eyes will again turn to the small patch of sky containing the merger. A Nearby Neutron Star Collision Could Cause Calamity on Earth 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Jewish and horrified, Lang promptly fled for America and pushed back the only way he knew how. 1941’s Man Hunt opens with a telescopic sniper sight –66d71b07a5b5cf22c7f12749cb1ced65b66d790e and Hitler in the crosshairs. How hate groups tried (and failed) to co-opt popular culture 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Visible across large parts of Continental Europe, this was widely observed, including perhaps the first telescopic observation. Heavenly influence: how an eclipse affects events on Earth | Rebekah Higgitt 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The way he managed to win the ball with a telescopic leg and spring up to pass it on with pace and accuracy all in the same move was remarkable. Premier League at 25: the best signing – Patrick Vieira to Arsenal, August 1996 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z He had not detected anything untoward, so Crouch and his telescopic reach got away with it. Arsenal boost Champions League ambitions by thrashing feeble Stoke City 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z We obtained additional telescopic observations of the asteroid to refine our understanding of its motion. A retrograde co-orbital asteroid of Jupiter : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z It involves standing at a horizontal surface at a known distance from the mountain, and using a high-powered, telescopic protractor to determine the angle between that point and the peak. India to send surveyors to find out whether Everest has shrunk 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z He said the light "puzzled us for months" but based on their telescopic observations, the QUB team proposed a new explanation for the object in a galaxy far, far away. Black hole 'swallowed star', say Queen's astronomers - BBC News 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Even the seats are unusual. The venue uses telescopic seating, which allows for a variety of configurations. MGM National Harbor opens tonight. Here’s everything you need to know before you go. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The worker was hit by a telescopic aerial work platform at AT&T Park, the show tweeted. Cirque du Soleil technician killed in preshow accident in San Francisco 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z With infrared sensors and a telescopic zoom, the drones help to show when a blast zone is clear of people and equipment, among other applications. Drones, Robots Offer Vision of Mining’s Future 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z In February, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov published a video in which opponents of Mr. Putin were depicted in the crosshairs of a rifle’s telescopic sight. Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Assaulted 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z And all of that is before the James Webb Space Telescope—the follow-on to the Hubble—launches in 2018, bringing the most powerful telescopic eye ever into the game. Here Are the Three Planets Most Likely to Harbor Alien Life 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Tenkara, an ancient Japanese style of fly-fishing, omits the reel and uses a telescopic rod that, fully extended, averages 12 feet in length. Tenkara, a Japanese fly fishing tradition, in York 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Origi looks to have run the ball out of play, but he hooks it into the centre with a telescopic leg. Liverpool v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Last month, the Chechen leader published a video in which two prominent anti-Kremlin opposition figures appeared in the crosshairs of a rifle’s telescopic sight. Tensions Simmer Between Chechen Leader and Anti-Kremlin Opposition 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Firmino, hovering on Bassong’s shoulder, sticks a telescopic leg around the dozing defender, and tries to loop a cheeky shot over Rudd. Norwich City v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z They also found a rifle with a telescopic sight, local media said. Australia children and father drown in car driven into bay - BBC News 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “We are also not liable for torn, scratched, missing or telescopic handles, straps, zippers, wheels or wheel casings,” states the Southwest website. Airlines cannot ignore damage claims for luggage, federal agency warns 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Origi looks to have run the ball out of play, but he hooks it into the centre with a telescopic leg. Liverpool v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Likewise, the couple’s wedding ceremony at their château in the south of France in August 2014 was not followed by a romantic getaway featuring the typical telescopic paparazzi shots of sunbathing on a yacht. WSJ. Magazine’s 2015 Entertainment/Film Innovator is a Hollywood icon, humanitarian activist and the writer-director of this month’s ‘By the Sea’ 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Firmino, hovering on Bassong’s shoulder, sticks a telescopic leg around the dozing defender, and tries to loop a cheeky shot over Rudd. Norwich City v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z “It’s like we’re looking up in the sky with a refractive telescopic for the first time and saying, ‘Wow, it’s amazing what’s up there. Scientists Urge National Initiative on Microbiomes 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Giroud, sticking out a telescopic leg, is millimetres away from poking home. Arsenal v Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z And yet, telescopic observations since then revealed that the atmospheric density remained unchanged—which suggested that it hadn't returned to its solid, icy state. It's Official: Pluto Is Even Weirder Than We Thought 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z He was a chimney sweep, dusted in soot, and carrying his telescopic brushes. Migrant crisis: Why Central Europe resists refugee quota - BBC News 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z But telescopic observation near the immensely bright sun is both difficult and dangerous. The Unsettling, Anti-Science Certitude on Global Warming 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Workers with telescopic scythes cut down fruit bunches a bit bigger than footballs, which break into pieces on the ground. A recipe for sustainability 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Giroud, sticking out a telescopic leg, is millimetres away from poking home. Arsenal v Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z It’s among seven science instruments on board, including an imaging spectrometer, a visible and infrared camera, a long-range telescopic camera, and a CU-Boulder student-built detector to measure the mass of space-dust particles. Colorado scientists have a lot riding on Pluto mission 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z BST12:45 42 min: Naismith stretches out a telescopic leg to take the ball down with aplomb 25 yards out. Republic of Ireland v Scotland: Euro 2016 qualifier – live! 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z But what was once the purview of science fiction is inching closer to becoming an everyday reality, as optics specialist Eric Tremblay unveiled a unique contact lens that provides the user with telescopic vision. Six Million Dollar Man's Bionic Eye Becomes Reality 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z This black and white image shows so called "telescopic" technology - where elastic was sewn inside swimsuits both horizontally and vertically. How male and female bathing suits got smaller and smaller - BBC News 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z And now Dr. King is dead, crucified on the cross hairs of a madman’s telescopic sights. 9 Moving Reactions to Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 Assassination 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The bow is black and red and has a telescopic sight attached. 'Dangerous' bow and arrows stolen 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z He was an originator of a method to increase telescopic power by tying together light from two or more telescopes. Charles Townes, 99, dies; his laser helped transform society 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Their relatives watched from the ground using telescopic monitors. 2 men reach top of Yosemite's El Capitan in historic climb 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Often combined with the telescopic technique, it made garments much lighter and quick to dry. How male and female bathing suits got smaller and smaller - BBC News 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Relatives of the men watched on telescopic monitors. 