| 单词 | vane |
| 例句 | Joseph had never been this close to a weather vane, and he was surprised by how large it was. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Five minutes later Lyra had forgotten the moral, but she hadn’t forgotten the little whirling vanes in the ray of dusty light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Dan was only split through the head with the pig-shaped weather vane that flew off a barn. Now let me see that police report.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I see her take in the white fence and the messy garden, then the rusted weather vane atop the ever so slightly lopsided roof. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Behind the house loomed an immense brown barn, at least five stories tall, topped by a weather vane. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Like a wind vane waiting for a gust to come along and spin it round. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The Object lived on Tonnacour, in a gray stone and clapboard house with a weather vane. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bull Sparra’s mad bright eyes glanced upwards to the weather vane. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My mind spun like a weather vane in the wind. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Clinging to the vane with one paw, Matthias jumped up and down in a frenzy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Most looked almost ordinary; their owners had clearly tried to make them as Muggle-like as possible, but had slipped up by adding chimneys, or bellpulls, or weather vanes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Reek listened to the vanes turning on the old windmill as they rode beneath the gatehouse into a grassy courtyard where stableboys ran out to take their horses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of them is a real clock; the other looks like a clock but is really a weather vane, and the hands swing in the wind. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s the weather vane arm that points north! That’s where the sword must be!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the arm of a weather vane, pointing north! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He straddled it with both feet, gazing straight ahead at the north point of the weather vane. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "We'd need a lab. Usually they replace the vanes after each mission." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of our best prizes were a baseball cap, a beat-up weather vane shaped like a chicken, and a beautiful feather that looked like it might have come from a peacock. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z As he drew nearer, he saw it was a massive golden weather vane, signalling to him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Plastic flowers were planted around the edge, and a weather vane topped by a spouting whale stood in the center. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a magenta rachis down the center with soft green vanes that shimmered yellow and purple and blue depending on how you turned it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I was checking out the brass eagle weather vane on top when something caught my eye, a shadow in the uppermost window of the attic gable. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The weather vane moved slightly, indicating that Jess, actually out upon the north pointer, must be trying to retrieve the sword. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “The beam cuts right across the top gable. I can see the weather vane as clearly as if it were day.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It rustles the leaves of apple trees and sets a rooster on a weather vane spinning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bracing himself against the weather vane, Matthias shielded his eyes and peered down into the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mina pushes the baby carriage to the vane, scanning the crowd. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The furious claws almost lifted Matthias from the weather vane as the King gripped the belt, trying to drag it off him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Yes, a porch. And I’d love to have a weather vane on the roof.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The mystery pistol was shaking and sliding back and forth in my hand same as a weather vane in a January storm. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The towering structure rose a good live stories tall, topped by a weather vane in the shape of a bull. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Matthias estimated that it was probably underneath where the weather vane was situated. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It had a huge bed and flowing white curtains—and, oddly, a small antique rocking horse and a collection of old weather vanes arranged on a large wooden desk. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Among the items for sale are weather vanes, bird baths, vintage benches, botanical prints, and garden-themed paintings. Treasures Abound at Botanical Garden’s Annual Antique Show 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z In Mr. Smith’s house you’ll find more than two dozen antique weather vanes featuring sculpted animals, hundreds of miniature toy soldiers battling on the shelves and a cigar-store Indian. There’s No Business Like Art Fair Business for Sanford Smith 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z I’m not buying any more weather vanes because I have no place to put them. There’s No Business Like Art Fair Business for Sanford Smith 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z American art, fine and folk, abounds at the fair: weather vanes, scrimshaw, Pennsylvania Dutch bibles, creepy flat portraits of New England children. Winter, but Whither Antiques? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z They custom ordered a copper whale weather vane for the garage roof from the artisan in Connecticut. All-American Style 2010-06-23T23:04:00Z There are paintings and drawings, quilts, ceramics, handmade books, pieces of elaborately decorated furniture, duck decoys and weather vanes dating from the mid-18th century to the early 21st. Inspiration Made Concrete in ‘Self-Taught Genius’ Exhibition 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Specific to Cooper, airlines retrofitted aircraft with a devise known as a Cooper vane that made it impossible to open aft stairwells during flight. D.B. Cooper, the changing nature of hijackings and the foundation for today’s airport security 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Denim, after all, has always been a cultural weather vane. Is Denim in an Identity Crisis? 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The exception to the Modernist rule is a collection of antique weather vanes that decorated a wall of her last living room. Florence Knoll Bassett’s Collection to Be Auctioned 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Such moments echo the way Müller’s wanderer obsessively scans his environment for clues, reading messages in the weather vane on his sweetheart’s house or the crow that follows him as he walks. ‘Winterreise’ Augmented by Kentridge Video Art 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z No country cliches here: Her look combines rustic farm tables, lanterns and antique weather vanes with contemporary lighting and white marble bathrooms. How to get farmhouse style, without the country cliches 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Yet they are not the weather vane they used to be for predicting which film might triumph at the Academy Awards. Golden Globes launch Hollywood into awards season 2010-12-14T07:46:03Z In Wodehouse's Blandings Castle stories, reluctant patriarch Lord Emsworth is a jumble of legs and befuddlement, an amiable, spindle-limbed weather vane buffeted hither and thither by the winds of familial tomfoolery. Blandings is just the ticket, by jove 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z Nancy Druckman, the director of Sotheby’s American folk art department, said in a phone interview that the sculptural quality of vanes steadily appeals to collectors outside the Americana realm. Antiques: Meret Oppenheim’s Works at Martin-Gropius-Bau 2013-08-08T20:49:46Z He has for example, built living rooms around a bronze equestrian statue in Guatemala City, and an angel weather vane on top of a cathedral in Basel, Switzerland. Art Review: Tatzu Nishi’s ‘Discovering Columbus’ Installation 2012-09-21T18:15:31Z When a train collision kills 18 people, the ensuing investigation whipsaws public opinion like a weather vane. Review: ‘Judgment Day,’ an Allegory of Blame, Goes Big 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The angelic winged and trumpet-blowing figure of Fame in a swirling dress graces a weather vane made of zinc and copper from around 1890. Art Review: ?Jubilation/Rumination? at American Folk Art Museum 2012-01-27T00:08:07Z On Aug. 3, at Northeast Auctions in Manchester, N.H., a metal filigree banner vane with arrow and snake motifs brought $5,400, and a spiky iron serpent encrusted with rust cost $9,800. Antiques: Meret Oppenheim’s Works at Martin-Gropius-Bau 2013-08-08T20:49:46Z Down to our right was the corrugated hulk of New Billingsgate Market, its fish vanes shifting in the breeze. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z Weather vanes begin to move, suggesting a change in the political sphere, such as The Wind That Shakes the Barley, in this haunting version by Dead Can Dance. Readers recommend: songs about wind – results 2012-11-08T15:16:41Z For evidence, look no further than “Girls,” HBO’s cultural weather vane for urban 20-somethings, where none of the main characters paired off in a manner that might count as courtship even a decade ago. The End of Courtship? 2013-01-11T21:56:39Z It is also a good weather vane of relations between the two countries. A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z It reminds me of a weather vane or a colonial hinge. Richard McGuire’s “Noise New York” 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The most beautiful one resembles a silver weather vane that appears guided by unseen forces. Movie Review: ‘The Awakening,’ With Rebecca Hall and Dominic West 2012-08-17T15:17:32Z When throngs of visitors move through the show, which started Nov. 8, they’ll create air currents, stirring the mobiles to move in a slow ballet of weather vanes. A colorful Calder exhibit opens at Seattle Art Museum 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The blades can move to change their pitch and adjust the air flow, as can a set of fixed vanes just behind the fan. The new engine design touted to power the successor to Boeing’s 737 MAX 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z A museum should not change directions like a weather vane but give us the reassurance that some things are timeless and provide us with the history and progression of art. Feedback: Readers remember Tina Turner and criticize LACMA 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z We can smell mulch, feel the vanes of feathers, bump into doors and taste peppermints. The Race to Make A.I. Smaller (and Smarter) 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Navy identified as jet vanes for medium-range ballistic missiles, as well as devices the Navy identified as “impact sensor covers” that go on the tips of those missiles. British navy seizes Iran missiles, parts likely Yemen bound 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Hansberry places her specimens under an acute social microscope, not so much for us to identify with, but to be considered timely vanes in the winds of change. Review | Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan head sparkling cast in Hansberry revival 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Those vanes are designed to guide and smooth the air flow to avoid it swirling away from the engine. The new engine design touted to power the successor to Boeing’s 737 MAX 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z There are weather vanes with more firmly fixed positions. Column: Kevin McCarthy 'won' the House speakership. Now the country must pay the price 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Instead, the two agencies said, all evidence points to a bird strike on the sensor vane. Final report on Boeing 737 MAX crash sparks dispute over pilot error 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Long an integral part of the social calendar, Germany’s roughly 500 Christmas markets have renewed importance as weather vanes of the national mood. At German Christmas Markets, Smiles Shine Bright but Budgets Are Tight 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Others say she’s a weather vane, pivoting when it suits her advancement. Who is Liz Truss, a shapeshifter set to be U.K.’s next prime minister? 