| 单词 | transparent substance |
| 例句 | Colloquially, the word glass often refers to a hard, brittle, transparent substance made of fused sand, soda and lime. Neither a solid nor a liquid, glass is a complicated material still surprising scientists 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z They did this by passing their light through various apparently transparent substances—usually containers with just a bit of thin gas in them. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Abandoning the magnet, and using only a coil of wire with the transparent substance within it, similar effects were obtained. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Pure gelatin is an amorphous, brittle, nearly transparent substance, faintly yellow, tasteless and inodorous, neutral in reaction and unaltered by exposure to dry air. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Within these coverings of the eye-ball, are contained, three transparent substances, called humours. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z But light can pass through water; that is to say, water is a transparent substance; so the other four bushels soak down to illuminate the fishes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Man calls such materials transparent; for example, glass and water are transparent substances. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z It is formed like the glasses they use in telescopes, and is fastened at the edge by the delicate transparent substance that covers it, called a membrane. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z The only refractive indices which had been measured were the optical refractive indices of a number of transparent substances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z In one particular especially does this difference of quality show itself; besides being non-luminous, the heat radiated from the earth is more easily intercepted and absorbed by almost all transparent substances. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. For the same reason the powders of transparent substances are opaque. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The walls of the ship are double, the inner one of metal and the outer one of vitrolene or some similar perfectly transparent substance. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 A transparent substance means anything that can be seen through. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z At a far earlier period Aristophanes speaks of "a transparent substance used to light fires with," usually translated glass. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It is a simple, pure and transparent substance, bearing in itself the forms of all existing things. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy It is a very transparent substance, somewhat fluid when first run, but thickening considerably with age, possessed of a delicate yellow colour and a mild terebinthous odour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The others I also took up, handling them very gingerly, for around the points of each was some colourless transparent substance which looked like vaseline. The Stretton Street Affair Beside the mass of the five rectangles, on the floor, was a large plate of transparent substance, ground to a concave surface, through which one could see an intricate tangle of wire mesh. Hellhounds of the Cosmos He saw that it had a door on the side facing him, and several little slitlike windows, covered by a thick, transparent substance which might have been glass. The Fire People Many of the paintings were on a peculiar transparent substance that gave to the subject a startlingly vivid effect. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch This incompetence of the vapour to absorb luminous rays is shared by water and ice — in fact, by all really transparent substances. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 When light passes from one transparent substance to another it is bent or refracted, as every one knows from the bent appearance of a stick plunged into water. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Every transparent substance that bore the remotest resemblance to a lens I eagerly seized upon, and employed in vain attempts to realize that instrument, the theory of whose construction I as yet only vaguely comprehended. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories On his head was a helmet of the same material, with a mask over his face having two huge circular openings covered with a flexible, transparent substance. The Fire People Every transparent substance that bore the remotest resemblance to a lens I eagerly seized upon, and employed in vain attempts to realize that instrument the theory of whose construction I as yet only vaguely comprehended. The Diamond Lens A tasteless transparent substance obtained from animal tissues. Practical Mechanics for Boys The larger portion of these medusae, consisting of transparent substances of a lemon-yellow colour, and globular form, appeared to possess very little power of motion. The Ocean and its Wonders It was a new experience for her, this flying with nothing above one, nothing to the side, or underneath save that transparent substance. Tarrano the Conqueror In such cases we can see that no transparent substance conducts electricity. The Black Star Passes The radiation from the lime light has a greater power of penetration through transparent substances than that from the spiral. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Refraction, a change in the direction of a ray of light, when it passes through transparent substances of different densities. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. We are pleased with the eye in this view, on the principle upon which we like diamonds, clear water, glass, and such like transparent substances. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Turning their attracted poles towards a transparent substance, the particles would be sucked in and transmitted; turning their repelled poles, they would be driven away or reflected. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Some were of a glittering pale green; others covered with a whitish, half transparent substance; others again terminated in numerous oddly formed angles, and from the distance looked like beautiful groups of trees. A Woman's Journey Round the World In endeavouring to account for the uninterrupted transmission of rays of light through transparent substances, however hard they may be found to be, Newton has these observations. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author The coloured figures, exhibited by the phatasmagorists, have no relation to these effects of light: they are effigies covered with gold-beater's skin, or any other transparent substance, in which is placed a dark lantern. Paris as It Was and as It Is Every transparent substance that bore the remotest semblance to a lens I eagerly seized upon and employed in vain attempts to realize that instrument, the theory of whose construction I as yet only vaguely comprehended. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 The materials are cemented together in accordance with a symmetrical design, the interior being lined with a transparent substance, which, when dry, is readily separable from the casing! My Tropic Isle Some kinds have a long strip of transparent substance, like a large feather. Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. Several horizontal rows of great square holes, obstructed by a thin, shiny, transparent substance, pierced the frontage of each cavern. Sketches New and Old, Part 3. We are pleased with the eye in this view, on the principle upon which we like diamonds, clear water, glass, and such-like transparent substances. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke |
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