2 Americans complete 'world's most difficult' rock climb at Yosemite 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z With seven science instruments — including infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers and multicolor and high-resolution telescopic cameras — by mid-May, New Horizons’ views of the Pluto system should surpass those from the Hubble Space Telescope. Why Pluto Still Matters 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Using a 3D video display, the boom operator will navigate the telescopic tip of the refueling tube toward the receiving fighter’s fuel receptacle. Boeing calls tanker prototype’s first flight successful 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z With their rifle stocks and telescopic sights, people often find crossbows easier and more accurate than more conventional bows. More land, legal changes boost Conn. bow hunting 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Yet researchers say the atmospheric turbulence at that altitude is still low enough to get what is known as telescopic diffraction-limited seeing at optical wavelengths. Astronomy From High Altitude Airships 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Viewers around the world with an internet connection followed portions of the mission in real time thanks to telescopic cameras on the ground. Nasa launches saucer-shaped vehicle to test technology for landing on Mars 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Cross Country gets a single, air adjustable rear shock with 4.7” of travel, and an inverted telescopic fork up front with 5.1” of travel and 43 mm diameter legs. 2014 Victory Cross Country Test Ride And Review: The Better Bagger? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z It will be will be a telescopic object, beyond the range of the human eye. New meteor shower may burst into meteor storm The two glinting specks start to run and Mr Dasgupta follows with his telescopic sight. Hunting for India's deadliest man-eating tiger 2014-02-26T20:19:14Z Police say modern poaching includes the use of sophisticated telescopic rifles with night sights, powerful lamps and four-wheel-drive vehicles. 'Violent gangs' seek poaching profit 2013-11-22T05:23:22Z Something like Chelyabinsk, you would only expect every 150 years on the basis of the telescopic information. Asteroid hit rate 'underestimated' 2013-11-06T18:39:14Z Based on telescopic observations of asteroids, researchers had previously estimated that a Chelyabinsk-scale impact took place every 150 years, on average. Chelyabinsk Eyewitnesses Help Scientists Resolve Meteor Mysteries 2013-11-06T18:15:00.363Z There is an interesting rule about the colors of telescopic double stars. Starry Night: Colors of Summer Stars Explained 2013-07-22T21:45:00.487Z Careful analysis of the telescopic data revealed a few dozen pixels showing oceans and land masses with plant covering. Think big 2013-07-17T17:20:44.347Z Eventually it should be possible for those with age-related sight problems to wear the telescopic lenses all day. Contact lens gives telescopic vision 2013-07-02T11:56:15Z At each location, telescopic cameras have taken hundreds of thousands of visible light lunar images at intervals of every 20 seconds. Active Moon? Recent Lunar Surface Phenomena May Signal Some Form Of Volcanism 2013-04-01T02:31:36Z According to another news agency, Interfax, the killer used a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight, opening fire as Usoyan left the restaurant early on Wednesday afternoon. Russian 'godfather' gunned down 2013-01-16T15:00:10Z The colonel carried an M4, a modern American assault rifle with a telescopic sight. Defiance and resolve in war-torn Damascus 2012-12-11T08:24:19Z But then the continuing telescopic searches turned up a world that was orbiting beyond the nominal 'habitable zone' of a K star, but that was unaccountably warm. Think big 2013-07-17T17:20:44.347Z Polarising filters in the spectacles allow wearers to switch between normal and telescopic vision. Contact lens gives telescopic vision 2013-07-02T11:56:15Z He had telescopic equipment in the garden of his Sussex home from which he monitored the night's sky. In Pictures: The life of Sir Patrick Moore 2012-12-09T15:09:28Z By combining these telescopic observations, scientists are able to obtained unprecedented resolutions when observing objects in the night sky. Astronomers Measure The Radius Of A Black Hole 2012-09-29T07:05:22Z Then I spy a rifle by the window that has a silencer and telescopic sight attached to it. E3 2012: Hitman Absolution – preview 2012-06-06T13:45:52Z In his work on "Household Taste," to which I have before alluded, Mr. Eastlake objects, and I think very justly, to the character of an ordinary telescopic dining-table. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z The telescopic element sits in a ring around this central region. Contact lens gives telescopic vision 2013-07-02T11:56:15Z The salient features we descry Of all the starry pattern; To see with telescopic eye The citizens of Mars we try, Or speculate on Saturn. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z Its value was much impaired by his preference of the antique “pinnules” to telescopic sights on quadrants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z But when the doctor saw it through his telescopic wine-glasses it was transformed into a beautiful farm with broad meadows covered with lowing herds and prancing steeds whose ‘necks were clothed with thunder.’ Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z The so-called “globular clusters” usually include stars of different brightness; comparatively bright telescopic stars of the 10th to 13th magnitude with faint stars of the 15th to 17th magnitude. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Despite this, gas-permeable versions of the telescopic lens are being prepared that will be used in clinical trials in November, he said. Contact lens gives telescopic vision 2013-07-02T11:56:15Z Around the time of quarter moon, or a little past it, is one of the best times for telescopic views of the moon, because the huge craters, Tycho and Copernicus, are then in fine illumination. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z A protracted controversy with Johann Hevelius, in which Hooke urged the advantages of telescopic over plain sights, brought him little but discredit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Two doughboys saw a German walking along the road one bright morning and as they had telescopic sights on their rifles they were anxious to try a shot. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z There is a spiritual insight to which the pure soul reaches, more clear and prophetic, more wide and vast than all telescopic vision can typify. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z The smoke-stack was a telescopic affair, replacing the tall pipe that formed so conspicuous a target upon the old boats. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Epsilon Lyr� is one, a double-double, or four stars as seen with slender telescopic power, and six or seven stars with larger instruments. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Looking through the rifle’s telescopic sight, the gunman then estimates the distance from this object to the target. Military technology: Magic bullets 2012-01-12T16:04:23Z One tube, it will be observed, carries a telescopic device by which its length can be varied. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z The land boundaries of the tribe were telescopic. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The chironomus has brush-like feet which it can withdraw from sight—a sort of telescopic arrangement—or extend when it wishes to crawl along the plants, while the mosquito wriggles and swims. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z The latter was fully observed by Schmidt of Athens and became a faint telescopic star within a few weeks. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z But their truth could also be known directly, and by a single empirical perception, if we could pass freely through space and had telescopic eyes. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The direct escape of such gas and smoke through a telescopic chimney above the charging-box has been generally abandoned in modern structures. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z His arm was on the stone; he knew he ought to hold straight, but the shot was long and the hole in the telescopic sight was small. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z It is telescopic, and the little animal has the most perfect control over it. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z Several of the lesser and fainter periodic comets return nearly every year, but they are mostly telescopic, and are rarely seen except by astronomers who are particularly interested in observing them. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The first consists of a telescopic elevator which raises the grain and delivers it to one of the two band conveyors at the head of the apparatus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z As books such as Richard J. Blackwell’s Galileo, Bellarmine and the Bible reveal, Clavius was impressed enough by Galileo’s telescopic observations of the moon to harbor some doubts about the integrity of the geocentric view. A Long Forgotten Father of the Scientific Revolution 2011-11-02T15:11:35Z A better test of the prevailing horizontal distribution of night migrants lies in the analysis of the telescopic data themselves. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z The ship was of about 7000 tons, single funnelled, and with two stumpy masts with telescopic topmasts and a sheaf of derricks to each. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Among the telescopic stars are many of a deep blood-red tint, variable stars being numerous among them. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In the first place, he had, like the great Stagirite, an eye at once telescopic and microscopic. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Slated for the mid-1970s, the quest's four-man crew would conduct telescopic observations and run experiments on themselves to learn about the health effects of prolonged weightlessness. What If NASA's Apollo Program Had Not Been Canceled? 2011-09-01T22:45:00.227Z Fortunately we shall not need to speculate indefinitely on this problem; for the telescopic method offers a means of study based on what night migrants are doing at night. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z When we reach a suitable place we start collecting plants using hand pruners and, for the tall trees and epiphytes, pruning shears mounted atop telescopic poles. Scientist at Work Blog: Discovery and Conservation of Plants 2011-08-25T21:56:03Z It is a telescopic comet with a very short tail, its time of revolution is about three and a half years, and it exhibits a remarkable contraction of volume on approach to the sun. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In the spring of 1611 Galileo visited Rome, and exhibited in the gardens of the Quirinal Palace the telescopic wonders of the heavens to the most eminent personages at the pontifical court. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z After a little while she swims away with her wheels going, and her tail, forked at the end, is found to be telescopic, or capable of being pulled in and out. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z On April 23, in the midst of the record-breaking telescopic studies at Tampico, Mr. Robert J. Newman made a daytime census immediately following four hours of rain. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Before we turn to the text and open up the contents of these chapters, a telescopic view of the whole section is in order and will be helpful in our further studies. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z He also bought a telescopic scope and a silencer by mail order. Analysis: Brutal attack tests Norwegian society 2011-07-24T18:56:50Z His last telescopic discovery—that of the moon’s diurnal and monthly librations—was made in 1637, only a few months before his eyes were for ever closed in hopeless blindness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z A great accompaniment to artillery is "The Range Finder," a telescopic apparatus for ascertaining accurately the location and distance of objects to be fired at. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Secondly, we may now presume on the basis of the telescopic studies at Progreso, that most migrants leaving northern Yucat�n do so in the few hours centering about midnight. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z What difficulties there must be To find a telescopic mansion; For each successive family The space sufficient for expansion. More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z It is necessary for this purpose to turn the photograph upside down, since it is a telescopic picture, and consequently reversed. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z The direct services which Galileo rendered to astronomy are virtually summed up in his telescopic discoveries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z "It even includes an object labelled as 'fixed star' which is the first telescopic drawing of the planet Neptune." Mystery planet 2011-07-11T09:06:38Z This circumstance further reduces the interceptive potential because the hours after dark, to which the present telescopic studies have been restricted, comprise the period in which the fewest migrants arrive from over the water. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z And when my telescopic book is in print, the public may look, or not look, at the scenes behind the curtain, just as they please. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z The gargantuan black hole's existence, discovered through exhaustive telescopic observations, now becomes a challenge for theorists to address. Brilliant, but Distant: Most Far-Flung Known Quasar Offers Glimpse into Early Universe 2011-06-29T19:45:05.217Z Little circles of glass were let into the stick to be looked through, and small telescopic glasses were sometimes contrived at the pivot of the stick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The telescopic movement, and the mode of supporting the thermometer, enable the observer always to keep the bulb near the water, and the double tube gives all the protection required to obtain a steady boiling-point. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Although several hundred stations operating simultaneously would surely yield more definite results, the telescopic observations in 1948 offer a splendid opportunity to test the theory on a continental scale. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Or because there have been other sex scandals that left the paparazzi tripping over their telescopic lenses. Castrodale: LeBron, Tiger: Who's the villain now? 2011-06-15T17:11:09Z There are minutes, rare in the longest lives, when life becomes so intensified that vision clears almost preternaturally, sees through telescopic lenses, so to speak. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z With the smaller telescopic power, all the characteristic features were lost. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The above remarks apply to observation with the unaided eye, but the same principle applies yet more strongly to telescopic vision. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z The dissimilarity in the two curves illustrates the deceptive nature of untreated telescopic counts. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Although telescopic observations at various wavelengths since the early 1990s have since identified several substances in Pluto’s surface ices—including nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide—only methane had been detected previously in its atmosphere. Pluto's Expanding Atmosphere Confounds Researchers 2011-04-19T21:04:26Z The tests range from the telescopic to microscopic, from statistics to biochemistry — from observations of chimney sweeps to bacteria on a petri dish. Magazine Preview: Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer? 2011-04-14T03:30:00Z As to life saving and manœuvring gear, some brigades rely almost entirely on hook ladders, others almost entirely depend on scaling ladders or telescopic escapes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The image is formed by the telescope, subject to all the limitations of telescopic images, and is received on a plate essentially granular in structure, and is finally examined by the eye. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z The telescopic method fails to support either of these latter concepts. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z But little faith, however, can be rested in telescopic observations of a mountain, so far as the question of determining a route is concerned. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z All we have to do is to reduce the telescopic field of view to such an extent that, instead of the whole floor, only a small portion can be seen. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z I have no patience with this telescopic philanthropy of the English, while there are abuses all around them so much greater than those that disgrace any other civilized country. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z If the planet be within a certain range of distance and under examination with a certain telescopic power, the straight lines and round dots are inevitable. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z It is especially interesting to note that the data pertaining to this problem derived from other methods of inquiry fit the conclusions adduced by the telescopic method. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Sometimes they are provided with telescopic iron ladders, which they mount in order to have a better view. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z No doubt many features revealed by telescopic scrutiny are full of significance in this respect. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z My Father’s quick eye, and sure telescopic glance, discovered at once the characteristic marks of an enemy, and vessel of war. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z It therefore has had a history practically as long as our telescopic knowledge of the planet, and may be looked upon as in some sort a permanent feature. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z Should future telescopic studies at Florida stations fail to produce densities appreciably higher than did Winter Park in 1948, the currently-held ideas that the Florida Peninsula is a major flyway will be seriously shaken. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Each sniper was armed with a rifle with telescopic sights. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Added to this, every lineament of the actor’s countenance would have been visible without telescopic aid. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Any style of rifle was allowed—telescopic sights, however, being disallowed—and the applicant was allowed to shoot from any position he chose, only being required to shoot from the shoulder. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z Following this type came the telescopic table, showing extensions fitted through slides moving in grooved channels. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The application of the telescopic method held promise of supplying definite data on the numbers of trans-Gulf migrants, however high their flight levels. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z A more striking representation of a moderately bright telescopic comet is contained in Figs. 104 and 105, which present two different views of the same comet, showing a considerable change in its appearance. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Or else the moment when after sifting through thousands of telescopic images, he first discerned the moving object — “planet” means “wanderer” — that triggered the I.A.U.’s vote. Forbidden Planet 2011-01-02T02:00:01Z His faith was in the "Sword of the Lord and of Gideon," but his best work was put in with a twenty pound telescopic rifle which he used with wonderful effect. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z An instant later this telescopic gun lifted a small trout out of the water, bit it in half, and with two snaps swallowed it. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z The roll and vibration of the ship had prevented me in 1945 from making telescopic observations at sea. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Among the telescopic stars it is probable that much the same distribution holds, but in the present state of knowledge it is not prudent to speak with entire confidence upon this point. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Instead, the telescopic philanthropists of the Beltway are focused on dangers that are appropriately remote -- the size of the national debt and the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere in 50 or a hundred years. Mrs. Jellyby goes to Washington 2010-11-23T12:01:00Z The guns to be so furnished were to be breach loaders, to have telescopic sights, hair triggers, and all the requisites for the most perfect shooting that the most skillful marksman could desire. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z Several times during the tournament, players would shout, "Umpire!" and Mrs. Ferguson's husband, Derek, would run to the green in question and take out a specialized telescopic measure made just for lawn bowling. Lawn Bowling Tones Down for World Cup 2010-06-30T04:05:00Z Because of transportation difficulties, my plans to place a telescopic station in this strategic location failed. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z No guns were found, though a telescopic sight for a gun was recovered. Israel gives its account of raid on aid ship headed for Gaza 2010-06-04T22:34:00Z On the training pitch, the telescopic lenses of the cameras pursue him relentlessly. Why Brazil's football future may start - and finish - at home 2010-05-28T11:14:00Z Ide was one of the few men who still carried his telescopic target rifle. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z Weather permitting, there will be telescopic observation of the moon, Mars and Saturn. For Families 2010-04-02T04:00:00Z The company, Trijicon Inc., has multimillion-dollar contracts with the Pentagon for advanced telescopic sights that are widely used in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2010-01-22T03:59:00Z Galileo was nevertheless by far the ablest and most versatile of these early telescopic observers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Saturn, with its nine or more satellites and broad thin rings in its equatorial plane, is, perhaps, the most striking telescopic object in the heavens. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Perhaps it wondered, as its telescopic eye looked down. The Valiants of Virginia While he knew that the scene was telescopic, the ship was undoubtedly approaching them fast; or rather, they were catching up to it at a perilous pace! The Secret of the Ninth Planet Trijicon specializes in advanced telescopic rifle sights that provide enhanced vision in low light, and it sells products to hunters and law enforcement agencies as well as to the military. 2010-01-22T03:59:00Z Reggie handed over his own splendid pair, the last word in telescopic art and a present from his mother. A Traitor's Wooing Owing to the rise and fall in the tide of 23 ft. the suction pipe is fitted with spherical joints and a telescopic arrangement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" From a fortress there would shoot out, with the speed of a meteor, a long, jointed, telescopic rod; tipped with a tiny, brilliantly-shining ball. Triplanetary Burl stared into the telescopic viewers as they probed the surface. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Standing at the front door of the house, an expert marksman with telescopic sight could have placed a rifle bullet in each of the white marks of cottages. Tiger Cat The ordinary civilised gaze would have required glasses to make out their identity, but to the telescopic eyes of these savages that was plain enough. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion "We're not through yet," remarked Gibbons suddenly, pointing at his periscope, and adjusting it to telescopic focus. Armageddon—2419 A.D. The next morning he went into the woods, taking with him a telescopic microscope. The Book of Courage They could see, as soon as the telescopic sight had been adjusted, that it was a large station. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Scotty already had a telescopic sight on his rifle, and the telescope from the infrared unit could be put in its place with a simple turn of a screw. The Caves of Fear It was a perfect specimen of the gunsmith's art, a semi-automatic rifle with a telescopic sight—a precisely engineered tool that could hurl death with pinpoint accuracy for better than half a mile. Assassin The sight of Miss Ormerod sitting there and directing what seemed the full telescopic power of her spectacles upon the blackboard, wiped away any fragments of knowledge which lingered in her agitated brain. Loyal to the School In respect, therefore, to the actual existence of nebulæ—an existence so confidently maintained by his telescopic contemporaries—he depended less upon what he saw than upon what he heard. Eureka: A Prose Poem Mars gradually grew larger on their telescopic viewers as the Magellan fell onward through space, riding the beam of gravity that was like a pulling rope to them. The Secret of the Ninth Planet He removed from the 'scope the masking bits of cardboard Rick had used to convert it to a camera view finder, thus making it a telescopic rifle sight once more. The Caves of Fear The telescopic sight picked out faces from the waiting crowd with a crystal clarity. Assassin He carefully adjusted the telescopic sights, centering the hair lines on the target. The Unprotected Species They looked at each other twice this way, and finally they were obliged to take the third telescopic view of each other before they could resume the subject. The Spiritualists and the Detectives Without the aid of telescopic sights they could see the shape of the Sun-tapper vessel plainly, outlined against the curtain of distant stars. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Scotty would be able to see, too, through his special telescopic rifle sight. The Caves of Fear I found a 30-30 with telescopic sights, only there weren’t any cartridges to fit it—or anything else. The Knights of Arthur An obvious but not sharp classification of comets is into bright comets visible to the naked eye, and telescopic comets which can be seen only with a telescope. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The telescopic method takes in large sections of the Word, and considers them in their relation to the whole of revelation. Training the Teacher The other eight were tiny, and probably would not be visible until they were right on top of Jupiter, though he supposed that Russell Clyde could probably pick them out now by telescopic sightings. The Secret of the Ninth Planet It took him only a moment to find the camera and lift it from its case, then he handed Zircon the special glasses and quickly fitted his infrared telescopic sight onto his own rifle. The Caves of Fear A double boiler is a telescopic arrangement used by first-class cooks for boiled puddings. Cupid's Middleman When a telescopic comet is first discovered the nucleus is frequently invisible, the object presenting the appearance of a faint nebulous haze, scarcely distinguishable in aspect from a nebula. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" A narrow drive of about a hundred yards led straight from the main road to the porch and showed a blue telescopic glimpse of distant country. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons We have detected by telescopic and telethermic measurements that there are areas of Sun-disturbances on the surfaces of the planets Mercury and Mars. The Secret of the Ninth Planet In my retrospective moods, the cloud of memories, born of the incidents which have marked our past acquaintance, form a telescopic vista. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century When the atmosphere is telescopic, and distant objects stand out unusually clear and sharp, a storm is near. A Year in the Fields A circular from Prof. Schumacher has brought an announcement of the discovery of a new telescopic comet, by Dr. Peterson, at the Royal Observatory of Altona, on the 1st of May. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. I may jot down here too, the record of the first observation of a new telescopic comet, last month, by a senior student of Bryn Mawr College for Women. 