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The fixed vanes behind the fan can change pitch so that they almost close together, blocking the air stream and serving as that brake. The new engine design touted to power the successor to Boeing’s 737 MAX 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The City Council could prove that it’s better than a weather vane blown by special interests. Special interests cloud Seattle City Council’s quest for pot reform 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Consider a weather vane’s response to a strong wind. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z However, there is a much deeper symbolism in the bird on the weather vane flying over George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Explaining nil on NIL 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z When the tour director “started to explain that the dove of peace on the mansion’s weather vane carried an olive branch, Mrs. Khrushchev muttered, ‘Yes, yes’ and walked away,” the New York Daily News reported. How France’s treasured Bastille key ended up at Mount Vernon 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The new ministerial position — an assistant minister — is a comparatively minor one, and its role will be limited, at least for the near term, mostly to conversation starter and weather vane. Australia’s Baby Steps Toward Severing Ties With the Queen 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z “Be a vocal and visible ally even if it costs you endorsements and donations. Stand up for what you believe in; otherwise you’re not an elected official, you’re just a weather vane,” he said. LGBTQ people urge Democrats to forcefully reject GOP attacks 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z A typical weather vane has a large cross-sectional area perpendicular to the direction the arrow is pointing, like a “One Way” street sign. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Last year, teams were allowed to have vanes in the diffuser to turn the air in directions that aided performance. 'Extreme anxiousness and high excitement' 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Abbott has a reputation in Austin for twisting like a weather vane, depending on the prevailing Republican winds. Column: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the nation's toughest abortion law. Was it principle or posturing? 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z And given that uncertainty, the stock and bond markets are swinging haphazardly, like a weather vane before a storm, as the news about the new variant blows one way or another. The Markets Are Confused, but Wall Street Is Still Making Predictions 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Whether Johnson is a weather vane who swings toward popular causes or whether he was schooled at 10 Downing Street by Britain’s world-leading climate scientists, the man has changed his tune — dramatically. Boris Johnson used to mock ‘eco-doomsters.’ Now he’s a climate champion. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The purpose of the weather vane is to indicate the direction of the wind. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z If Republicans and Democrats haven’t changed much on the role of government, independents are the weather vanes on this question. Analysis | Are Americans growing warier of more government just as Biden tries to pass his big agenda? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The Robert Venturi-designed work is "a reimagined obelisk" topped by a weather vane representing the colors of Italy, the country of the explorer’s birth, and Spain, the country for which he sailed. Judge orders removal of plywood box covering Christopher Columbus statue in Philadelphia 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “The vanes were obviously made by the same person as the arrow, attaching bars and all at the base are identical,” the collector wrote. Witch, dragon symbols of 125-year-old Biloxi ‘Peoples Bank’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z For decades, this state was a reliable wind vane of American politics. Why Iowa Has Become Such a Heartbreaker for Democrats 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z As wind blows past the weather vane, it tends to orient the arrow in the same direction as the wind. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z To learn the direction of energy production in North Carolina, look to a weather vane. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “He’s a wind vane, he’s got no base and the community is divided because of it.” Oregon protest fallout dominates close Portland mayor race 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “It is my favorite vane - why it occupies the space over the fireplace,” he said, as was pictured in the magazine. Witch, dragon symbols of 125-year-old Biloxi ‘Peoples Bank’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z The group’s flag, featuring a rooster weather vane pointing west, sports the words “The West is the Best,” and its annual convention, held recently in Las Vegas, is called WestFest. Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The 106-foot Robert Venturi-designed work is “a reimagined obelisk” topped by a weather vane representing the colors of Italy, the country of the explorer’s birth, and Spain, the country for which he sailed. Columbus monument supporters file suit, seek injunction 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Family and friends of Alicia Shanks gathered Thursday to put the turtle weather vane on top of the gazebo at the Essex Elementary School. New weather vane installed at school to honor slain teacher 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The group, Native Americans at Dartmouth, said removal of the weather vane “would be a welcome and long overdue change.” Students urge Dartmouth to take down ‘racist’ weather vane 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Trump’s audience for his theatrical retellings and explanations of his conduct also extends to influential Fox News anchors, such as Tucker Carlson, who he watches regularly and sees as a political weather vane. Trump and allies try to rewrite history on handling of police brutality protests 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z As part of the celebration, the colors of Effendi, the race’s winner, are painted onto the ornamental weather vane at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for the first time. This day in sports: Serena Williams wins her 50th title by beating Maria Sharapova 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z As part of the celebration marking the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race’s winner were painted onto the ornamental weather vane at Pimlico Racecourse for the first time. AP Sportlight 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Festivities are rounded off with a climber scaling the pole to spin the weather vane on top. The eccentric events cancelled by coronavirus 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The website says that, while some believe the barrel represents a keg of rum, “some say it is the pivot point for the weather vane.” Students urge Dartmouth to take down ‘racist’ weather vane 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z And it was a major factor in the president’s reluctance to even acknowledge a looming crisis, for fear of rattling the financial markets that serve as his political weather vane. Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The feather itself shows signs of damage, with holes in the vanes that the team said were consistent with an insect chewing on them. Dinosaurs had feathers ruffled by parasites, study finds 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z He also wants the agency to instruct Boeing and airlines to inspect, and if necessary replace, the vanes that played a role in the accidents. Boeing 737 Max Was Plagued With Production Problems, Whistle-Blower Says 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Voters can be turned off by signs of weakness or too much reliance on weather vanes. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z At the Bali airport, a vane, known as an angle of attack sensor, was replaced. With Boeing in Cross Hairs, Lion Air Gets a Pass on Poor Safety Record 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z There’s a delightful little chapter about a controversial weather vane, and a wholly unexpected story of a long marriage that survives a bout of violence. Review | What happened on a December day in 1986? A little bit of everything. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The fluidity of Mr. Chirac’s policy positions led to other popular nicknames, like “Chameleon Bonaparte” and “Girouette,” French for “weather vane.” Jacques Chirac, flamboyant French president who opposed U.S. invasion of Iraq, dies at 86 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The replacement vane put onto this airplane in Bali was older than the airplane itself. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z A dolphin-topped weather vane sits above the whitewashed exterior, and the same color palette continues inside. Grammy-winning songwriter Glen Ballard cuts price of Malibu cottage 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z If the test had been done, engineers likely would have realized the vane was calibrated incorrectly by 21 degrees. With Boeing in Cross Hairs, Lion Air Gets a Pass on Poor Safety Record 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Built in 2018, the two-story home pays homage to Boston’s colonial style with dormer windows and a weather vane up top. Former Celtic Aron Baynes looks to pass Boston-area townhome 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s now designing, testing and certifying more robust vanes. Boeing says 737 MAX crisis could temporarily shut down Renton production 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z In the maintenance log in Bali, the company technicians documented replacing the angle-of-attack vane and testing it. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z They placed vortex generators — small metal vanes on the wings — to help modify the flow of air, trying them in different locations, in different quantities and at different angles. The inside story of MCAS: How Boeing’s 737 MAX system gained power and lost safeguards 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z Crash investigators were presented with photographs supposedly showing that a mandatory test was done after the vane had been replaced. With Boeing in Cross Hairs, Lion Air Gets a Pass on Poor Safety Record 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The faulty cockpit indicator was supposed to flash when the plane’s angle-of-attack vanes — which measure the position of the plane’s nose against the oncoming air stream — send conflicting signals. Boeing said nothing about faulty 737 Max alert until after crash 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z "It lives on, and has become part of local folklore. The Ampthill library has its weather vane as a hare, and there is public art incorporating hares," he said. The treasure hunt that gripped a nation 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Additionally, in response to an error message indicating possible failures in angle-of-attack information, they replaced the angle-of-attack vane on the nose of the airplane on the captain’s side. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z At one point, both pilots called out “left alpha vane,” according to the cockpit voice recorder, using another name for the sensor. In preliminary report, Ethiopian authorities give limited details on Boeing crash. What’s next? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z For Lion Air Flight 610, even after the vane was changed, the Max 8 continued to malfunction, producing an array of errant data. Between Two Boeing Crashes, Days of Silence and Mistrust 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Pilots also demonstrated how the 737 Max would behave if an angle-of-attack vane was sheared off by, say, a bird strike. EU agency is said to have skipped 737 Max meeting in snub to Boeing 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The sensors, which are effectively wind vanes on the jet’s nose, have malfunctioned in the past, for a variety of reasons, including bird strikes, according to the former engineers. In Ethiopia Crash, Faulty Sensor on Boeing 737 Max Is Suspected 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Angle-of-attack vanes are exposed to the winds and are vulnerable to impact, ice and wear. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z “I know of only a couple of events directly related to the angle-of-attack vanes themselves. One of those involved frozen vanes due to water getting into them during some unusual circumstances,” Malmquist said. In preliminary report, Ethiopian authorities give limited details on Boeing crash. What’s next? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The air data inertial reference unit is the processor that helps collect data from the probes and vanes on the plane. Between Two Boeing Crashes, Days of Silence and Mistrust 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The so-called angle-of-attack vane provided a faulty reading to the Lion Air crew. Justice and Transportation officials probe approval of Boeing 737 Max and pilot manuals 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Many of the sensors include a small vane attached to the outside of a commercial aircraft. Sensor cited as potential factor in Boeing crashes draws scrutiny 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z No direct mention has been made of this, but he must have immediately identified the replacement angle-of-attack vane on his side as the likely culprit. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Lemme said Boeing could have designed the system to compare the readings from the two vanes, which would have indicated if one of them was way off. Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z “The innovative planar feather vane, however, creates a well-defined, two-dimensional surface on which it is possible to create a whole new world of complex color patterns within every feather,” Prum writes. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The festivities are rounded off with a climber scaling the pole to spin the weather vane at the top. There's nowt so queer as folklore 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z But overall, the outfit is more weather vane than bellwether, responding to the direction of the base and the GOP instead of setting a course for those groups to follow. Perspective | Five myths about cable news 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The vane on that side seemed to be the original unit. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Valley News reports the lantern, spire and weather vane were taken down from the Strafford Town House Thursday for major repairs for the first time since the 1970s. Crews begin repair work on historic church building 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z And we will have helped turn a grievous crime into a cheap register of public passion that flips like a weather vane at the next election. Opinion | #MeToo Becomes a Political Ploy 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Instead, atop the Amazon bookstore at Palisades Village, a copper weather vane has a sailboat inscribed with the name of Caruso’s 216-foot yacht, Invictus. The Man Who Could Save Retail 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z By far the best gauge, though — as so often — is in Mourinho, that great weather vane of his opponent’s strengths. Manchester City Sizes Up Its Toughest Premier League Opponent: Complacency 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Independence Square is dominated by a 1933 redbrick courthouse with classical pediment and columns beneath a clock tower and weather vane, surrounded by impeccably cut grass. Independence, Missouri: Truman’s home comes to terms with Trump 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Strafford officials say contractors will convert the lantern’s roof from cedar to metal shingles and re-gild the weather vane among other repairs. Crews begin repair work on historic church building 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Traffic today streams past the driveway winding onto the Bruning property - a sort of rural throwback marked by antique signs, weather vanes and a 105-year-old red barn surrounded by nine tidy structures. Omaha development may push out century-old farm 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z In his White House, positions on immigration, gun control and foreign policy can spin like a weather vane. For Trump, what mattered most in creating, and addressing, the family separation crisis was looking strong 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “To the extent that his emotions fluctuate with the news, I find this very useful — he’s a sort of weather vane for me.” Last of the Newsies? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The wind was strong enough to spin a weather vane, but Rosen was unflappable. At UCLA's pro day, Josh Rosen shows he can do more than sling it 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Romney was like a weather vane in his first run for president, "47 %" should do him in, how he truly feels and will vote lockstep. Orrin Hatch, Utah Senator, to Retire, Opening Path for Mitt Romney 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z If Trump spins like a weather vane on this, so much the better. ‘Their Deaths Are the Stuff of Nightmares’ 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Its limbs, however, would have sported several other kinds of feathers, including long pennaceous feathers with central vanes that are more like the plumage we often see on modern birds. New Feathered Dinosaur Had Four Wings but Couldn't Fly 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The street was the very picture of sturdy German middle-class prosperity - dappled, leafy, with white wooden dog-tooth fences, weather vanes and plane trees. Feeling 1% more 'Elvis' in a little town in Germany - BBC News 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The events on the turnpike in April 1998 turned him into a human weather vane. A Microscope on Harvard, but a Shrug at Injustice on the Street 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Wind is propelled through a wall of slim metal boards called turning vanes, which are separated by only about a foot and a half. Defying predictions, wind tunnels find new customers in autos, athletics — even fast food 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z And Cannes, inasmuch as it offers a weather vane for where film is going, points to one very fresh and one very chestnut-y tack. Cannes 2017: A festival grapples with class, but not all movies are created equal 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Liberal bloggers are wetting their pants over this “weather vane” of early Trump backlash. The Democratic party is undermining Bernie Sanders-style candidates | Jamie Peck 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But dumping Bannon would only underscore the extent to which Trump is a political weather vane, gyrating wildly with the political winds. Opinion | Trump’s weather-vane presidency gyrates wildly with the winds 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The restoration, scheduled to be completed later this month, will also include a new weather vane that is being re-created by Tony Cole at Custom Metals in Madison. Wisconsin water tower preserved, food pantry gets new home 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z A theatre-height purple velvet curtain lifted to reveal a catwalk in a plexiglass tunnel of the type found in airport terminals, which wound around a metal pyramid topped with a rooster weather vane. Milan fashion week: Gucci embraces its brilliant absurdity with fluid show 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Is your sense of direction like a weather vane spinning in strong winds? To Improve Your Sense of Direction, Lose the Technology 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z "Whether deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is delayed is a political weather vane," one source said. China sees THAAD deployment as 'weather vane' under Trump 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The weather vane will twirl again soon because Trump faces renewed trouble, on an old front and a new one. Opinion | Trump’s weather-vane presidency gyrates wildly with the winds 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z One thing that was replicated is the cupola’s weather vane. The District’s 1932 Engine 16 firehouse is getting an $8.5 million facelift 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The weather vane atop the turret adds a touch of whimsy. A stallion’s stable becomes a charming home in Clarke County 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The three handmade weather vanes recall the region’s traditional architecture, and the base of the building, made of rough-hewn fieldstone, recalls old New England masonry. Can You Erase the Trauma From a Place Like Sandy Hook? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Because it turns out that even the most self-interested members of the political class, the true weather vanes swinging in the wind, have their limits. Donald Trump’s Conduct Was Excused Again and Again. But Not This Time. 