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century And every reporter on the ground will have the word, and his most powerful telescopic lens at the ready. Frigid Fracas He took a square of clean flannel from its compartment in the butt and carefully wiped the lenses of the telescopic sight. The Barbarians A telescopic sight with crosshairs for the centering of the object to be attacked; a small lever. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 We had a light but powerful sporting rifle, with telescopic sights, and several hundred rounds of ammunition. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Thus it allowed Leithgow and Carse to come and go with but faint chance of being observed, and the steady watch kept through the laboratory's telescopic instruments lessened even that. The Passing of Ku Sui “No, Mrs Fidler, there is nothing wrong here; but I’m afraid, Tom, that the visitor will put a stop to our telescopic work.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam It consisted of two telescopic barrels, one fitted with an eye-piece and the other, which was at a wide angle to the first, with an objective glass. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The largest nebulæ are either wholly irresolvable, or but partially resolvable under the highest telescopic powers; while large numbers of quite small nebulæ are easily resolved by far less powerful telescopes. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I I was sweeping the whole plain with the binoculars, while Ray peered through the telescopic sights of the rifle. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Perhaps there was a telescopic finder here in the cubby.... Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 The rarefied atmosphere makes all these elevations clear to the view with almost telescopic power. Aztec Land This tube was parallel to the telescopic barrel containing the objective lens. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Hence we see causes alike for the streams of shooting stars, for the solitary shooting stars visible to the naked eye, and for the telescopic shooting stars a score times more numerous. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I July 11, early in the morning, an attack was made on the lines around Hagerstown, which developed a hornets' nest of sharpshooters armed with telescopic rifles, who could pick a man's ear off half-a-mile away. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Within the cabinet the rays passed through an electrical device that amplified them millions of times, thus giving a clear, telescopic vision of the object on which the luciscope was focused. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 There are no such vacant spaces, for any part of the heavens shows stars beaming continuously, and every increase in telescopic power shows stars still further removed than any seen before. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena Given time, a much more accurate instrument could have been made, but two telescopic rifle sights and a theodolite base were all the materials I could find to work with. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 And it cannot be doubted that the minute fragments which no telescopic aid makes visible, are yet more numerous and widely dispersed. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Behind it a third cart came, loaded with telescopic tube sights. The Gun At that distance, the mammoth craft seemed no more than four inches long, yet, through his telescopic sight, he could discern her markings, machine-gun batteries and the airplane rack along her belly plainly. Raiders Invisible Lately, however, telescopic observation of what is going on in nebul�, which has already been referred to, has somewhat modified ideas of what is possible and impossible in that direction. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena It extended to all the stars of Harris's maps and the telescopic ones near them, as far as the eighth magnitude. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Instead of telescopic eyes, he gave man mind to invent far-seeing glasses. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Thousands of telescopic nebulæ are now known, and have been examined, and they are of all shapes. The Children's Book of Stars He glued his eyes to the telescopic sight. Raiders Invisible The telescope is actually a special telescopic rifle sight which will pick up infrared. Smugglers' Reef These were to extend the determinations of distance to the telescopic stars. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works The latter have been placed in the maps as guide posts in the telescopic field to assist those who are searching for faint and inconspicuous objects referred to in the text. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers It is a high speed motion picture camera," replied Casey, "with a telescopic lens. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 A few telescopic sights were trained on her as she bellowed ahead; the keen old eyes of a very perplexed and puzzled admiral were at one of them. Raiders Invisible The method was to take two stars in the same telescopic field and carefully to estimate their apparent angular distance from each other at different seasons of the year. Pioneers of Science If these disks really represent the angular diameter of the stars, they should admit of magnifying, like other objects; but, instead of this, Herschel found that they appeared smaller as the telescopic power was increased. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works All of the telescopic phenomena described are, however, represented in the maps. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Uranus was found merely in the course of ordinary telescopic survey of the heavens. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language They were now over the very heart of the Peninsula, and still Chris, searching through his telescopic sight, could see nothing but the monotonous roll of jungle. Raiders Invisible Small telescopic stars are often only named by their numbers in some specified catalogue—a dull but sufficient method. Pioneers of Science The slightest telescopic power applied to such groups alters the nebulous appearance, and shows that it comes from the combined and confused light of discrete stars. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works With a little practice anybody who has a correct eye can form a fair judgment of the excellence of a telescopic image. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers It is then at its nearest, or in opposition, as this is technically termed, and therefore in the most favourable position for telescopic observation of its surface. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Owing to its immense size, it is built on the telescopic principle in six "lifts," of 30 feet deep each. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use But besides these great comets, there are a multitude of telescopic ones, which do not show these striking features, and have no gigantic tail. Pioneers of Science For example, a certain portion of the heavens which he examined contained no star visible to the naked eye, but many telescopic stars. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Not only is Orion the most brilliant of all constellations to the casual star-gazer, but it contains the richest mines that the delver for telescopic treasures can anywhere discover. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Most of the spectroscopic binaries appear to be upon a smaller scale than the telescopic ones. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Coal falls into a funnel at the top of the telescopic pipe P from hoppers in the story above, which have openings, H H, controlled by shutters. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use This also was a well known and carefully observed telescopic comet, with a period of six years. Pioneers of Science I have never seen so good definition, telescopic and atmospheric, as he must have had on these occasions. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works The inconspicuous Lynx furnishes some fine telescopic objects, all grouped near the northwestern corner of the constellation. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Saturn was a sore puzzle to the early telescopic observers. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language I was under the impression that my passports were not yet made out—and that my knowledge of your thoughts was all gained from certain predatory excursions, telescopic observations, and such like illegal practices. Say and Seal, Volume II He was a man of an inventive turn of mind, and possessed good abilities, which he devoted to improving the methods of telescopic observation. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Even here, where he is in his most amiable mood, you see at what a telescopic distance he stands from mother Earth and simple human joys—“Nature’s circle rolls beneath.” The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Map No. 19 introduces us to the constellation Pegasus, which is comparatively barren to the naked eye, and by no means rich in telescopic phenomena. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers The results of telescopic observation show that more markings are visible on Mercury than on Venus. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language His unique set of appendages has, since the middle of the last century, formed the subject of searching and fruitful inquiries, both theoretical and telescopic. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It was not known until the beginning of the eighteenth century that Gascoigne had invented and used telescopic sights for the purpose of making accurate astronomical observations. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Beyond the rules, however, is the great universe—the celestial system which only the telescopic artistic sight of the great musician can penetrate. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression A richer constellation than Andromeda, both for naked-eye and telescopic observation, is Perseus, which is especially remarkable for its star clusters. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Taking the glass and adjusting it to his sight, Kearney commenced making survey of the valley, now bringing one portion of it within the field of telescopic vision, then another. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The details of telescopic observation accord, on the whole, admirably with this hypothesis. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The telescopic appearance of the Moon is very interesting and beautiful, especially if the orb is observed when waxing and waning. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The Elk turned all their megaphone ears, their funnel noses and their blazing telescopic eyes my way. Wild Animals at Home For many amateurs the phases of Venus will alone supply sufficient interest for telescopic observation. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers The time is coming when all these mysteries are to be cleared up—it will be when Psychometry is added to our telescopic and spectroscopic methods. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 Indeed, the experience acquired by its use plainly shows that atmospheric rather than mechanical difficulties impede a still further increase of telescopic power. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition With telescopic aid the number is largely increased—Galileo observed thirty-six with his instrument and Hooke, in 1664, counted seventy-eight. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' They are, however, not in themselves sufficiently conspicuous to be separately discerned from the earth by our telescopic observers. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Not very much can be said for Mercury as a telescopic object. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers But in their collapse, which is telescopic and to a certain extent gradual, a large part of the shock is absorbed. Learning to Fly A Practical Manual for Beginners Less than a fortnight later, September 23, Professor Galle, of the Berlin Observatory, received a letter from Leverrier requesting his aid in the telescopic part of the inquiry already analytically completed. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition No approximation of the magnitude of telescopic stars can be arrived at; many of them may rival Sirius, Canopus, and Arcturus, in size and splendour, their apparent minuteness being a consequence of their extreme remoteness. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' We then arrived at that favourite object for telescopic observers which is named Clavius. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story The moon is probably the most interesting of all telescopic objects. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers There was nothing to distinguish the telescopic appearance of this object from all the others which preceded or followed it. The Story of the Heavens Very high and very fine telescopic power is needed for its perception. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition About 300 stars are known as variable, but the majority of them are telescopic objects. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' With telescopic and photographic lenses in skilled hands, and a wealth of inventive genius in fertile brains, we can afford to wait a long while before we close the debate with a final negative. Moon Lore The narrow sickle of the new moon, hanging above the sunset, is a charming telescopic sight. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers It must also be observed that the greatest achievement in pure telescopic research which this century has witnessed was that of the discovery of the satellites of Mars. The Story of the Heavens The process of "gauging the heavens," accordingly, consisted in counting the stars in successive telescopic fields, and calculating thence the depths of space necessary to contain them. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The telescopic appearance of Saturn is one of the most beautiful in the heavens. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' He was examining an improved telescopic sight which had just been put upon the market by an opponent, criticizing it as one poet criticizes the poem of another poet—that is to say, ferociously. The Pools of Silence We next take up Lunar Chart No. 2, and pay a telescopic visit to the southwestern quarter of the lunar world. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers It has been since ascertained that the known satellites of Uranus are four in number, and their movements have been made the subject of prolonged and interesting telescopic research. The Story of the Heavens Harding's "Celestial Atlas," designed for the special purpose of facilitating asteroidal research, was the first systematic attempt to represent to the eye the telescopic aspect of the heavens. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The conclusions which the Italian astronomer arrived at with regard to its habitability were not supported by telescopic evidence sufficient to justify such a belief. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Shell craters, caused by heavier projectiles burrowing and bursting, pockmarked the ground like a telescopic photograph of the moon. Where the Souls of Men are Calling When the sun is covered with spots it becomes a most interesting object for telescopic study. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers The close approaches of Mars to the earth afford us opportunities for making a careful telescopic scrutiny of his surface. The Story of the Heavens Thin wisps of cosmical cloud, they flit across the telescopic field of view without sensibly obscuring the smallest star. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It is doubtful if Fracastro had any notion of constructing a mechanism which might answer the purpose of a telescopic tube. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' He examined a Winchester repeating rifle with a telescopic sight, then put it back and strapped on a .22 revolver. It Could Be Anything No close telescopic companion to Capella has been discovered. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers A photographic plate is exposed in the telescope to a certain region of the sky sufficiently long to enable very faint telescopic stars to imprint their images. The Story of the Heavens All equally hold aloof, so far as telescopic observation shows, from the busy journeyings of the stars. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The star depths, owing to inadequate telescopic power, remained unexplored, and the secrets associated with those distant regions were inviolable, and lay beyond the reach of human knowledge. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' This stand has three telescopic brass legs, stands 24 ins. high and collapses to 10¾ ins. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The eastern end of Pisces, represented in map No. 22, includes most of the interesting telescopic objects that the constellation contains. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers We have mentioned how the search for a telescopic planet can be facilitated by the use of a carefully-executed chart of the stars. The Story of the Heavens The telescopic image was in this case magnified eleven times previous to being photographed, an exposure of about five seconds being allowed; and the total enlargement, as it now appears, is nineteen times. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition She went by the name of the Carp, and she was very squat, small and ugly, her telescopic conning tower being of hard canvas. Studies in love and in terror Instantly an arrangement of telescopic lenses came into play within the tube of the periscope, with the result that a small portion of the view was greatly magnified upon the object card. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The first star of telescopic interest that we find in Andromeda is μ, a double difficult on account of the faintness of the smaller component. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers When the telescopic discovery of the planet had been achieved, Challis turned naturally to see whether he had observed the new globe also. The Story of the Heavens Ambition as regards telescopic power is by no means yet satisfied. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Spectroscopic analysis and exact telescopic scrutiny will not permit some speculations to be entertained which formerly met with favour. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Alice joined him in wandering about the decks, kibitzing on the games of the other passengers, and watching the stars and galaxies on the telescopic screens. The Memory of Mars Although amateurs have played a conspicuous part in telescopic discovery among the heavenly bodies, yet every owner of a small telescope should not expect to attach his name to a star. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers It was a small telescopic object, not unlike one of those dim nebulæ which are scattered in thousands over the heavens. The Story of the Heavens Moreover, its fluctuations depend upon its orbital position in such a way as to make it a conspicuous telescopic object when west, a scarcely discernible one when east of the planet. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It is still visible with telescopic power, shining as a star of the eleventh magnitude, that is five magnitudes below the faintest star discernible with the unaided eye. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The great success which attended the first telescopic observations of Galileo, induced him to apply his best instruments to the other planets of our system. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler Let us take now the utmost limit of telescopic power in all directions. Science and the Infinite or Through a Window in the Blank Wall In fact, we can hardly say that the nebula has any definite boundary, for with each increase of telescopic power faint new branches can be seen. The Story of the Heavens Visible to the naked eye until the end of August, the last telescopic observation of it was made February 14, 1882, when its distance from the earth considerably exceeded 300 million miles. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The rings of Saturn, always among the most interesting objects of astronomical research, have recently been subjected to close scrutiny under high telescopic powers by Mr. Trouvelot, of the Harvard Observatory, Cambridge, U.S. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy This curious discovery was the result of the last telescopic observations of Galileo. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler A Yeoman of Signals, his glass tucked into his left arm-pit, was securing the halliards to the telescopic mast, at which fluttered a frayed White Ensign. The Long Trick A telescopic view of the nebula shows two hundred stars or more, scattered over its surface. The Story of the Heavens Analogous symptoms of a loose state of aggregation have of late been not unfrequently detected in telescopic comets, besides the instances of actual division offered by those connected with the names of Biela and Liais. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The effect of the transfusion of light through a telescopic image may be easily tried by any one who cares to make the experiment. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy He had a telescopic drinking-cup in his pocket, with which he hastened to a brook that flowed through the valley. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Harry crouched behind the boulders, propping the rifle up between the rocks, and adjusted the telescopic sights. This Crowded Earth The beauty and interest of the moon as a telescopic object induces us to give to the student a somewhat detailed account of the more remarkable features which it presents. The Story of the Heavens They had made telescopic observations from within the atmosphere. A World Called Crimson I asked the observers to make telescopic sketches, on every compass bearing, of what they could see. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 The place of our solar system and the form of the whole lens are inferred from a kind of scale—i.e., from the different number of stars seen in equal telescopic fields of view. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science But you never saw the man except through the telescopic sights of your rifle. This Crowded Earth We shall give in a subsequent paragraph a brief enumeration of some of the remarkable telescopic objects in Perseus. The Story of the Heavens Each viewplate had its phone connecting with its "eye machines" on the hull, the crews of which would switch from telescopic to normal view at command. The Airlords of Han At least fifty copies of different telescopic sketches were sent in to the Division, including a series of eight showing new workings by the Germans in their front line system. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 If out planetary system were far outside the cluster, the Milky Way would appear to telescopic vision as a ring, and at a still greater distance as a resolvable disc-shaped nebula. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science There is an immense variety in the brilliancy of the shooting stars, from the weak telescopic sparks that vanish like a flash of lightning, to the incandescent bolides or fire-balls that explode in the atmosphere. Astronomy for Amateurs The group is, however, rather too widely scattered to make an effective telescopic object, except with a large field and low power. The Story of the Heavens Rushing a Siwash girl was about as distant a proposition for us as trying to snuggle up to the planets in the telescopic astronomy course. At Good Old Siwash To make the illusion of the past as complete as possible, and the dissemblance from the sailing ship as slight, the smoke-stack—or funnel—was telescopic, permitting it to be lowered almost out of sight. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life I here found my telescopic sight very useful for observing every movement while personally laying guns. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service And under certain telescopic aspects, and in some of the astral photographs, they really do appear to be contiguous. Astronomy for Amateurs The telescopic discovery of aberration, as well as its explanation, are both due to the illustrious Bradley. The Story of the Heavens And, as a tiny, at first telescopic crescent with a rusty light enlarged with lessened distance ahead, the ugly enigma of present-day Mars dug deeper into his brain. The Planet Strappers These trolleys each carried a vertical telescopic tube, by means of which the concrete was deposited at the bottom of the lock. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs He ran up his telescopic mast and swerved to the southward to meet the squadron from Calais, flying his admiral's flag, and under it the signal: "I wish to speak to you." The World Peril of 1910 Certain telescopic observations would even seem to confirm this theoretical deduction from the calculations of celestial mechanics. Astronomy for Amateurs This is a quantity which, though small to the unaided eye, is really of great relative magnitude in the present state of telescopic research. The Story of the Heavens While TV cameras hummed and dozens of still photographers pointed telescopic lenses and prayed for enough light, Dr. Peterson ignited the little wad of cloth. Make Mine Homogenized One panel of the screen went telescopic to track her. Gold in the Sky And for just a moment the German's face and the crossed hairs of his telescopic sight coincided, and coincided steadily. No Man's Land The author ventures to disagree with this opinion, its apparent probability notwithstanding, because he has invariably received a contrary impression from all his telescopic observations. Astronomy for Amateurs We have already mentioned Saturn as one of the most glorious telescopic spectacles in the heavens. The Story of the Heavens The lower, or microscopic eye was adapted to work for which a human being would have required a low power microscope, the upper eye possessed a more normal power of vision, plus considerable telescopic powers. The Ultimate Weapon The strangest thing about the mountain he said was that its curved form made it a perfect telescopic lens of40 great power. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania With his eye glued to his telescopic sight and his finger on the trigger of his rifle, he seemed hardly to be breathing. No Man's Land The earliest telescopic observations revealed the existence of more or less accentuated markings upon the surface of Mars. Astronomy for Amateurs Setting aside the obvious claims of the sun and of the moon, there are, perhaps, two other objects visible from these latitudes which rival Saturn in the splendour and the interest of their telescopic picture. The Story of the Heavens Cameras were grinding steadily, with long range telescopic lenses, delicate instruments probed and felt and caught their fingers in the fields of the giant fleet. The Ultimate Weapon At daybreak he left his aerie, and mounting in the sky far beyond the reach of human vision, watched with telescopic eye the creatures wandering on the earth’s surface. In the Wilds of Africa The plan was of course that a precise target should be selected by the crew after approaching the star group closely enough to permit telescopic planetary resolution and study. Greylorn Sometimes one of these cousins—quite telescopic, so distant was the relationship—would come to dine with us. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 This phenomenon, known as "nutation," was discovered by the beautiful telescopic researches of Bradley, in 1747. The Story of the Heavens At the top of the village street stands Pike's Peak—at least it seems to stand there when viewed through the telescopic air. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska Mastigium -ia: telescopic anal organs in certain caterpillars, serving to repel attacks of parasites. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology In front of the bar is a West Indian boy with a tripod and camera with a telescopic lens. Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare Here, again, is what we call the 'Potter'; it is telescopic. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 We have, first, a very beautiful telescopic discovery of the minute satellites of Mars, and we have a determination of the anomalous movement of one of them. The Story of the Heavens Two or three fresh telescopic comets are now usually found out every year. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 We had sent no messages during the trip, and with our grey-blue color, I think we escaped telescopic and even radio observation by the Earth. Tarrano the Conqueror The Skylark fell in behind the submersible craft, close enough to keep it plainly visible in the telescopic visiplate. Skylark Three This idea was unsuccessful until the invention of the telescopic band-mill, Fig. Handwork in Wood The telescopic effect of a snowstorm with the sun as a background I had never before seen. The Story of the Heavens The pith was removed so as to allow the wooden part to move into the herby part with a telescopic mechanism. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 From a fortress there would shoot out, with the speed of a meteor, a long, jointed, telescopic rod, tipped with a tiny, brilliantly shining ball. Triplanetary At the previous cast of the detector it had still been visible as a barely-perceptible point of light in the highest telescopic power of the visiplate. Skylark Three Corvus was known as the Raven in Chaucer's time. δ is an interesting telescopic double. A Field Book of the Stars We discussed Mercury and Venus as distant objects known chiefly by telescopic research, and by calculations of which astronomical observations were the foundation. The Story of the Heavens Finally the telescopic screens picked up the spaceport, a huge oval amphitheater excavated out of a valley between two jagged mountain ranges. Space Viking Finally they began to see, first with the telescopic screens and then without magnification, the little dots and specks that were cities and industrial centers. The Cosmic Computer The photo-electric telescopic eye watched the planet constantly, keeping the ship surely and accurately on the course that would get them to the distant planet in the shortest possible time. The Black Star Passes Its celebrated rings are telescopic objects but a small glass reveals them. A Field Book of the Stars The value of an opposition of Mars for telescopic purposes will vary greatly according to circumstances. The Story of the Heavens The last microjump was aimed at the Moon of Marduk, which was plainly visible in the telescopic screen. Space Viking I did not want to be compared to a star, a lone and distant star, nor to think of him as an astronomer gazing up at me with telescopic eye. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author But the gentleman with the seven-leagued boots is useless when the occasion offers itself for telescopic vision, and the eyes are good for nothing without the power of locomotion. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Hence they lie out of the path of ordinary observation, and their discovery is usually the result of keen telescopic examination of distant parts of the heavens. Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The question arises as to whether telescopic research has ever disclosed anything which can be regarded as a transit of Vulcan. The Story of the Heavens The telescopic screen went off, and the unmagnified screen darkened as the filters went on. Space Viking It includes also a list of such telescopic objects in each constellation as are easily found and lie within the power of a small telescope. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses She had no ambition herself, but she could lend him a more telescopic vision in his, and keep his aims high, if his self-concentration ever made him short-sighted. The Story of a Play A Novel Galileo, Newton, La Place, Herschel,—these are the royal names, the fixed stars, set, as it were, in that very firmament which for so many years they searched with telescopic eye. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Such discoveries have usually been made by persons little familiar with telescopic observations. The Story of the Heavens After a while, the filters went off and the telescopic screen went on again. Space Viking To see the faces of others, to see the telescopic stars and the microscopic microbes, yet never to see his own face. The Lady Paramount And even through the Milky Way, and the other nebulæ, the telescope penetrates, through "intervals absolutely dark, and completely void of any star, of the smallest telescopic magnitude." Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity In order to facilitate navigation in shallow water, the columns, E, may be made telescopic, and operated by hydraulic apparatus, so that they may be shortened at will. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. They are objects situated in a remarkable manner on the border-line which divides the objects visible to the unaided eye from those which require telescopic aid. The Story of the Heavens It had been visible in the telescopic screen even after they were out of atmosphere, a black smear until the turning planet carried it into darkness and then a lurid glow. Space Viking From his point of view, as, indeed, from that of the public very generally, the question of telescopic vision is merely one of magnifying power. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer And armed with cameras having powerful telescopic lenses they can photograph the entire scene and send to their own military headquarters not mere indicated plans of the battle lines, but exact photographs. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights We had met in times before the advent of the telescopic lens, and he used a box camera, tuned to a fiftieth of a second. Golden Lads It seemed hardly possible to push telescopic research farther with instruments of this cumbrous type. The Story of the Heavens The telescopic view shifted; for a moment the planet was completely off-screen, and then its curvature came into the screen against a star-scattered background. Space Viking Multiply that inconceivable distance by hundreds of thousands, and still you will discern enormous sand banks of stars obscurely glittering on the farthest verge of telescopic vision. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Will the time ever come, when men will look into it, or have it, at least, as plainly spread before them as to the telescopic view is the landscape of the moon? Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Moreover, its sky appears to be generally almost cloudless, so that when in its orbital course the sphere is nearest our earth it is under favourable conditions for telescopic observation. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Thus, after the long lapse of a century, the telescopic discovery of satellites to Saturn recommenced. The Story of the Heavens In the telescopic screen, a jagged hole was visible just below the equator of the Enterprise, the edges curling outward. Space Viking The celebrated BESSEL, and soon afterwards, the late Mr. HENDERSON, astronomer royal for Scotland, were the first to surmount the difficulty that had baffled the telescopic resources of the HERSCHELS. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges As a telescopic object Venus is exceedingly attractive, even when considered merely from the point of view of simple beauty. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries God’s omniscience too often means, only some physical fancy of innumerable telescopic or microscopic eyes. Westminster Sermons with a Preface Neptune was first revealed by profound mathematical research rather than by minute telescopic investigation. The Story of the Heavens Ship is visible in telescopic screen, just at the sunset line. Space Viking The stars visible to the eye are about 3,000, but the number increases with every increase of telescopic power, and may be said to be innumerable. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges Many telescopic views in the heavens disappoint the beginner, but that of Saturn does not. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries From a height of thousands of feet above the lines the aircraft with powerful telescopic cameras photograph every foot of the battlefield covered by the enemy's lines. With Our Soldiers in France On the 18th of September, 1846, Le Verrier wrote to Dr. Galle of the Berlin Observatory, describing the place of the planet indicated by his calculations, and asking him to make its telescopic discovery. The Story of the Heavens Even so, the Space Vikings were amazed—and stubbornly refusing to show it—at what they saw in the telescopic screens. Space Viking He scorned all modern appliances for shooting, such as telescopic sights or automatic rifles; he invariably used a short double-barrelled rifle, and his exceptionally keen sight rendered glasses unnecessary. In the World War So it is possible the suspected great planet beyond Neptune may be within the range of telescopic vision, but may not be detected until elaborate calculations have deduced its place in the heavens. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries We have a pretty fair idea of conditions on Tareesh; our astronomers have been making telescopic observations for the past fifteen centuries. Genesis The telescopic appearance of a star is merely a point of light much smaller than the globes and rings of Saturn. The Story of the Heavens In the telescopic screen, the other ship came on unfalteringly. Space Viking It was a telescopic ladder, and more ingeniously designed than anything of the kind I had seen before. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor |
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