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z In that vane they are on equal part with the GOP. How Democrats Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Big Donor Money 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z What made this possible is sorely lacking today: a vision that unifies; an action plan that is realistic; and bold, far-sighted leadership that navigates both while holding a compass, not a weather vane. Ehud Barak: Netanyahu’s reckless conduct endangers Israel 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Aleppo is often viewed as the weather vane of the Syrian conflict, perhaps now more than ever. Beyond Aleppo, Syria's war rages on with no end in sight 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z During a big storm, when the site closes for the night, the crane is left free to swing to the point of least resistance, just like a weather vane. The indispensable crane hoists the economy, along with steel, concrete and toilets 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z A Liberal Party online ad depicts Shorten as a weather vane with outstretched fists holding daggers and accuses him of "knifing" two prime ministers. Bill Shorten's shifting allegiances may come back to haunt him as he seeks to become Australia's next prime minister 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z A Liberal Party online ad depicts Shorten as a weather vane with outstretched fists holding daggers and accuses him of “knifing” two prime ministers. Australian opposition's PM pick helped oust 2 predecessors 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z We always hear that politicians are unprincipled weather vanes, slavishly following polls. Five myths about political spin 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z A recent spot featured a cartoon of Rubio twisting on a weather vane as an announcer described his shifting position on immigration reform. Undeterred by criticism, Bush super PAC to keep focus on Rubio — for now 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Right to Rise also released a TV ad showing a Rubio cutout spinning around on a weather vane. His rivals are saying the same thing in different ways: Marco Rubio is weak 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “He ran for Senate saying he opposed amnesty,” says the narrator of the 30-second ad called “Vane,” which features Mr. Rubio atop a weather vane, swiveling back and forth. New Attack Ads Call Marco Rubio a Flip-Flopper on Immigration 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z “He ran for Senate saying he opposed amnesty,” says the narrator of the 30-second spot, called “Vane,” which features Mr. Rubio atop a weather vane, swiveling back and forth. PAC Backing Jeb Bush Counters Campaign Message With Ad Critical of Marco Rubio 1455-02-13T05:00:00Z For those who can’t watch clips online, it shows Rubio as a weather vane, constantly pointing in different directions, moving with the winds. If immigration 'consistency' is key, Rubio has a problem 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Sand and dust "caused a buildup of material on the turbine blades and vanes" that led an engine to stall and put the aircraft into "an unavoidable freefall to the ground," the statement said. Fatal Marine Osprey crash in Hawaii blamed on landing amid dust 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z So in a new study, a team built a slowly spinning device with four outstretched arms like a weather vane. How Fish Make Themselves Invisible—Mystery Solved 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z A weather vane shifts its position every time the winds change. In Iowa, Hillary Clinton tries to build on her good run with jabs at Republicans 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z It shows Edward’s death and burial on 6 January 1066 in his church which was so new that men are shown still at work placing a weather vane on the roof. Westminster Abbey lavatory block gives way to medieval burial find 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The other side of the weather vane, though, is what we experienced this past weekend. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z No wonder Hillary Clinton seems to be veering left; her weather vane has always been better calibrated than most. Liberals are enjoying a comeback 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z When the mobile app was introduced in late-2013, one-way streets were more easily identifiable, marked like the vanes of a bird feather. ‘Does MapQuest still exist?’ As a matter of fact, it does. 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Her nose tilted slightly to the left, like a weather vane. Abby Wambach, Unconcerned With Broken Records or Nose, Craves World Cup Title 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Soon enough, the still verdant island is dotted with the steep, crow-stepped gables of New Amsterdam, as windmill vanes poke up over the treetops. On Time-Lapse Rocket Ride to Trade Center’s Top, Ghostly Glimpse of Doomed Tower 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z The bearing housing includes 48 aerofoil vanes which guide air into the jet’s compressor. Entering the jet age 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “The weather vane at the top is a lightning rod,” he said. West Texas county spruces up 125-year-old courthouse 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z He was no weather vane, but rather an authentic Republican who admired Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt and whose deep baritone dominated state politics for a generation. Guest: Dan Evans and the efficacy of bipartisanship 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z As "weather vane" constituencies go, this is as politically edgy as it gets. Midlands pointers to polling day 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Sangin district, in particular, became a weather vane of the changing war. U.S. and British Troops End Combat Operations in Key Afghan Province 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z “I’m not a weather vane like President Obama or Hillary Clinton,” he said during an appearance at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Conservatives decry Supreme Court’s move on gay marriage Twenty-two structures - rock and log vanes, cross vanes, root wads, modified mud sills and submerged boulders - are scheduled to be installed by Ebensburg-based Earth Shapers during the first phase. Structures built to bolster Pennsylvania fishery 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The Surrey village of Westcott pushes this thatch-topped envelope by adding a thatched dovecote bearing a weather vane on top to the mix. The curious world of street furniture 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z And we can be sure those all-important weather vanes have plenty of storms to point out, between now and polling day. Midlands pointers to polling day 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z It remained up to Anthony to declare the Lakers victors this summer, but the weather vane was sure pointing East as of Thursday. Teams continue to wait for Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The paintings, quilts, ceramics, textiles, duck decoys and weather vanes were produced by often-overlooked artists from all walks of life. NYC exhibition features self-taught artists 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The original weather vane also received a touch-up and waits to be placed on the top of the cupola. Giving new life to old Texas courthouses 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z It is a Preakness tradition that the weather vane atop the cupola in the infield is painted the colors of the winning horse's silks. Victor Espinoza hopes past failure will help his Triple Crown future 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The Globes financial news website said BTL produces as much as 40 percent of all compressor and turbine vanes in the world at its plant in northern Israel. Israel's Wertheimer sells rest of Blades to Pratt & Whitney -report 2014-05-01T13:31:58Z The top playmakers excelled while the plot twisted like a weather vane. View from San Francisco: In legendary clash, Seahawks simply better 2014-01-20T06:07:24Z Unseen, well below the surface, was the attached set of vanes that propelled the AUV simply by taking advantage of the constant up-and-down movements of the craft. Wavehitcher 2013-10-09T17:20:50.920Z It is three stories tall, framed by timber with a steeply-pitched roof capped by a weather vane finial. Postcards From Saratoga: Dark Day at Saratoga Is Hardly a Quiet One 2013-08-21T00:50:06Z It is true that Old Father Time has been moved from the top of the Grand Stand to the other side of the ground, but is he such a capricious weather vane? Lord's proves a treacherous place for New Zealand's batsmen 2013-05-19T16:00:59Z Without wanting to give too much away, DeWitt's character in particular abruptly becomes a weather vane, bestowing her affections on who appears to hold the moral high ground at any given time. Promised Land – first look review 2013-02-08T16:55:54Z Might it just be a weather vane for the nation's future political direction at a time of growing uncertainty? Is the ANC losing its grip on South Africa? 2012-12-14T01:21:48Z But, say observers, look back at by election performances with some perspective, and they are an invaluable weather vane of political fortunes. Do by-elections mean anything? 2012-12-07T12:47:20Z Quarterback Russell Wilson is the weather vane for Seattle's difficulties away from CenturyLink Field. Seattle looks to end road struggles 2012-11-25T01:07:08Z The Spaniard played around with front wings, under-nose turning vanes and a new diffuser. Vettel fastest in first practice 2012-11-16T16:38:14Z Long a magnet for millions of rural migrants drawn to the region’s factories, Guangdong, with its 100 million people, is a weather vane for the social and economic pressures bearing down on China. Changing of the Guard: Liberals in China Look to Guangdong’s Party Chief, Wang Yang 2012-11-06T02:59:13Z Each archer reused their own arrows, with different lengths and 'fletches' or 'vanes' - the feathers that stabilise the arrows in flight. Who makes the 2012 Olympics work? 2012-08-06T21:09:05Z The sign “McGovern Weir” sits atop it like a weather vane. | Greenwood Heights: In Greenwood Heights, Bread, Beer and Famous Graves 2012-07-28T05:26:08Z As the wearer's knee bends, four metal vanes in the device are "plucked," which then vibrate like a guitar string and produce electricity. Scientists Harness Human Power for Electricity 2012-06-26T17:45:00.187Z "There are angels and weather vanes and the most extraordinary features decorating our rooftops," she said. Sculptor unveils golden frieze 2012-06-14T14:05:58Z On Friday, People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party mouthpiece and a political weather vane, described Western efforts to export democracy and human rights to China as a new form of colonialism. News Analysis: Chinese Nationalism as Leadership Change Looms 2012-05-25T23:40:51Z The ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for three days past, Points to the misty main. Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z From her foremost nacelle a circular basket, fitted with a vertical vane to prevent it from turning round and round like a gigantic meat-jack, was hanging. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z The smallest details of its architecture were plainly distinguishable—the turrets, the platforms, the window-casements, and even the swallow-tailed weather vanes. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The lower end of the wire carries a cross-bar with two vanes, immersed in treacle in a vessel below. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z The line was long, the log, with its spiral vanes, offered some resistance, and Marston, knowing it would be a minute or two before Rupert lifted it out of the water, studied the compass. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z In the third year all the upper work was erected to the vane, which was eighty feet above the foundation. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z In it, fortunately intact, and with the safety vane locking the detonator-pin, was an incendiary bomb stamped with the broad arrow. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z The Royal Arms, and the Indian vane are on exhibition in the Old State House. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z It was likewise possible to maintain a filament or button mounted in a tube at bright incandescence, and, in one experiment, a mica vane was spun by the incandescence of a platinum wire. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was fixed in a frame made to turn like a modern ship's vane. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z Screws for vanes and tripod mounting are hand cut, with wing nut ends. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z From the centre of this armature hangs, pendulum fashion, a light brass rod carrying a vane of fluted silver glass, or a card with a number on it, as may be found most convenient. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Owing to this, a metallic vane, mounted in one of the terminals of the coil so as to rotate freely, and having one of its sides covered with insulation, is spun rapidly around. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z "Was there a chicken house there--oh, such a fine chicken house!" he exclaimed expansively, "with fancy towers made out of laths, and a dandy wind vane on it?" Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z Description.—Above dull black, a broad bar across the vanes of the inner webs of the wing-feathers white; bill plumbeous; feet black: whole length 6·3 inches, wing 3·5, tail 3·0. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Backstaff, or Davis Quadrant, of dark wood with boxwood scales and vanes. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z This vane or card hangs just before the aperture in the indicator frame. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Formerly every other house in Nantucket had one of these lookouts, or a vane at the gable-end, to show if the wind was fair for vessels homeward-bound. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z “The vanes seen in the photographs are spring-loaded,” he said. At War Blog: A Coda, of Sorts, to the Mystery Cluster Bomb From Libya 2012-02-16T16:58:59Z The good ship Snowdrop tarried long; Up at the vane looked he; "Belike," he said, for the wind had dropped, "She lieth becalmed at sea." The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z Vanity is a vane that turns, a willow that bends, with every breeze—pride is the oak that defies the storm. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z When fitted with silver fluted glass, the motion of the vane is clearly visible even in badly lighted places. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Far down the glen in distance gleams, The hamlet's tapering spire, And glittering in meridial beams Its vane is tongued with fire; And hark, how sweet its silvery bell,— And hark, the rustic choir! The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z A fancy sale was held in this island in January, 1837, and among the contributions was a miniature sugar-mill, with all its vanes &c. complete, capable of grinding the canes when peeled. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The New Court has practically but one side, the ends being very slightly returned, running east and west, with a quasi-cupola in the centre, surrounded by pinnacles and surmounted by a gilded vane. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z It shows the small metal vane at the base of the stabilizing ribbon. At War Blog: Name the Cluster Bomb, an Update 2012-02-02T22:19:23Z The animal was made to override the vane, much to the astonishment of a large gathering of Londoners. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z Van, van, n. a fan for grain, &c.: a vane, wing: a test for ascertaining the value of an ore by washing a small quantity on a shovel.—v.t. to separate ore in this way.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Ay — rain again!” and he inspects the movements of the clouds, and glances for a moment at the vane upon the church-steeple visible above the surrounding houses. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Governor Huntsman endorsed you today, but in New Hampshire seven days ago he called you a perfectly lubricated weather vane on the important issues of the day. Before Debate, Fox News Crafts a Sharp Script 2012-01-17T16:31:09Z This vane appears designed to spin the submunitions in flight, after the bomblets are released by the cargo canister that carries them near a target. At War Blog: Name the Cluster Bomb, an Update 2012-02-02T22:19:23Z A hole is cut near the bottom, and the part cut out is fixed at an angle to the cylinder so as to form a vane. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Manning pirouettes like a rusty weather vane, and the effect is more mesmerizing than elusive. The Fifth Down: Curiosities Abound in the Playoffs' First Round 2012-01-06T02:58:41Z It consists of a vane of several pointed wires bent at the tips in the same direction, radiating from a center which rests upon a pivot. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z It rises to the height of 322 feet, and at the top is one of the largest and finest vanes I ever saw, it is that of an angel with wings outstretched gilded with gold. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z And this leads to possible clues, including a theory that D.P.I.C.M. vanes underwent experiments in Germany in the 1970s, and that that technology migrated from there, to any number of other countries. At War Blog: Name the Cluster Bomb, an Update 2012-02-02T22:19:23Z Wealth, for some on either side of the Atlantic, is no longer simply a barometer of success: it is also a weather vane of excess. Letter From Europe: In Britain, Minding the Income Gap 2011-11-25T12:10:10Z Ventral vanes on the lateral processes are not developed in C. gapperi. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z When mounted upon the conductor of an electrostatic machine, the vane rotates in a direction opposite that of the points. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z Above grayish brown; below grayish white, whiter on belly; barbs on outer vane of outer primary recurved. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z This figure of a woman is a vane, which moves with every wind in spite of its size and weight. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Inner vane of several tail quills rusty red. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z While he sang, a second oriole swooped upward between two vanes of a frond to a small ball of fibers knotted close to the midrib. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The movement of the vane is due to the repulsion of the electrified air particles near the points and the electricity on the points themselves. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z Three outer tail-feathers broadly tipped with white; white on inner vane of outer feather 1.4 or more wide; throat patch white; chin chiefly black. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The mixture was fired and issued out in a continuous stream of flame against the vanes of a paddle-wheel, driving them round with great force. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Very dark tail with white patches on inner vanes of the outer quills. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The moving part of the radiometer is a small horizontal wheel, to the ends of whose arms are fastened vertical vanes, usually of mica, and blackened on one side. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z I’m like a weather vane: How well I do in a class is all about my connection with the teacher. One More Great Idea For Better K-12: Students Above All Else 2011-09-14T00:58:01Z Shining black; inner vanes of primaries largely white, showing in flight. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z I could not see Fish House—that oblong, unpainted building a story and a half in height, with its chimneys of stone and the painted fish weather vane swimming in the sky. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z And he even thought, too, that the movements of air in chimneys might, with the aid of smoke-jack vanes, be applied to some mechanical purposes, where a small but pretty constant power only was needed. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z In an atmosphere of ordinary density, the accession of heat which the vanes of a radiometer might receive from a radiant source would be diffused through the mass of the inclosed air. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z No home construction means no demand for weather vanes. New Hampshire feels the pain of gloomy economy 2011-07-18T19:18:21Z Occasionally the old weather vane on the church steeple would let out a terrible shriek when the wind veered. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Dozens of great gilt vanes rose up into the still, bright air, the gold seeming as if it were cunningly inlaid upon the curve of a blue bowl. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The three dotted circles represent the paths in which three different parts of the vanes move, and though the circles are of different dimensions, each of them is described in the same space of time. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z This amounts to saying that the momentum would be so diffused, and hence, under such circumstances, the molecular motion would not determine any reaction between the vanes and the glass envelope. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Then he appealed to a weather vane on a near-by steeple. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z The rods comprising the lateral fringe, or vane, are known as the rami or the “barbs,” and will be found, on microscopic examination, to be lath-shaped and to taper to a point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A fly, having eight fans, each fixed at an angle of 45° with the axle, is placed upon the plate so that the axle is in the line of direction of the vane. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z That must in general depend upon their respective distances from the fulcrum, or from the axis of motion; as we observed in the motion of the vanes of the windmill. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Suddenly and unpleasantly the tolling stopped; he looked up to the belfry, and a white hawk sat upon the vane. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z They were the pens of Fate used in her writing, the weather vanes of destiny which turned the way the currents and tides of invisible forces were blowing. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z It is to the agency of these hooklets alone that the closely-knit, elastic vanes of the flight feathers and the body feathers are due. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z At the lower end of the tube, T T, is a small pinion, working in a rack, r, which moves backwards and forwards as the wind presses the vane. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Do not the vanes of a windmill represent a wheel, Mrs. B.? Mrs. B. Yes; and in this instance we have the advantage of a gratuitous force, the wind, to turn the wheel. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The Australian dollar is considered by market participants to be a weather vane of investor tolerance for risk because of its relatively high yield and close economic relationship with China. Equities down but not out on U.S. soft patch 2011-06-02T06:14:56Z The old palace still stood in its place, with its high crowding roofs, and shadows, and twinkling vanes. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Where these hooklets are wanting the barbs do not adhere together, resulting in a loose “discontinuous” vane such as, for example, is found in the plumes of the ostrich. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A vane is attached, by which the plate is moved about according to the direction of the wind. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Do not trifle away the holy day in vane pleasures, but live to the glory of God, and in the fear of your parents. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z The Australian dollar, which serves as a weather vane of investor risk taking, was up 0.7 percent at $1.0603, trimming nearly all its losses on the week. Asia stocks, euro jump with risk in fashion 2011-05-26T06:22:31Z They were sucked down by the hollow squares, they wept and mourned, they sobbed about doorways, they sung and cheered among the chimneys and the trembling vanes. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Filoplumes are degenerate structures having a superficial resemblance to hairs, but they always bear a minute vane at the tip. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A wind-mill governor has been substituted for the vane to get the direction of the wind, with advantage. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z A wherry passing under raised her mast too soon, and damaged the ornamental vane, which consisted of the inevitable figure of a Welsh girl with a high hat and holding a bunch of leeks. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z On the edges of the barbs are set the barbules, which interlock with those of adjacent barbs, and thus give strength to the vane. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Two hanging weights were geared to a set of paddles which could rotate within a cylindrical copper vessel filled with water, and supplied with fixed vanes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z These feathers are specially interesting, inasmuch as they retain throughout life a stage corresponding to that seen in the very young cassowary, the calamus being greatly swollen, and supporting a very degenerate rhachis and vane. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The whole instrument is mounted on a spindle, surmounted by a vane, and is moved freely in any direction by the wind, always presenting the open end towards the quarter from which the wind blows. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Some thirty years ago there was a wherry named after the famous Jenny Morgan of the song, and she had such a vane. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z Behind the wings are two vertical fan wheels, furnished with oblique vanes, which are intended to propel the apparatus through the air. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z In it a moving vane is attracted into a fixed pair of quadrants; or a set of vanes is attracted into a set of quadrant cells. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Artistically striped in shades of taupe, they are dotted with black-and-white blown-up pictures of Floral Park landmarks: not just buildings but features like weather vanes, clocks and bell towers. | Floral Park: Quickly Becoming One of the Neighbors 2011-03-20T03:58:47Z You get pointed one way, and to have to shift and face round in another is candy for a weather vane but bread for a sleuth. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z While Bud had been at school, Gramps had hung cans by eight-foot cords from each of the vanes of the windmill and hooked up power belts so the engine would turn the windmill. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z "I don't doubt, because I don't mean to think about it," said the young lady, looking fiercely up toward the gilded weather vanes that glimmered on the grey pinnacles of the ch�teau. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Repulsion of the vane by the action of light commences when this decrement is one-fourth of what it was before the exhaustion of air began. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z In the flickers all ten feathers have wide vanes and are similar in everything but the shape; all are more or less pointed. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z A solitary rook cawed to us, perched on the vane of the court-house steeple. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The windmill vanes began to whirl and the dangling cans, gaining momentum, strained at the ends of their strings. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z Four times on an open third sounded the warning tenor bell overhead; and then the twin vane slipped and dissolved. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z I look on them as indications of public opinion, and not sources thereof—not the wind, but only the vane which shows which way it blows. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z And the vanes themselves are of a very curious pattern. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Through the first two games this season, Hasselbeck's performance remained the weather vane for Seattle's fortunes. Seahawks' playmakers giving Matt Hasselbeck plenty of support 2010-09-29T02:02:00Z Mitt Romney, a presidential hopeful and former governor of Massachusetts who is always a good weather vane, is assiduously courting the group. Letter From Washington: Tea Party Doesn't Need Votes to Win U.S. Elections 2010-09-26T18:30:00Z Then on the verge of ten a large vane slipped and dissolved itself into a mist, to the murmur of moving wheels. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z They had been wise enough to place an iron rod upon the top of the steeple, for a vane to turn on, and had provided no conductor to the ground. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams In the latter type, a rotating wheel, which carries vanes, forcibly throws sheets of water into a pipe communicating with the condenser. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The bubbles must be removed by gently brushing them out of the lines with a brush or the vane of a feather; the fumes it is best not to inhale, as they irritate the throat. A Treatise on Etching The roofs glittered in the moonlight as if coated with silver, and when the wind moved the vanes, lines of light darted from their sharp edges like falling stars. The Children of the World It had begun with the soft fluttering of a vane that had dissolved into a mist; there had been the murmur of mechanism, those preparatory notes on an open third. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Oft some scavenger, with vane Motionless, above we knew Wheeled thro' altitudes of blue By his rapid shadow's stain. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems It will be seen that the fire becomes thinner towards the back, and too much air is prevented from entering the thin portion by means of vanes actuated from the front of the boiler. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Its vane removed the bubbles which adhered to the lines. A Treatise on Etching The boat in which they were was provided with a mast which had a vane at the top of it. Astronomical Discovery The figure turns in the wind, and is the weather vane of the city. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Now nights grow cold and colder, And North the wild vane swings, And round each tree and boulder The driving snow-storm sings— Come, make my old heart older, O memory of lost things! Shapes and Shadows Here and there red roofs clustering around a grey church tower, whose sparkling vane flashes in the sun; here and there a solitary thatch. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Low and sweet, high and fine, the running of little country brooks, unattainable as a weather vane in the sun. Fairfax and His Pride Then again, the vane may turn in the opposite direction, sending the pencil inconveniently to the other side of the record. Astronomical Discovery Dr. Wilson calls the country church “the weather vane of community prosperity.” The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity A storm raged without; the weather vanes creaked. The Golden Age in Transylvania Large soft clouds resembling puffs of steam sailed over her waving mast-heads, where a gilt vane glowed like a streak of fire against the blue of the sky between the clouds. A Marriage at Sea In Coffin's earlier instrument, a part of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution, the vane carried a funnel for sand, which ran into a circular row of bottles. The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments "Such as—" "Such as how it happened that my 'copter threw a vane just after we sighted the place?" Sinister Paradise "I wonder which way is the wind," said Lionel; "the vane is just out of sight." Maid Sally Soft from the house-roofs showers the snow, The vane creaks on the steeple, The lanterns wag and glimmer low In the storm by the hurrying people. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Then there were steeples, towers, belfries, shining vanes and masts of ships, a very forest. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read A police 'copter windmilled slowly down the avenue toward his hiding place, the rotating vanes and insect body of the craft starkly outlined against the jagged backdrop of the city's skyline. Assassin They took feathers of the English rook, which contain one per cent. of pigment, and having cut the vanes from the central rib, cleaned them from fat by treatment with alcoholic ammonia. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Two twisted copper vanes with a crumpled shop traveler signed by Amenth. Felony Bloxam’s escapement was modified in form by Lord Grimthorpe, his chief improvement being the addition of a fly vane, which, however, had previously been used for remontoires to steady the motion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" It is meant only for true men and valiant women, not for soft, languid characters, nor for fickle minds, which change as a weather vane. What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People Almost needless to say, the new vane was instantly fetched down, and the old one once more set up to flaunt itself as bravely as of yore in the eyes of distant Darlaston. The Annals of Willenhall It is well known to meteorologists that the wind vanes as ordinarily placed near the surface do not give a true indication of the wind. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The height was increased forty feet; and yet the sea, in stormy weather, flew, to all appearance, one hundred feet above the vane. Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel It is engaged with a fly vane EP mounted on a pinion of 12 teeth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The south wind had blown round the vane of his determination. The Life of Nancy The long arms of the mill, canvas-covered, rose much higher in the air than the gilt vane that glistened on the very peak of the roof. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club It is therefore for good reasons that vanes are perched up on high flagstaffs fixed on the roofs of buildings. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The tower at the east end of the Exchange is 177 feet to the top of the vane. Old and New London Volume I Each pin as it passes raises an impulse arm CD which is hooked upon a detent K. A pall NM then engages the fly vane and prevents the scape-wheel from moving farther. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" All the front windows, with the exception of the central ones, are bayed, and there are dormer windows in the roof, which is surmounted by a bell-turret and vane. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land The fixed windmill, which requires no swivel mechanism and no vane to keep it up to the wind, is the cheapest and may be made the most substantial of all the forms of wind-motor. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Many a holiday-maker's wonder has been excited by the fall, at one o'clock, of the huge, black ball, high up there, by the weather vane on the topmost point of the eastern turret. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The vane is Gresham's former grasshopper, saved from the fire. Old and New London Volume I The work done in unlocking the detent is invariable, as it depends on the pressure of the fly vane at P and is independent of the clock-train. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There also was the Anemodoulion, a beautiful pyramidal structure, surmounted by a vane to indicate the direction of the wind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" This is accomplished in the turbine steam-engine by causing the steam to play in strong jets continuously and steadily upon vanes which form virtually a number of small windmills. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast A vane can live out anything in the shape of a wind; and that is how I can be, and am, a more serious person than you. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The roof is lofty and pointed, and is surmounted by a louvre or lantern, with a vane. Old and New London Volume I On the spire of the belfry, Tipped with a vane of metal, the friendly frames of the Spring-sun Glanced like the tongues of fire, beheld by Apostles aforetime. The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem I snapped over the starting switch and the whir of the helicopter vanes overhead told me all was well. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 On the verdant background of the trees they could be seen so perfectly that Stas' keen sight could distinguish the borders of the vanes painted red. In Desert and Wilderness The vane had just been fixed, and the stone was splashed with the oozing solder. The Thread of Gold Its gilded vanes were in the shape of men at arms, and tore the ragged clouds with the banners on their lances. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court Got the palace, climbed the ridge up to the condensation vanes. Sjambak One of the vanes of the helicopter crumpled and fluttered away into the night. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Above all was the tapering spire and golden vane. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance If his theories were right, that revolving cross would tap and draw into its vanes radio-energetic waves of force, much as the whirling armature of a dynamo draws into its coils electro-magnetic waves of force. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 The market had a central vane, with date of foundation and the initials of Lord Harley, Earl of Oxford, and his wife. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London I never knew there was so much water in the air till I saw the stream pouring off those vanes! Sjambak To understand the principle of sailing we must realize that a sail-boat, without the use of a rudder, acts in the water and wind very much the way a weather vane acts in the air. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 A four-bladed fan lifted on a slender pedestal, sufficiently high above the surface of the wing for the vanes to be free of the central propeller. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 The impact had irreparably damaged the American craft, but the helicopter motor and vanes had somehow continued to function—just enough. When the Sleepers Woke With clenched teeth, the Terrestrian forced the whirling lifting vanes to the limit of their power. The Great Dome on Mercury A slim vane turned with the wind, a network of rods atop a high pole. The Gun With a sharp knife cut a strip of the midrib on which is the vane of the feather; make three pieces, each two to three inches long. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Then, automatically, the vanes became invisible, and the Mayther lifted from the sandy beach as lightly, and far more straightly, than any bird. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 The vane motor stuttered and stopped, the plane floor dropped away from beneath him, then thudded against something. When the Sleepers Woke The driven vanes were powerless to stem the craft's fall. The Great Dome on Mercury Instantly the great barrel moved, the vanes contracted. The Gun He will make a weather vane, post a daily bulletin, keep a record of temperature, measure velocity of wind, and rainfall. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Instantly the propellers vanished into a blur as the vanes of the helicopter dropped down the slender staff and the vanes themselves fitted snugly into their appointed notches atop the wing. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 It would be no easy task, as there was a large ball, or globe, on the rod below the vane. Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly But, most happily, the string of the kite caught in the vane on the top of the church tower, and the bicycle stopped by itself exactly opposite the butcher's boy to whom it belonged. Oswald Bastable and Others Down below, in the center of the ruined city, a single half-broken detector vane moved slightly, catching the roar of the ship. The Gun From the case he quickly took three small coils of fine metal, intricate meshed wires and vanes worked together into a small cone. The Crystal Crypt An hour later they landed on the flat roof of the new Capitol Building, sinking lightly to rest as a feather, nursed to a gentle landing by the whirring vanes of the helicopter. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Then performing the task he was sent to do, that of greasing the vane, he descended, and claimed his reward. Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In the De Laval turbine as now constructed the steam is blown from stationary nozzles against vanes mounted on a revolving wheel. 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 Gingerly at first, then working with a will, the carpenter sawed off the flaring end of the bolt with its thin wooden vanes. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The mud sucked at it and underwater roots caught on the vanes. Deathworld The old house stood fair and stately in the sunset, with all its oriel windows and pointed gables and gilded vanes. A Vanished Hand Further, while preserving the horizontal vane, or elevator, at the front of the machine, they added a vertical vane, or rudder, at the rear. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force From end to end it is studded with little vanes, M M, set in parallel rings small distances apart. 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 The houses with their fanciful gables and vanes, and tall twisted chimneys invited and enchained the eye. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls He'd burn it for ever, Bells, belfry and vane, That swallows would never Come home there again. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914 The vane of Halfman’s attitude towards the captive had veered strongly in the past half-hour. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel When they attempted to remedy this by introducing a fixed vertical vane in the rear, 'it increased the trouble and made the machine 'absolutely dangerous'. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force In the former the dummy pistons are so proportioned that the forward thrust given by them and the screw combined is almost equal to the thrust aft of the moving vanes. 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 The smallest details were visible—the turrets, the terraces, the windows, and even the swallow-tailed vanes. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century “Low court—high court—clear to the ridgepole—clear to the cupoly, and then I’ll shin the weather vane with the star spangled banner of justice between my teeth.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 My heart does not veer like a vane for every breath of praise or passion. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel There was the horizontal vane in front which had to be adjusted, to keep the machine in level flight or to bring it to the ground. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The wheel is made as a solid disc, to the circumference of which the vanes are dovetailed separately in a single row. 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 The pressure acting upon the exposed faces of the rows of vanes would crowd the rotor to the left. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers Starboard or port your helm until at the time calculated the reflection of the sight vane on the pelorus dial cuts on the proper magnetic bearing. Lectures in Navigation On those further slopes gaunt machines of unknown import worked slackly at the end of their spell, and the hill crest was set with stagnant wind vanes. Tales of Space and Time There was the vertical vane behind which had to be moved this way and that to secure the desired effect from the warping of the wings. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force To the latter are attached equally-spaced rings of fixed vanes, F F, pointing inwards towards the drum, and occupying the intervals between the rings of moving vanes. 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 projectile is fitted with three winged vanes which steady its flight and greatly increase the accuracy. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition This sight vane can be clamped in any position independently of the ground glass dial, which can be moved freely beneath it. Lectures in Navigation Golden Orient, sing, And fan me with thy murmurous painted vanes. The Masque of the Elements With all this change, however, they leave never a feather with us, but only the minute brown tips of the feather vanes, which, by wearing away, leave exposed the clean new colours beneath. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year On reaching the end of D1 it enters the second, or intermediate, set of vanes. 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 The feathery vanes stirred not, and the canvass flapped against the mast, as the old girl rolled lumpingly in the swell. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 An indicator showing the direction the sight vane points can be read upon the compass card on the glass dial. Lectures in Navigation The grand old Province House rises above it, the Indian vane turning hither and thither in the wind. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin These gaily-painted vessels of from twenty to eighty tons, with their high freeboards, wide sterns, raking masts, tanned sails and gaudy vanes, are extremely quaint and picturesque. Life and sport in China Second Edition ‘I didn’t like it,’ said Robert, shivering; and getting to his German again, he described ‘das Gewitter’ beating on the panes, with wind and whirling leaves, and the unearthly noises of the creaking vane. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster It is fitted with vertical sight vanes for the purpose of observing objects elevated above the horizon. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Pivoted with the glass dial and flat ring is a horizontal bar carrying at both of its extremes a sight vane. Lectures in Navigation Beyond them, the white spire of the church with its weather vane atop. All the Brothers Were Valiant This has been described as "two hogsheads placed crosswise, in the ends of which are the dials of the clock," and above is a kind of pyramid, ending in a vane. The Strand District The Fascination of London The vane, which is a gilded copper figure of St. Michael, is seventeen feet high. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim An astronomical instrument formerly used at sea, consisting of only one large graduated arc of 90°, three vanes, and a shank or staff. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. All being ready, secure the lubber's point of the pelorus at North and clamp the sight vane to the sun's magnetic bearing at the time you have figured to take the first heading. Lectures in Navigation The vane swung fitfully in the light air. All the Brothers Were Valiant Here and there is a sailor that's as full of such silly notions as a weather vane. Princess Polly At Play The addition of a fixed vertical vane in the rear increased the trouble, and made the machine absolutely dangerous. The Early History of the Airplane A small light vane, formed of thin slips of cork, stuck round with feathers, and strung upon a piece of twine. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. By 1902, as the result of many experiments, they had invented a glider with a horizontal vane in front, a vertical vane behind, and a device for "warping" the wings. Aviation in Peace and War The explosions Joe had seen looked as if they’d centered in the fire basket—technically the combustion area—behind the compressor and before the drive vanes. Space Platform This theory was confirmed when one of its very stubby wings or vanes touched a corner pillar of the cracking plant. The Night of the Long Knives The vane is on the top of the barn. The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3 The first and shortest of these vanes is called the ten cross or vane, and belongs to that side of the instrument whereon the divisions begin at 3° and end at 10°. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In this belief, also, the vane of Christ Church in Doncaster, England, was furnished with a glass ball; but the spire was afterward struck, causing great damage. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science It floated the plate up, the air hit the vanes and spun the plate—and it ran as sweet as honey! Space Platform "Do you see that beacon with a big B on the vane?" he said, pointing to the beacon, which was within fifty yards of the steamer's bow. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi The barns and outbuildings were grand, like the mansion itself, with cupolas and gilded vanes, and altogether the establishment was imposing and beautiful. Stories of New Jersey The next longer vane is called the thirty cross, belonging to that side of the staff on which the divisions begin at 10° and end at 30°, called the thirty scale. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The vane, with its appurtenances, is sometimes made the terminal of the conductor, and should at least always be connected. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Its front vanes compressed air, and a flame burned furiously in the compressed air, which swelled enormously and poured out past other vanes that took power from it to drive the compressor. Space Platform Each story contains two windows of two lights, transomed, the whole terminating in an embattled parapet, with crocketed pinnacles at the corners, surmounted by vanes. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See On Wednesday, the 18th of February 1874, the work of reconstruction was finished by the placing of the iron vane with its great fleur-de-lys upon the summit of the conical roof. The Story of Rouen A select number of ships in a fleet or squadron of men-of-war, distinguished by a particular flag, pendant, or vane. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The vane was broken loose and thrown into the sea along with some inches of the pole. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II It had burst from within, and the turbine vanes of the compressor section were revealed, twisted intolerably where the barrel of the motor was ripped away. Space Platform A bellowing thing came moving out, whirling huge black vanes against the sky. Long Ago, Far Away In front were the dining-rooms and kitchens, and the trainer's house—a square clock tower, carrying an ornate gilt vane, rising from the cluster of red roofs. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The fore or cross staff consists of a straight square staff, graduated like a line of tangents, and four crosses or vanes which slide thereon. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But a vane, glistening like gold in the firelight, steadfastly pointed to the southeast. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Arnold, a watchmaker, wound up his watch while leaning actually against the vane. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum On each of the four vanes he found a small blade, showing by its connection that it possessed range of action, yet immovable as the vane itself, as though held firmly by inner leverage. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Montague paced the quarter-deck impatiently, glancing from time to time down the skylight at the barometer which hung in the cabin, and at the vane which drooped motionless from the mast-head. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader Well, sir, it’s just like a vane in a wind: now it’s east, now it’s west, and when it ain’t east or west, it’s north or south. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story We see the brown houses of the village, with the shining vane of its church. The Scalp Hunters Soon after, my eyes rested upon a shining object; it was the gilded vane of the little capilla, and beneath glistened the white vails of the hacienda, bathed in the milky light of the moon. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Those on the horizontal vanes were tilted upward. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Some downy feathers, fastened by a silk thread to the after backstay, had, he thought, moved for a moment though the vane quickly dropped again. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler O place, or for vane o’ the place. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Our eyes have often rested upon that vane in happy hours, but none happier than now, for our hearts are full of happiness. The Scalp Hunters The old vanes on the corner pinnacles of Saint Sepulchre’s tower shone as if they had been regilt. The Nebuly Coat As the submerged bow raised to a level with the stern, he noticed that the small blades on the horizontal vanes dropped from their upward slant to a straight line with the vanes. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea If you pass a weather vane on your way home, see if you can read the letters on it and find out what they mean. Where We Live A Home Geography They have a castle on a hill; I took it for some old wind-mill The vanes blown off by weather. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland Our eyes wandered, and rested upon the glittering vane. The Scalp Hunters The belfry story of the centre tower glowed with a pink flush in the sunset, and a cloud of jackdaws wheeled round the golden vanes, chattering and fluttering before they went to bed. The Nebuly Coat The sign-board was an interesting survival of feudal times, and with its old-time carved and forged companions, such as vanes and weathercocks, doorknockers and figureheads, formed a picturesque element of decoration and symbolism. Home Life in Colonial Days Beautiful and peaceful it looked—its ancient tower rising out against the sky, and the evening sun shining on its windows and gilded vane. Olive A Novel As the vane swung up the shore toward me I held my breath, so as to be perfectly motionless, thinking I was hidden so well that no eye could find me at that distance. Wood Folk at School Praying for the dead is vane, and to the dead is idolatrie. viii. The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) The vane shows the direction, and the anemometer is an instrument which indicates the velocity of the wind. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Anyway, I'm not a mole; I can see which way the weather vanes are pointing. The Brentons The general form of these was that of a feather having half of the vane removed. The Ocean and its Wonders The girl loves the thrall—I can see that, as plain as I can see the vane on yonder mast-head—and there is no cure for love!” The Norsemen in the West In the centre are the Royal arms of Queen Anne, and a turret with clock and vane surmounts the roof. Westminster The Fascination of London “See her at Jericho first,” replied Tom “she’s worse than a dog vane.” Jacob Faithful I saw the officers exchange looks with each other as they observed the dog vane hanging right up and down. Paddy Finn Some consisted of a single flake or feather, but many of them gave rise to other feathers, which sprang from the surface of the vane at the usual angle. The Ocean and its Wonders Jack looked anxiously at the compass and dog vanes. The Three Admirals A view of this in 1718 gives a very long battlemented body in two stories, with a square tower surmounted by an open belfry and vane. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London Even a light vane of feathers fastened in the mizzen-rigging hung down. In the Eastern Seas When Keene reappeared on deck, after calling the skipper, I was comfortably astride the royal-yard, with my left arm round the spindle of the vane—the yard hoisting close up under the truck. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron He affects neighbourhoods, and avoids solitude, and loves to build in orchards and about houses; with us he perches on the vane of a tall maypole. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 It possesses an exceptionally fine vane, perched on a curiously squat, barn-like structure, which does duty for a tower. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly And he was looking at the DuPree's weather vane when he watered the lawn last night. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life In the centre stands a lofty square building, with four white towers, having vanes upon them. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Now it shot out in a straight line from the gilded beak of the weathercock, now veered about, or declined from the vane. Round About a Great Estate Its vanes blew the smoke away and the 'copter landed in front of my swiped Clinton Special. Highways in Hiding Eastward, but very little beyond the shadow of the vane, is Tower Cottage, Miss Ellen Terry's country retreat. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The bird's solution of the problem of flight, which will be discussed separately, is centred in the feather, which forms a coherent vane for striking the air. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The Royal Exchange was so dull at ten o'clock that the very grasshopper on its vane might have been surprised. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland "The wind's coming from the south," he added as he looked at the weather vane on the barn and saw that it was pointed to the south. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South Then it was bedtime and Mister Robinson he prayed some more and he prayed for those who took the name of the lord in vane, and then we went to bed. 'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First The vane is of dark metal throughout, save for the gilt arrow, and stands on a turret to the south-west of the Perpendicular embattled tower. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Above each roof a gilt vane glittered, and a flock of white pigeons circled overhead or, alighting, dotted the tiles with patches of silver. The Blue Pavilions He279 insisted on ordering champagne to celebrate, and Aggie had two glasses, and then said the room was going round like the weather vane on the tower at V——. More Tish When the rope ladders were finally in place, we raced up and down them, sitting in the crow's nest on a line with the church weather vane, and pretending to reef the sails. Modern American Prose Selections He was astonished to see the man making vain motions toward a pigeon whose head was sticking through, the ventilator vanes. Man of Many Minds A mile or so further on is a daintily-designed but very simple vane, which stands on the north-east corner of the tower of the ancient church of St. Martin at Cheriton. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He never committed himself to the popular currents, nor studied the vanes to see how the winds were blowing, nor sounded the depths and the shallows before he decided on his own course. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 He saw his father's wide acres, with the sunset gilding the fleeces of his sheep and crowning with fire the stacks of grain and the vanes upon his granges. Bohemian Days Three American Tales Complete apparatus has been built up for launching the projectiles from the large dirigibles, and to insure the missiles traveling properly vanes have been attached to some of them. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Unidentifiable object attached to ship on fin parallel to steering vanes. The Revolt on Venus On an old house close by is a "cow" vane—when I made the sketch given, pigeons by the score from a neighbouring cote kept perching on it in a very friendly and picturesque fashion. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The eyes of all men were fixed on you as the vane that should show them how to shape their course. Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat This address was so unexpected that the governor, like a vane which suddenly receives an impulsion opposed to that of the wind, was quite dumfounded at it. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" One-quarter blast on the starboard jets, ten degrees down on the exhaust steering vanes! The Space Pioneers I’ve got set Like a vane, when the wind’s blown east so long, it’s clogged With dust, and cannot whisk with the chopping breeze. Krindlesyke On the little Early English spire is set a vane simple and good in treatment, and thoroughly in accord with its surroundings. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly |
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