| 单词 | convex |
| 例句 | Behind my half-head, in the center of the picture, in the empty sky, a pier glass is hanging, convex and encircled by an ornate frame. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “The dorsal fin on a basking shark is rounded on top and convex in the back,” she said, making shapes with her hand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But everything concave about Buddy had suddenly turned convex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Orr studied Yossarian over his shoulder, his moist lips drawn back around convex rows of large buck teeth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Above us, the sails lose their stiff convex tone, and sag limp and lifeless. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Although the Dutch version used two concave lenses, giving an upside-down image, Galileo used one convex lens and one concave lens, giving an upright image. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He realized that one wall of the pit was convex and made of some hard substance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence the “Hollow Face Illusion,” in which concave masks of Einstein appear stubbornly convex. Things to Do With Kids in N.Y.C. This Summer 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Balding and with a healthily convex beer gut, Eckhart is almost unrecognizable in the role. Why 'Bleed For This' Is More Than Just Another Boxing Movie 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z For this particular dress, he used convex shapes, a complicated corset system and materials like surgical netting and horsehair to hold it all together. | Zac Posen 2011-09-12T15:43:51Z He died aged 53 in his red bed in the Mermaid Room on the first floor, under painted friezes of waves and swimming fish, and a ceiling of gilt stars studded with convex mirrors. Stairway to heaven: Jimmy Page’s castle is his home 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The first act, which shows the fortress the people of Troy have built to ward off 10 years of siege by the Greeks, is dominated by a massive, multitiered, convex iron wall. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z Light and shadow, convex and concave — opposites will play a role in Open Studio, the children’s component of this free day at the museum. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Next, Mr. Irwin wanted help producing the acrylic disks for which he would become known: evanescent convex shapes, mounted so they seemed to hover and lit from four sides to create a cloverleaf pattern. Jack Brogan, Quiet Force Behind Light and Space Artists, Dies at 92 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Irwin walked into his studio one day in the mid-1960s, looking for help building a curved, convex armature for his canvas dot paintings. Jack Brogan, Quiet Force Behind Light and Space Artists, Dies at 92 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The way he contrasts convex shapes with concave ones also stays in memory. A Tour of Tony-Nominated Choreography 2010-06-03T22:41:00Z I’m interested in the critical intelligence in the imaginative position, self-portraits in convex mirrors, autobiographies by any means necessary. Why David Shields Can’t Read the ‘Greatest Book Ever Written’ Anymore 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z One of the most important lessons Bronzino learned was the expressive foreshortening of torsos, arms and hands, seen obliquely as if in a distorting or convex mirror. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z It attempts to hold a mirror, albeit a convex one, to a country struggling with unemployment, emigration and general gloom. ‘Arabian Nights’ in Portugal Looks at a Gloomy Nation 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The forecourt has been walled in with convex vertical panels of translucent fibreglass to create a new privately funded events space. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-01T16:08:11Z Starlight beamed down on the convex glaciers surrounding our camp near Uganda’s western border, causing them to glow like resting lunar crescents. Mountains of the moon: climbing Uganda's highest peak 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Her custom-made body armor became silver-beaded, sequin-covered dresses; her breastplate morphed into convex metal-coated vests and her chaps turned into skintight gun metal gray leather leggings sliced open with rows upon rows of horizontal zippers. Special Report: Fashion: Fluidity and Form 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z A series of convex domes, little bumps really, that are the various notes of the scale are then hammered out onto the instrument’s bowl-shaped top. In Victor Provost’s hands, the steel pan becomes a mesmerizing ride 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z It helps, when looking at his pictures, to imagine them as flattened convex surfaces. Hating Renoir is Just a Phase 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Projected on one wall, said one of the designers, who goes by Gabi, was a video showing a platonic solid, a convex polyhedron that is regular. On the Runway: String Theory at threeASFOUR 2011-02-12T04:01:57Z The slow turning of her wrists at the ends of winglike arms and the way her whole body moves between convex and concave shapes are just two images of haunting eloquence. A New ‘Winter’s Tale’ for Royal Ballet 2014-04-11T13:19:32Z He found it in the gentle convex curve of the Baroque bow; the modern bow is longer, and slightly concave. More Musicians Are Trying Period Instruments 2013-08-30T19:44:02Z I avoid flat onions, including the Italian cipollinis, which, despite being delicious, are convex at their root ends. Perspective | Vegetable preparation is relaxing, no matter how you slice it 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z And there are lots of mirrors: convex, concave and twisting. Wax and mirrors: Anish Kapoor opens show in Berlin 2013-05-17T12:03:10Z With its convex back and front, it had a bigger sound than the flattop guitar, so it could hold its own as an unamplified rhythm instrument in jazz bands. Art Review: It?s the Craftsman, Not the Singer or the Song 2011-02-10T22:57:32Z With its dark shadows, and faces distorted in convex mirrors, it looks like a scary movie, which is what it is. The Servant: a 60s masterwork that hides its homosexuality in the shadows 2013-03-27T16:21:00Z "If you look at it in the mirror, it's just completely convex and concave." Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 2011-03-23T13:35:07Z Later, at their country house, she works at a large convex interactive touch screen for illustrators. TV review: Black Mirror; Penguins - Spy in the Huddle 2013-02-11T23:05:01Z And Mr. Thomas plans to project video images across the surfaces of the convex panels that frame the stage. Architecture Review: Gehry Design Plays Fanfare for the Common Man 2011-01-23T19:50:38Z A lion's pelvis follows a convex curve in the rock. Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams: the real art underground 2011-03-17T23:00:01Z The most aggressively three-dimensional entries are by Graham Caldwell, who mounts multiple glass objects, such as transparent orbs or convex mirrors, on black metal armatures that jut from the wall. Review | In the galleries: Immersive meditations on legacies of the enslaved 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Some of the houses have facades that are either concave or convex, depending on what side of the street they’re on. Perspective | Exploring the circular logic of the Foxhall Crescents development 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z It’s not easy to lounge on a curved, convex piece of hard, ribbed plastic. Remember all the sea lions on a Ballard pier? They probably won’t be coming back 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Both of the rays strike the convex mirror and reflect. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Also featured are seven convex mirrors, festooned with beads, that diagonally ascend the wall as the color of their ornaments shifts from red to orange to pale yellow. Review | In the galleries: Big messages conveyed in close quarters 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z In 1822, Augustin Fresnel invented a lens made of ringed prisms that could concentrate beams of light more effectively than reflectors or huge convex pieces of glass. Lego’s new motorized lighthouse has a working fresnel lens 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The medial-facing hila are tucked into the sweeping convex outline of the cortex. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z They employed them to show that you can, in a sense, hear the shapes of rooms—specifically convex, polyhedral ones. Mathematicians Are Trying to ‘Hear’ Shapes 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The image formed is much like the one produced by a single convex lens. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Along with your purchase, Scuf includes a few swappable joysticks of different heights, and with convex or concave surfaces, to accommodate different play styles. Scuf’s Reflex Pro is a sleek, but costly DualSense upgrade 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The volume buttons are easy to operate by feel since one is concave, and the other is convex. Ikea’s latest Sonos lamp speaker is still an acquired taste 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The superior surface of the diaphragm is convex, creating the elevated floor of the thoracic cavity. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Afterward, he cut a giant oval into the roof, turning most of the interior into a courtyard; the studio space itself is behind a convex sweep of glass that follows the ceiling’s arc. An Architect Who’s Known for Aesthetic Purity and Counts Kanye West as a Client 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The word lens derives from the Latin word for a lentil bean, the shape of which is similar to the convex lens in Figure 25.26. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z PMMess, as we’ll call her, was composed of alternating Bézier curves from top to bottom: convex, then concave, and then convex again, in a vertical undulation you couldn’t take your eyes off of. Apple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into "misogynistic" new hire 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z For ease of use, one is concave and the other is convex in shape. HyperX’s $149.99 Cloud II Wireless is among the most comfortable headsets I’ve worn yet 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z When the bladder is empty, this epithelium is convoluted and has cuboidal apical cells with convex, umbrella shaped, apical surfaces. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z One ambition is to try Van Eyck’s Arnolfini portrait, but they can’t find the convex mirror that her dad thinks is packed away somewhere. 'Tonight it's the Klimt clinch': restaging great art in lockdown Dublin 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z A different type of image is formed when an object, such as a person's face, is held close to a convex lens. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The other, just 260 yards from the regular tees, features a strand of central bunkers separating routes to the hole and a convex putting surface that moves chips and putts in irrational directions. An inside look at Michael Jordan's new course, The Grove XXIII - Golf Digest 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z He even liked convex greens that repelled shots. How Pete Dye taught one of our editors everything he knows - Golf Digest 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The convex lateral surface of the stomach is called the greater curvature; the concave medial border is the lesser curvature. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Walls - vertical, angled, convex, concave, dotted with all manner of hand and foot holds - surround her on all sides. 10-year-old girl becoming budding rock climbing star 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z To use a convex lens as a magnifier, the object must be closer to the converging lens than its focal length. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Peering down the viewer’s small convex lens, I saw Jacobs — gangly, laughing, 17 — standing next to his white-haired grandmother, herself the picture of bourgeois Upper West Side elegance. The Many Lives of Marc Jacobs 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Another features side-by-side circles, one that looks like a convex mound, the other like a concave scoop. Review: Takako Yamaguchi turns white and gray paint into illusions of startling intensity 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The team found that walnut shells are composed of a previously unknown cell type—dubbed the “polylobate sclereid” cell—which sport irregular lobes with many different concave and convex contours. Why walnuts are such tough nuts to crack 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Even now, his face in the convex glass seems distorted in pain. Twenty-six seconds on Tetonia-3 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Virtual images are larger than the object only in case 2, where a convex lens is used. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The Quest is notably heavier than the Rift, with a thick, convex front panel. Oculus Quest review: a great vision with a frustrating compromise 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Some of his notable early work concerned the geometry of high-dimensional convex shapes, such as how to find slices of the shape that are especially large or round. Jean Bourgain (1954–2018) 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z To enter the elevator, residents swing open the leaden door and as they board, perhaps they glance up at the convex mirror that reflects anyone behind them. A Tiny Elevator, a Haunting Reminder in Brooklyn 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Both are convex solids made from regular polygons, and in both of them, each vertex is surrounded by three squares and a triangle. A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Pseudo-Rhombicuboctahedron 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The convex mirror shown in Figure 25.41 also has a focal point. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z He found that shoppers are “twice as willing to choose a juice whose label features a concave, smile-like line rather than a convex, frown-like one.” LaCroix wars heat up; but which water tastes the best? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Here you have a convex shape in the plane, like an oval, square or pentagon. The Hidden Depth in Math's Simple Puzzles 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The sculpture’s convex curves and abstract forms are said to represent a mountain with a man ascending its peak. Tennessee sculpture being moved to site remembering King 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The sculpture’s convex curves and abstract forms are said to represent a mountain with a man ascending its peak. Tennessee sculpture being moved to site remembering King 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z A ray approaching a convex diverging mirror by heading toward its focal point on the opposite side is reflected parallel to the axis. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z These are the five convex polyhedra—tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron—that are made of congruent regular polygons. Justin Curry's Favorite Theorem 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Fresh water, which is less dense, floats on top of the denser salt water in a convex shape giving the sources their name. Waiting for the tide to turn: Kiribati's fight for survival 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Although these dimples are concave rather than convex such as those on the moth’s eye, they prevent glare in the same way. Learning from Nature: Moth Eyes Inspire Nonreflective Screen Coating 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z I approach and am reflected, distorted in its crinkly, convex foil surfaces. Rei Kawakubo, Interpreter of Dreams 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z But a more common arrangement is to use a third convex lens as an eyepiece, increasing the distance between the first two and inverting the image once again as seen in Figure 26.24. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The Gold Projections – in which he projects slow-motion films or single images on to gilded convex discs – emerged from years spent studying everything from medieval gilding techniques to 16th-century books of magic. Midas touch: the artist using gold to turn films into flickering frescos 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z If you shine a light on a convex surface - one curved outward toward you like a pillar in a building - the light will appear to move in two directions, away from each other. EXCHANGE: Researcher turning science fiction into reality 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z “Often, different mammals have different types of horns, and that helps define the different species. Same with oviraptorosaurs. Tongtianlong had a domelike crest—a fairly simple, convex, helmet type of crest.” 'Mud Dragon' Dinosaur Unearthed—By Dynamite 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Its glacial walls ripple and bulge, their surface punctured with convex semi-circular openings, forming a cliff-face of little mouths gaping in glee. 'We thought it was going to destroy us' … Herzog and De Meuron's Hamburg miracle 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z A telescope can also be made with a concave mirror as its first element or objective, since a concave mirror acts like a convex lens as seen in Figure 26.25. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The range is designed to be worn within the concave and convex curves of the body. Lawrence jeweler and metalsmith gets national recognition 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Two hours from Las Vegas, overlooking the Virgin River, the sculpture consists of two deep rectilinear cuts across the top of a convex mesa, or, as Heizer puts it, a two-hundred-and-forty-thousand-ton displacement. A Monument to Outlast Humanity 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The mud dragon’s upper jaw is highly convex at the front of its snout, which implies a specialized diet. 'Mud Dragon' Dinosaur Unearthed—By Dynamite 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The early steel drums were made from small containers with the bottoms pushed to a convex shape. Steel drum band will ring in the Nain Rouge in Detroit 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The convex lens shown has been shaped so that all light rays that enter it parallel to its axis cross one another at a single point on the opposite side of the lens. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Nearly everything on the guitar was built and honed by hand, from the headstock, with a pearl sun inlaid at the top, to the convex shape of the guitar’s rare wood body. Evansville artisan builds high-end guitars in garage 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Another of the team's innovations is the convex aluminium rover inspection mirror, resembling a bicycle bell, which allows the robot's cameras to view reflections of its undercarriage and rear. The robot taking stained glass and a 'selfie' mirror to Mars - BBC News 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Until last month, there were 14 such patterns with convex pentagons that we knew about. A New Way To Tile Your Floor (If You Like Pentagons) 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z In particular, the front surfaces of the vertebrae of known snakes and lizards except geckoes are concave, and the rear surfaces are convex; that doesn’t appear to be the case in Tetrapodophis, he says. Four-legged snake fossil stuns scientists—and ignites controversy 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z For example, if a point light source is placed at the focal point of a convex lens, as shown in Figure 25.29, parallel light rays emerge from the other side. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z A convex lens bends light rays inward, which results in the object being perceived as larger or closer. The Magnifying Effect of a Water Drop 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Where you usually have a flat landing pad for your thumb, there’s now a convex shape. Living life on the S6 Edge 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z A few years before Nash, Nirenberg had proved a result for a special case of the same problem, showing that a class of two-dimensional surfaces can be embedded as convex bodies in three-dimensional Euclidean space. 'Beautiful mind' John Nash adds Abel Prize to his Nobel 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Choose your own adventure for the gigantic convex grill. Where to eat near LAX 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Figure 25.29 A small light source, like a light bulb filament, placed at the focal point of a convex lens, results in parallel rays of light emerging from the other side. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z While the convex exterior is assertive, the concave interior is embracing. TriBeCa Synagogue’s Memorable Building and Stubborn Architect 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z A flexure test produces tensile stress in the convex side of the specimen and compression stress in the concave side. iPhone 6 Bendgate Isn't Over. It's Missing A Scientific Test 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z It is a grouping of five round self-portraits, five convex mirrors and five small surveillance cameras. Putting the A in STEAM 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Still, for all that, it is around the notoriously convex putting surfaces that this U.S. Open is going to be won and lost. Busy preparing their U.S. Open game plan, pros know placement is key: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Two light rays originate from object B, at a distance of 50 cm in front of a convex mirror, diverging at an angle of 10°. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The baseball is depicted on the convex side, complementing its round shape, and the glove is shown on the coin’s concave side, complementing its cupped shape. Gossage visits Mint to check out curved coin 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z No extra ornamentation was needed for their sensuous convex forms, usually created in a herringbone pattern of cream- or pastel-colored tiles. Building Blocks: With Vaults and Domes, Two Architects Helped Shape New York City’s Look 2014-04-23T14:58:56Z In mathematics it’s when a curve shifts from convex to concave, or vice versa. Sinosphere Blog: Big Change for China and the World 2013-12-11T21:10:36Z The convex base of the figure made it "more susceptible" to spin around than the cabinet's other artefacts. VIDEO: Moving Egyptian statue mystery solved 2013-11-21T12:40:05Z Correct, the description given means that the screens will be convex to the user, not concave as with the current Samsung models with curved screens. An Apple Rumour, A Curved iPhone Coming For Next Year 2013-11-10T16:24:00Z All Woolly rhino images consistently show a massively deep, hugely convex shoulder hump that extends all the way forward to the back of the head. The remarkable life appearance of the Woolly rhino 2013-11-09T20:45:00.523Z The way that such barrier islands jut out—their convex shape—acts as a break to storm surges, compared to the funneling effect of concave-shaped bays and inlets, such as those in New York Harbor. The Science behind Superstorm Sandy s Crippling Storm Surge 2012-11-05T19:47:56.673Z It's small, covering just 25m2, but beautifully formed from two convex walls. Ethical living: what was the environmental cost of the Olympics? 2012-08-25T23:08:39Z Athreya recalls that some of the student groups noticed the pattern that v – e + f = 2 for convex polyhedra, a nontrivial fact known as Euler's formula. Deep Spaces: Geometry Labs Bring Beautiful Math to the Masses [Slide Show] 2012-07-15T12:15:00.190Z River Point has a dramatic concave glass facade that, according to the chief designer Anthony Markese, is meant to complement the convex facade of its neighbor across the river, 333 West Wacker Drive. Square Feet: Chicago Loop Attracts Development of New Office Space 2012-07-11T00:45:37Z If viewing a convex torso, the portion of the torso rotating towards you becomes more visible as the other half becomes more obscured. Don't Look Now But You're Being Watched 2012-06-05T17:15:00.220Z The convex backs of spoons a-i are not the only painted ones, but show the more ambitious attempts, if this adjective is applicable to rudeness of their degree. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z Plano-convex, convex towards c ” 1 The lens b is divided, and one of the segments is moved by a micrometer screw. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z What is convex appears concave; what is concave, convex. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z An electric lamp illuminated the irregular-shaped space, which on one side was bounded by the convex base of the after turret, a 6-inch wall of hard steel. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Shell ventricose, spotted; spire shorter than the aperture, of five convex volutions; suture channelled; base with a concave belt. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Bill lengthened, very slender, arched, the base depressed, the sides compressed, the tip very sharp and entire, the margins bent inwards and minutely dentated; under mandible beneath convex. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Shell one inch and a half long, and smooth; the base and spire with faint remote grooves; the spiral whorls are scarcely convex, and their upper margins prominent. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z The capsule opens transversely by a convex lid and contains numerous seeds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z One pane of glass in particular—probably because it had a slightly convex surface—a pane in one of the windows of Meg's bedroom, winked continuously as his body swayed with each onward stride. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Shell with bands of tessellated brown or purple spots; suture slightly channelled; margin of the volutions convex. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Distinguished from the Helix vivipara of authors, by having a less convex, and more pointed spire, hardly any umbilicus, and no bands. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z The volutions of the spire are somewhat convex; the coloured lines are not indented. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Spikelets terete or flattish; scales convex, either loosely enwrapping or regularly imbricated. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z E. is, generally speaking, convex, steep in lower parts and slanting back to summit. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The form of the umbilicus in this species appears to be constant: it is wide, deep, placed near to the upper angle of the aperture, and margined externally by a convex belt. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Shell ovate-oblong, thick, convex, anterior obliquely rounded; hinge margin slightly curved and thickened beneath the umbones; inside fulvous, with a reddish margin. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Palpi compressed, incurved in front of the head, the sides convex or angular; the last joint erect, pointing vertically. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Indusium flat or slightly convex, orbicular or round-reniform, fixed by the centre, opening all round the margin. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The flat roofs with their convex tiles, the deep windows, the high white walls, and lofty square towers, all betokened another land. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Shell transversely oblong, thick, anteriorly compressed, both extremities rounded; umbones very prominent, thick; hinge-plate convex. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Shell smooth, oval, convex, the margins turned inward; aperture longitudinal, narrow, toothed on both sides, the extremities effuse. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Bill strong, thick, conic, the base rounded, towards the top slightly compressed, the top convex, not carinated; both mandibles notched, the tip of the upper hooked. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Indusium convex, fixed by a broad base partly under the sorus, commonly reflexed as the sporangia ripen. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z She turned her head in Mr. Topes's direction and found herself confronted by the glitter of his round, convex spectacles. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z All sorts of curves are made, now deep, now shallow; now convex, now concave; now with single curvature, now with double. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is convex in front and concave behind, so as to fit the end of the thorax, and is as wide as the wings when folded and at rest. Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies 2012-04-02T02:00:23.697Z Shell obovate; spire conic, of five convex volutions; suture simple; umbilicus open. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Flowering glume oblong, turgid, and convex on the back; the flowers imbricated over one another before expansion; lower empty glume distinctly 3–5-nerved, the upper 5–9-nerved. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z All corners and edges are well rounded off, and the face is slightly convex. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Shell coniform; spire short, depressed at the base, the whorls convex and unequal; outer lip lobed above, and internally striated; inner lip nearly obsolete, white. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Flowering glume somewhat convex, but keeled and laterally more or less compressed, at least above; flowers soon separating from each other; lower empty glume 1-nerved, the upper 3-nerved, or with an obscure additional pair. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It is impossible to mill out even a convex cycloid or epicycloid, by the means and in the manner above described. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. ÷ glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Black; throat yellowish-orange; the sides and ears white; pectoral bar and tail-covers red; bill black, with a blue basal belt, the top convex and but slightly curved, the sides thickened. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Creeping; leaves somewhat rigid, repand, deeply lobed; lobes rounded, submucronate, the lower appressed, the upper convex with incurved apex; perianth ovate, denticulate. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z When the bevel is on the outside or convex side of the gouge it is termed an outside, while when the bevel is on the inside or concave side it is termed an inside gouge. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The upper convex side of the wing is equally red and black, and the whole of the tail-feathers white. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Jack," she began, industriously scrutinising the vista of the room reflected by an ancient convex mirror hanging on the far wall, "I want to say something. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Independent of colour, this differs from R. Tucanus in having the bill less curved, the top convex and obscure pink, not flat and blue. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Glumes 2, subtended by a small cartilaginous ring, herbaceo-membranaceous, convex, awnless in the sterile, the lower one tipped with a straight awn in the fertile spikelets. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z To give the required concavity to the toe and sides of the shoe, the surface i is made convex, and tapered or inclined towards h. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z All specimens of convexus are paler, the skulls are more convex dorsally and narrower, with less ridging and angularity. The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. 2012-03-19T02:00:23.340Z Crossley, the reserve company wheeling to its left, while the left of the firing line threw back its flank, so as to present a convex face to the position now occupied by the enemy. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Shell white, with capillary green bands; spire elongated, sub-attenuated, of six convex volutions; outer lip crenated; base slightly truncate. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Empty glumes ovate, much shorter than the flowers, coriaceous; the lower much smaller; flowering glume ovate, convex on the back, rigidly coriaceous, its 3 nerves terminating in a strong and abrupt cuspidate or awl-shaped tip. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The modern method of bending wood is to fasten on the outside, or convex side of the piece, a strap that will prevent it from stretching. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Skull: Rostrum longer, narrower and more depressed; skull convex rather than flat; nasals longer, and convex rather than flat; tympanic bullae larger; zygomatic arches shorter and more massive; molariform teeth larger. The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. 2012-03-19T02:00:23.340Z This latter division, since its arrival, had pushed forward with little or no opposition to a convex position some six miles east of Ypres, which embraced the villages of Zonnebeke, Kruiseik and Zandvoorde. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Tumors situated in the iliac fossa have a more or less convex form, and may be of such considerable size that the swelling may be recognized by the eye through the abdominal walls. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Pod small, orbicular, with only one or two wingless seeds in a cell; valves nerveless, somewhat convex, the margin flattened. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The round face is usually somewhat convex on its surface with its edge slightly rounded or beveled. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Skull: Smaller, more convex; rostrum shorter, wider and more depressed; zygomatic arches shorter and heavier; mastoidal breadth actually, as well as relatively wider; tympanic bullae more inflated ventrally; upper incisors shorter and wider. The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. 2012-03-19T02:00:23.340Z The condyle is greatly elevated above the alveolar border; its articular surface is very wide transversely, and narrow and convex from before backwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Bridge breadth is often pronounced and the nasal profile is straight to convex. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z Pod mostly globular or inflated, with a broad orbicular to ovate hyaline partition nerved to the middle, the hemispherical or convex thin valves nerveless. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z But if it were tight in the middle and loose at the outer edge, it would become, under the same pressure, convex on the top, as in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Skull: Smaller, more convex and compact; rostrum shorter, heavier, more depressed and compact; zygomatic arches shorter and more robust; upper incisors shorter and more recurved. The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. 2012-03-19T02:00:23.340Z The bodies of the cervical vertebrae are elongated, strongly keeled, and markedly opisthocoelous, or concave behind and convex in front. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Then the opposite side was ground to a cutting edge by rubbing away the softer inner or convex surface on a smooth rock. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Stamens 5–12, oftener 10, inserted on the outside of a convex disk; filaments slender; anthers short. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It will be found that in a smooth, half-round file 1 inch in width, about twenty courses are required for the convex side, and two courses alone serve for the flat side. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Canning's, to the convex mirror, which scattered the rays, and showered them down upon his foe with blinding fervor. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z This dilatation of the pupil, which may be artificially produced by the application of belladonna, can be remedied by the use of convex glasses. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z All shields were convex with handles on the inside to hold them by. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z Pod oval, oblong, or even linear, flat; the valves plane or slightly convex; the partition broad. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Or if he hammers the convex side the piece will bend to a smaller circle. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It is about the size and shape of a crown-piece, slightly convex inside, and concave on the outer side. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The convex ceiling rises highest at the edges to call attention to views of the White House and the Lincoln Memorial. Slave Receipt, Caddy Lead $500 Million African American Museum 2012-02-21T15:27:30Z Plate 8., or on the relation of its ribs to the convex curve enclosing them. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Pod linear, flattened; placentas not thickened; the valves plane or convex, more or less 1-nerved in the middle, or longitudinally veiny. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z For convex surfaces the curve on the scraper should be of greater radius than that of the work, while in the case of concave curves the tool should have a less radius. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z From above the door little convex glasses, like a row of eyes, look out upon the visitor as he applies for admission. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z The basement storey has the same number of faces formed into convex flutes which are alternately angular and semicircular. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It is not the enjoyment of a grotesque image in a convex mirror, but, rather, the recognition of fleeting forms of truth. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Pod a short silique or a silicle, varying from oblong-linear to globular, terete or nearly so; valves strongly convex, nerveless. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Knurls for screw heads are made convex, concave, or parallel, to fit the heads of the screws, and may be indented with various patterns. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The children at Aimarah, and generally in the riparian villages, wear very handsome chased, convex silver links, each as large as the top of a breakfast cup, to fasten their girdles. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The plate may not be perfectly level—it may be too concave, or too convex, and the picture may be a deformity; so with the brain. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z In selecting ware for a range, especial care should be taken to see that the bottoms of all the cooking utensils are perfectly level, for if convex, they will invariably burn in the centre. Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of all Classes 2012-02-11T03:03:43.593Z Flower coriaceous, mostly orbicular or ovate, flat on the inner side, convex on the outer. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z If the flat side is straight or hollow in its length it is of little consequence, because it can be used upon convex or upon narrow surfaces. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The Gouda is a flat cheese with convex edges and is of any weight up to 20 ℔. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Two teardrops, one in another's, one in your own eyes, compose, as with two convex lenses, a microscope which enlarges everything, and changes all sorrows into charms. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Many of them are rather elliptical, others are more flattened, and others flat on one side, and rather convex on the other. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Fruit oval, flat, with the outer face rather convex and the inner concave, sharp-margined, a caryopsis, i.e. the thin pericarp adherent to the vertical seed. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z In preparing these segments it is an excellent plan to file the convex edges, as shown in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The beak is large, short, covered, and convex; the upper exceeding the lower chap. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Figure 65 The plain, oval, slightly convex plate of brass has a raised edge. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z When the concave part is uppermost, it is called a cyma recta; but if the convex portion is at the top, it is called a cyma reversa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Receptacle elongated and bearing broad chaff among the flowers 29, 30 Receptacle convex, chaffy. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z When a radial face or surface is convex, it is said to be rounding or round, and when it is concave it is said to be hollow. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Several pieces of valuable old blue china, quaint bits of Oriental flat figures, together with a plate or two of old Dutch ware decorate the walls, and an ancient convex mirror of great antiquity. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Figure 70 Figure 71 This plate, of silver on copper, is plain oval and slightly convex. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z When a piece of plate-glass is pressed against a slightly convex lens, or a watch-glass, a series of coloured rings is formed by reflected light, with a black spot in the centre. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Capsule 2-celled, with the partition at right angles to the convex valves. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z But if the monkeys were looking at a convex image and Janssen stimulated a cluster of concave-responding neurons, the monkeys generally took longer to report what they saw and made more mistakes. Shape-Shifting: Researchers Change How Monkeys See in 3-D 2012-01-11T19:15:00.203Z Extrados, eks-trā′dos, n. the convex surface of an arch or vault. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Figure 214 This oval, convex, brass plate, with two studs and a hook soldered to the reverse for attachment, very probably was originally a shoulder-belt plate. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z The natural form of the lens is more convex than is consistent with distinct vision, except for very near objects. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Receptacle convex or conical, with narrowly linear rigid chaff. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z First, Janssen trained the monkeys to move their eyes to the left when they saw a concave image and to the right when they saw a convex image. Shape-Shifting: Researchers Change How Monkeys See in 3-D 2012-01-11T19:15:00.203Z While a convex face would look in only one direction, Einstein’s hollow face seems to look forward when the viewer is directly ahead, but at an angle when the viewer moves sideways. Illusions Unmask Our 'Face Sense' 2012-01-10T16:15:41.403Z This plate is octagonal, slightly convex, and has beveled edges. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z I dread the power of each revolted State, The convex East hangs balanc'd with their weight. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Corolla funnel-shaped, with curved tube and slightly unequal limb; the throat closed with 5 convex obtuse bristly scales opposite the lobes. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Then he probed their brains with microelectrodes while they completed their visual tasks, searching for groups of neurons that fired in response to either a convex or a concave image. Shape-Shifting: Researchers Change How Monkeys See in 3-D 2012-01-11T19:15:00.203Z Although the mask is concave, your brain assumes that all faces are convex. Illusions Unmask Our 'Face Sense' 2012-01-10T16:15:41.403Z Figure 58 This rectangular, slightly convex plate of silver on copper has beveled edges and a small slot in the center for the attachment of an ornament. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z Thus there was formed a field of tremendous power upon a convex curve, which gave the benefit of rapid concentration at any point or points. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Perennials; receptacle convex or at length low-conical; lower leaves usually opposite. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Sure enough, he found clusters of neurons that fired when the monkeys saw a concave image, and others that responded to a convex shape, and Janssen stimulated those clusters with a mild electric current. Shape-Shifting: Researchers Change How Monkeys See in 3-D 2012-01-11T19:15:00.203Z Since the place of the hinge is constantly changing the back of the book after much use becomes concave instead of convex, and the appearance of the book is seriously marred. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z Figure 88 Figure 89 The specimen is oval, slightly convex, and struck in thin brass. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z McDowell made a gallant effort to recover his lost power, riding with his troops and urging them to brave efforts, but our convex line, that he was just now pressing back upon itself, was changed. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Hairspring concave or convex in form instead of perfectly level. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The posterior extremity of the sternum, flattened from above downwards, ends in a cartilaginous plate; concave superiorly, and convex inferiorly: this is the abdominal prolongation, or xiphoid appendix. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z If the opening cam has the usual convex profile, the closing cam has a correspondingly concave profile. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z Within a wreath of crossed laurel boughs is a small center circle with raised edge to which has been soldered the eagle and horn device struck in convex form. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z On the convex side was a strip of alluvial soil about seventy feet wide, covered by large forest-trees and some tangled undergrowth. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The skin which lines the internal surface of the external lips is folded in such manner as to form two flat bodies, the exterior edges of which are convex. Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question 2011-12-03T03:00:10.910Z The anterior surface in its foremost part is vertical, and is slightly convex from side to side. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z See larger image of its development, especially if in unconsolidated material, the slopes are normally convex inward. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Hand-mill for corn, consisting of a hollow stone and a round one, concave and convex. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Bill swollen at tip, convex; the upper mandible covered at the base with a soft membrane in which lie the nostrils, with a valve over them; tarsi covered fore and rear with hexagonal scales. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The lower extremity of the neck of the uterus is irregularly convex and tumid. Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question 2011-12-03T03:00:10.910Z The anterior border is convex in its superior portion, and concave in its inferior; the posterior border is slightly hollowed out. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The other man standing at his bench, takes a strip and places the middle of it across the convex block and under the knife, which is held up by the spring of a sapling overhead. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Projecting angles are rounded, it is true, and are more or less convex, but they are overlooked on account of the prevalence of concave forms. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Wings short, broad, convex; first quill very short, second not so long as third or fourth, which are nearly equal. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Head, short with blunt snout; opercles or gill covers, very convex; body, shaped very much like the chinook; back, bluish green; sides, silver white. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The radius is placed in front of the ulna; its body, slightly convex forwards, has the anterior surface convex transversely, and the posterior surface plane in the same direction. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z There he went within a tent, Saw a convex firmament; Then he peered within a booth, Saw a shark without a tooth, Heard a dumb man sing and chant, Saw a crimson elephant. Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z The prevailing forms which result from glacier-action are more or less convex. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Bill stout, convex or slightly angular above, straight at the base, much hooked at the tip, commissure simply festooned; cere bristly; nostrils rounded or oval; wings long. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The slope of the convex face is described as very small, that of the concave as high as 70° or 80°, and their surfaces were rippled. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The principal metacarpal, which forms the region of the canon, is directed vertically; its anterior surface is slightly convex transversely. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Before her stands the Baron, a tall stout man in evening dress, a rose in his button-hole; grasping the ground with feet well apart, he gazes at her with convex spider-like eyes. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z From Bolivia around to Uruguay sweeps in a great semicircle, convex to the north, a plateau that nearly unites the Andes with the Eastern Cordillera, and forms the watershed between the Amazon and the Plate. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Books on “Reading Character at Sight” make a great point of the distinctions between blond and brunette, the concave and the convex profile, the glance of the eye, and the manner of shaking hands. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Its convex surface, rising breast high, enabled the priest to perform more easily his diabolical task of removing the heart. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z It is flattened from before backwards; its anterior surface is convex transversely, while the posterior surface is plane. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z One of its peculiarities is the convex profile of the face, the forehead being prominent and the nostrils sunk in, the nose itself extremely small, and the lower lip projecting from the upper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Two and one-half times as high as lateral wing of premaxillary; slightly convex anteriorly. Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca 2011-10-24T02:00:14.853Z The convex part of its bowl was below, and the great head, as an inverted toadstool, stood upright on a short, stem-like pedestal. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z There cannot be more than five regular convex polyhedrons. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z The anterior surface is oblique downwards and forwards; it is convex transversely. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z In England the term is constantly used by auctioneers to describe the raised convex decorations under the bowl of stone or terra-cotta vases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Four times as high as lateral wing of premaxillary; anteriorly convex. Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca 2011-10-24T02:00:14.853Z Claude Lorraine glass, n. a convex mirror, usually coloured, employed for viewing landscape. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z While in elementary geometry the only regular polygons studied are convex, it is interesting to a class to see that there are also regular cross polygons. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z In the cat, the curve of the tibia is less pronounced; this is due to the fact that the crest, instead of being concave in its middle portion, is slightly convex anteriorly. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Bulger.—A driver in which the face “bulges” into a convex shape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Three times as high as lateral wing of premaxillary; anteriorly convex. Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca 2011-10-24T02:00:14.853Z On this principle coloured rings appear between a plane and a convex lens, in a little oil on the surface of water, and in bubbles made with soap and water. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The theorem asserts that in any convex polyhedron the number of edges increased by two is equal to the number of vertices increased by the number of faces. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z The astragalus has not, as in ruminants, an inferior trochlea for articulation with the scaphoid; this portion of the bone presents a surface which is slightly convex. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Arrow magnified by a convex lens. a, b, Real arrow. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z Two and one-half times as high as lateral wing of premaxillary; anteriorly convex. Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca 2011-10-24T02:00:14.853Z Their shields were round and convex; and their cuirass was a close-fitting garment made of many layers of flax, plaited together or interwoven, and cemented and hardened with glue. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The sum of the face angles of any convex polyhedral angle is less than four right angles. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z These have their crowns flattened from above downwards, and gradually become thinner from the root to the anterior border, which is edged and slightly convex. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z More than 800 years ago an Arabian, named Alhazen, explained why rounded or convex glasses make things appear larger when placed before the eye. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z On the ground between the pair is a convex mass, which has been recognised to be part of the coil of a large serpent. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Similarly for the nose, of which three main varieties are recognised, according as the line of the back is concave, rectilinear, or convex. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Since the polyhedron is convex, it is possible to find some outside point of view, P, from which some face, as ABCDE, covers up the whole figure, as in this illustration. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Such are the general characters; the following are the particular ones: In the carnivora it is thick and convex. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Croly Addicks drew his convex face as far away as he could from the concave features of the chief purchasing agent and muttered, "Had kippered herring for breakfast." The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z One of the most elaborate of these signs is a hollow crescent figure, whose convex face is studded with incandescent lights, and bulbs are also at the outer end of the cigar.” 50 Years Ago: Nerve Cells Talking 2011-09-14T11:45:05.593Z It was he who invented the "bulger," that club with its convex face, off which the ball flew with a straightness that was a revelation. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z It is easily seen that this is true only with the limitation set forth in most textbooks, that the spherical polygons considered are convex. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z The humeral head, which is turned forwards and a little inwards, is convex and elongated in the vertical direction. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The continuous curve bow is not approved by us, as one made with concave ends and convex in the middle is easier to control and does not jerk the arrow off its true direction. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z It depends on the point of view whether a semicircle seems convex or concave. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z It must have skimmed the apex and glanced off the downward slope—convex side down—as a stone glances off a pond. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z It was contained, yet mounted not in straight lines, as in the country of the palms, but in convex masses. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z This bone is flattened from front to back, and slightly convex anteriorly. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z But the narrow road was paved with large, convex slabs of hard stone, inexpressibly greasy. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z These all combine to form, below, the concave of the curved limb, and above, its convex. Of the Just Shaping of Letters 2011-08-18T02:00:25.350Z Then words of figure; as straight, crooked, plain, bowed, concave, hollow, convex; round, square, three-square, sphere, globe, bowl, cube, die, upright, sloping, leaning forward, leaning backward, like, unlike. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z It may be noted too in passing that all the portraits of Henry show us a feeble growth of hair on the face and signs of a convex back—convex vertically and convex transversely. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The anterior surface of the principal metacarpal is convex transversely; its posterior surface is flattened. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Each man's macrocosm is apt to be related to his microcosm, as the convex to the concave of a curve. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Now at the end of six further years their antero-posterior measurements are 9½ and 9 inches respectively—the measurements being made from before backwards over the convex surface of the carapace. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z If it is desired to round the end of a piece or to produce a convex surface the operation can be done by applying the broad side of the skew chisel, as in Fig. Advanced Toy Making for Schools 2011-07-24T02:00:09.413Z In that street the ground rises, and the carriage-way is convex and narrow, it required skill to turn the cab, and the cabman was wanting therein. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Indeed, in the dog and the cat the zygomatic arch, strongly convex, springs up in a marked manner from the plane of the lateral aspects of the skull. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z He views all things animate and inanimate, human and animal, real and ideal, through that distorted medium which the mentally deformed habitually see through as through a convex and smoked glass. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The cornea is convex except in aquatic mammals, in which it is flattened. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z A convex mirror has the peculiar property of making the reflected rays diverge, by which means it diminishes the image; and a concave mirror makes the rays converge, and under certain circumstances, magnifies the image. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The nose is somewhat broad, with rounded tip and nostrils, often short, and, when not straight, as is most common, is as frequently convex as concave. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The superior border, which is convex or rectilinear, is thin, and is separated from the posterior border by an obtuse angle. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Hold it in the way described and bend it slightly, the convex side being towards the audience. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z In the Amphibia the cornea is more convex than in the fish, but the lens is circular and the sclerotic often chondrified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z If then, an object be placed before any part of a convex mirror, as the vase A B, fig. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The sides are distinctly convex and the ends rounded; the swim-ring encroaches little on the surface of the capsule. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The greater convexity of the outer portion of the hoof is found equally on the human foot; the external border of this foot is more convex than the opposite one. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z According to Olbers, a concave and convex lens were first used in combination, to render objects less distant in appearance, in the year 1606. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z On reaching the summit of the teocalli the victim was met by six priests, five of whom led him to the sacrificial stone, a great block of jasper with a convex surface. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z Concave mirrors, you know, produce by reflection, an effect similar to that of convex lenses, by refraction. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The free statoblasts are variable in length, sometimes distinctly elongate, sometimes elongate only to a moderate degree; they are rounded at the extremities and have the sides slightly or distinctly convex outwards. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Normal eyes are aided by using slightly convex lenses. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z The man was worth looking at, hale and hearty, his chest like the convex curve of a barrel, his eye like a falcon's. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z So goes the scene from the convex surface of the eye along a thread-like nerve, so flashed the picture in the brain. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z A B, is a plano-convex lens, being flat on one side, and convex on the other. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The capsule is large, the sides convex outwards and the extremity more or less broadly rounded. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The more gradual modulation of light and shade as in the case of a sphere or a hemisphere convex toward the observer is not present in the case of the cup. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Each layer of wood is externally convex, yet not so much as to render the bow quite cylindrical. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z The wristband is a watch when convex, a PDA when flat and a phone when concave. Flexible smartphone set for debut 2011-05-06T09:26:39Z F is called a meniscus, or concavo-convex, being concave on one, and convex on the other side. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Miss Thompson's convex glasses were focused on Avelyn in a stare of astonished gratification. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z The rays of light close to the earth are bent convex to the earth and the curvature of those higher up may be reversed. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z They are convex at their back, except in the lower part, which is flat on both sides. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z Two tear-drops, one in another's, one in your own eyes, compose, as with two convex lenses, a microscope which enlarges everything, and changes all sorrows into charms. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z But a lens, that has the shortest focus, is most bulging or convex; and the protuberance of the lens will prevent the eye from approaching very near to the object. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Miss Thompson took off her convex glasses, wiped them solemnly, and put them on again. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z These lines were often convex instead of being straight as the eye desires to see them. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z The under part of the shoe is convex, and furrowed lengthwise; the upper flattish, raised about ten lines, and the edge all round is sharp. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z It is a horizontal bow with the convex side towards the water, shifting its position higher or lower as you mount or descend. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z I suppose that a contrary remedy must be applied to this defect; that is to say, a convex lens, L M, fig. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Avelyn entered the room a trifle jauntily, but one steady glance from those convex glasses caused her feathers to fall. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z A concave hemispherical cup on the left and a convex hemisphere on the right lighted by a light-source of large angle such as a window 150 76. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Each board, which composes the body of the sledge, is somewhat convex on the inside, but still the whole internal surface is sufficiently smooth and even. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z Fullering denotes the preliminary roughing-down of the material between tools having convex edges; swaging, the completion or finishing process between swages, or dies of definite shape, nearly hemispherical in form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Projecting, or bulging out, as the exterior surface of a watch-glass, which may represent the form of a convex mirror, or lens. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The new containment projects foresee construction of a convex structure more than 100 meters high that will slide into place over the damaged reactor, sealing it at least until the end of the century. Under shadow of Japan, $1 billion sought for Chernobyl 2011-04-19T07:24:25Z In old age, and in fact in most people after about forty-five years of age, the elasticity of the lens becomes reduced, and convex lenses become necessary to make it possible to focus near objects. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Their bill is flat, and black at the extremity, as well as the margins, convex and somewhat angular in the middle, so far at least that the swelling part terminates in an angle. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z These two classes of wave have been proved to travel through the earth, approximately along chords, but with the path slightly bent, convex towards the earth's centre. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Mrs. B. Let us begin by examining the reflection of a convex mirror. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Epicy�cloid, in geometry, a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of another fixed curve. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z When we look at a near object, the anterior surface of the lens bulges forward, becoming more convex the nearer the object; the more distant the object the more the lens is flattened. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The fracture is perfectly conchoidal, so that blows with a hammer detach flakes which have convex, slightly undulating surfaces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z In its natural situation the diaphragm is convex on the upper side and concave on its lower, but when the lungs are filled with air it becomes almost flat. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The most common, is the double convex lens, D. This is thick in the middle, and thin at the edges, like common spectacles, or reading glasses. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The eyes are noticeably larger and rounder than those of Papuans, and the upper lip of many of the men is long and curiously convex. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Just behind the pupil is the crystalline lens, resembling a small, very strongly magnifying glass, convex on each side, though more so behind. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Imperfect sterilization shows itself in many cases by gas development within the tin, which causes the ends to become convex and drummy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The diving-bell is usually made of cast iron, and weighted, and has several strong convex lenses set in the sides or roof, to admit light to the persons inside. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The effect of a concave lens, is, you know, exactly the reverse of a convex one: it renders parallel rays divergent, and those which are already divergent, still more so. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The face is very broad, the nose concave or straight, seldom convex, with slight elevation. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The concentration into a focus is obtained through a perfectly-shaped, convex lens. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z His aeroplanes were variously shaped, and were, as a rule, concavo-convex, the convex surface being directed upwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Discus, Disc, or Disk, among the Greeks and Romans a quoit of stone or metal, convex on both its sides, sometimes perforated in the middle. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z This is the reason why elderly people, the humours of whose eyes are decayed by age, are under the necessity of using convex spectacles. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z You have then a kind of shell, which you fill with the prepared mixture above, filling more than full, so that the top is convex, and which you smooth with the back of a knife. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Madeleine had a passing glimpse of herself as though in a convex mirror, distorted but recognizable. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Cure of convergent squint by means of convex glasses. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The long heel, and scarcely convex instep—the huge balls, and broad prints of the toes, were all signs that the hunters easily understood. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z I do not yet understand why an object appears smaller, when viewed in a convex mirror. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z It may be decorated with the back of the knife as the above one, and made convex on the top by baking it on a piece of tin. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z He certainly describes them, and explains why a plane convex glass magnifies. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Prisms may be ground with concave or convex surfaces, according to the requirements of refraction or accommodation. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z In a leaden tube, he fixed two glasses, both having one side flat, and the other side of the one concave, and the other convex. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z There are three kinds of mirrors used in optics; the plain, or flat, which are the common mirrors we have just mentioned; convex mirrors, and concave mirrors. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z If, immediately after felling, a log is sawn in two lengthwise, the radial splitting may be largely avoided, but the flat sides will tend to become convex, as in Fig. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z We should not increase the beauty of the female bosom, by the addition of another protuberance; and the exquisite undulating transitions from the convex to the concave tendencies, could not be multiplied with any success. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z On the right, with convex 12 D., fingers are counted with difficulty at about 1 m., with inward deviation of visual axis. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The omosternum is calcified, widest anteriorly, and has a convex anterior edge. A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla 2011-02-28T03:00:32.093Z The property of those lenses which have a convex surface, is to collect the rays of light to a focus; and of those which have a concave surface, on the contrary, to disperse them. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Whenever a slash board warps under ordinary conditions, the convex side is the one which was toward the center of the tree. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Ten seconds later the bomb hit the balloon fairly in the centre of its convex upper surface. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The squint as well as its disappearance occurred however, at a time when it would have been regarded as an error to allow children to use convex glasses. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z Terra cotta figure, 4½ in.; ancient Mirrors, polished surface, convex backs, 1½ in. American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 2011-02-23T03:00:33.300Z Their articular ends are sometimes cupped in front, in the neck, sometimes cupped behind, or convex at both ends, or even flattened, or the articulation may be made exceptionally by the neural arch alone. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z He observed that investment managers' returns were "convex," meaning their personal upside for taking more risk was great and their downside was trivial. Charting the Economic Fault Lines 2011-02-10T22:00:00Z In another experiment, the researchers used convex mirrors to enlarge the appearance of the participant's hand. Looking at body can reduce pain 2011-02-10T06:56:48Z It was easiest to read with greatly lowered field of vision and with the help of a convex eyeglass as well as the spectacles. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z Above this, and leaning forward, was a round convex mirror, surmounted by a Napoleonic eagle. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z They sometimes have the head of the bone concave from side to side and convex in the vertical direction. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z The horse's head is turned slightly to the right, but the effect is to the left; the neck bends and is convex to the left and is followed by the shoulders. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z In general the section is divided into a number of compartments, and the portions that lie within two adjacent compartments are respectively concave and convex. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z With convex 6 D. No. 0·5 was read at 12 inches from the glass, but not nearer, with normal fixation on both sides. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z Glass lamps, known by the name of convex lights, were introduced into use in 1694, and continued to be employed for twenty-one years, after which there was a relapse into the old system. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z The lower end of the radius has a simple, slightly convex articulation, somewhat bean-shaped. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z The figures and other decoration were painted on with a liquid clay preparation, and details were added with incised lines—an extremely cumbersome process, especially on convex surfaces. Decoding Ancient Greek Pottery 2011-01-21T23:51:14Z Injecting water into the chamber of the lens makes the thin membrane become a convex hemisphere. Better Than the Human Eye 2011-01-19T15:46:00Z As a rule I only order children to wear convex spectacles when they are distinctly indicated, and then only during sedentary occupations, when working and eating. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z He then took off the bark from each half, pressing a short piece of cedar bark against the convex side with both hands, while he drew the root upward with his teeth. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z The second phalange is concave at the upper articular end and convex in the longer direction at the lower end. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z Tail more or less elongated, convex above, flat underneath. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The fact of their being convex rendered them impractical for common use, though it allowed for elaborate framing, and they were employed rather for ornament than for use. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Mydriasis by atropine had no influence whatever on the squint, therefore, on December 31st, convex spectacles 2 D. were prescribed for permanent use. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z Fold the first paper three times and cut a convex, concave or compound curve from corner to corner. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z As in that type there is little or no indication of the convex contour of the face seen in Dimorphodon. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z Dramatically he jerked aside the canvas cover, revealing a complicated mechanism of convex and concave mirrors which rotated on their bases. Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z These were circular in form, the glass usually convex, and they were made by Chippendale, the Adam Brothers, and others. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Single letters of 3·0 m. are recognised with convex 6·5 D. Fingers are counted at about 1-1/2 m. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z Biplane: Box section fuselage, convex on top and bottom sides. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z Within these scales or petals is a flat, or slightly convex, disk, composed of innumerable very slender whitish filaments with reddish tips, much shorter than the surrounding scales. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z The face of a knife should be as nearly flat as possible and must not be convex. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z At this moment Kropotkin ran past them unnoticed, and tho usually much interested in convex lenses, took absolutely no part in the animated argument. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z Quinine has been given without avail, a convex glass of 2 D. also, which has been worn for the last half year, has not affected the deviation. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z Box section fuselage convex on bottom side to minimise resistance. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z The leaves are furrowed along the course of the veins, and convex between them, slightly downy and of a greyish green on the upper side; clothed with snowy woolliness beneath. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z A knife that is too concave or convex will tend to dig in or out of the work. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z The leaves, which vary from three to five inches in length, are sheathed in pairs, convex on the outer side, rigid, glossy, dark green, and with toothed margins. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Accurate reports are usually obtained more quickly by means of convex glasses or eserine. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z Where the line of Swartboy’s nose is concave, that of the other is convex, and the nose itself almost aquiline. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Pistils many, in a convex head, with slender points. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Then hone thoroughly with an extra fine hone slightly convex in shape. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z The leaves, which are in bundles of two, are from two to three inches long, very slender, grooved above and convex beneath. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Right eye V. 1/20, with and without convex glasses, without glass only VIII-I/II with difficulty, with + 6 V-I/II the smallest. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The lioness turned with redoubled fury, once more charged upon her assailant, and, as before, was met by the hard convex surface of the shield. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z On a smooth surface, though, the machined-aluminum, slightly convex back slips around annoyingly. Diary of an iPad Man 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z It is better to have it concave than convex, but not over two or three thousandths of an inch concave. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z In shape it is doubly convex, and may be rudely compared to a small lemon-drop. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers Patient now wears convex 4·5 D. constantly. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z It was of oval form, full six feet in length by about three in width, concave on the side towards his body, and equally convex on the opposite. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The delicately carved convex roof, composed of a single block, was surmounted by the tripod. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" This is a round, convex ornament, generally about five inches in diameter, composed of gold set with a profusion of diamonds, of open work, representing roses, leaves, &c. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments One of the so-called humors of the eye; a double convex body situated in the front part of the eyeball. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers At any rate the fact is settled that squint can disappear spontaneously, and without the aid of convex glasses even in high degrees of hypermetropia. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The singular shape of the rocky eminence which it covered was supposed, with its convex summit, to bear some resemblance to that of a galley with its keel uppermost. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies A corresponding plate was prepared, having its under surface part of a convex cylinder, of the same curvature as the concave surface of the former piece. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The precise object of the sharpening of both convex and concave edges in the curved variety is not clear. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Beak short, compressed, convex, furrowed; the lower mandible with a prominent angle: 5 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Observation of these cases further teaches, that treatment with convex glasses has prospects of success, particularly in periodic squint with hypermetropia, if squint can disappear spontaneously even without correction of the hypermetropia. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z "I would rather say a convex mirror, Mr G——," said I, laughing, contrary to my professional gravity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 The caterpillars of this family have all short and rather thick bodies, shaped very much like that of the wood louse—flattened beneath and very convex above. Butterflies and Moths (British) The moulded capital is still used, along with the capital with a continuous convex band of wavy foliage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The bill cultriform, with the back convex; the feet short, rather strong. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History If squint is absent during the use of convex glasses, which happens frequently under these circumstances, the operation offers no further advantages, as the constant use of convex glasses afterwards can hardly be avoided. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The under or concave side of the voussoirs is called the intrados, and the upper or convex side the extrados of the arch. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli If a beam of parallel light—such as light from the sun—be passed through a double convex lens L, Fig. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Now, frequently associated with these hoards are portions of cakes of pure copper, originally circular in shape, flat on one face and convex on the other, like a lens with one flat face. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Beak convex, cultrate; nostrils covered by recumbent bristly feathers: 19 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Of course I do not mean by this to say that my eyes remain as convex as they were at twenty-five or thirty years of age, for that would not be true. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Special lenses are required to correct it—usually lenses plane in one direction and concave or convex in the other. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The magnifying power is greater as the lens is more convex and the object near to the principal focus. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 It has on the convex side figures of soldiers in armor, and on the concave a group which is supposed to represent Lot and his daughters. The Story of Malta Beak conical, convex, rather sharp; the upper mandible longer: 1 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Tools of the latter type, which are known as “form tools,” are sometimes used for finishing surfaces that are either convex, concave, or irregular in shape. Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. Pantholops hodgsoni of Tibet, characterized by the long upright black horns of the bucks, and the less convex nose, in which the nostrils open anteriorly instead of downwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Spherical aberration, however, may be entirely destroyed by combining a meniscus and double convex lens, as shown in Fig. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Over the heavy and massive sideboard is a long gilt mirror of the Empire "banister" type; between the two side windows is a gilt, convex girandole with three branching candlesticks on each side. Remodeled Farmhouses Bill convex, the upper mandible arched over the lower, the nostrils arched with a cartilaginous membrane. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History It will be seen that the flint glass component by itself is a concave lens and therefore neutralises in part, or in whole, the convex crown lens. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides The diffusion waves in this case emanate from the principal focus of the diopter, and therefore become plane on passing through the convex surface of the denser gelatine. The Mechanism of Life If in this enlarged hole we place a double convex lens, LL, Fig. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Dome.—A cupola or spherical convex roof, ordinarily circular on plan. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Beak very large, hollow, convex, serrated; both mandibles incurved at the tip: 8 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History This is commonly a flat-topped or convex flower-cluster, like a corymb, only the blossoms are from terminal buds. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The rostral profile of the former is slightly convex; of the latter nearly flat. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin The principal focal distance of concave lenses is found by exactly the same rule as that given for convex lenses. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Seeds smooth, highly polished, jet-black, double convex, nearly circular, with a slight notch at one edge, 1.4–1.5 mm. in diameter. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 Beak conical, convex, straight, very acute; upper mandible slightly longer, and indistinctly notched: 20 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The corymb and the umbel being more or less level-topped, bringing the flowers into a horizontal plane or a convex form, the ascending order of development appears as Centripetal. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The internal surface is smooth and centrally convex. A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas The distortion of an image formed by a convex lens is shown by the diagram, Fig. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Amaranthus graecizans L. Seeds smooth, highly polished, jet-black, double convex, nearly circular with a slight notch at one edge, .7–1 mm. in diameter. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 Beak arcuate, convex, a little compressed, rather obtuse: 3 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Wavy, the surface or margin alternately convex and concave, 55. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The dorsal articular surface is convex dorsally and rounded. A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas In a double and equally convex lens of glass the focal length is equal to the radius of the spherical surfaces of the lens. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Seeds smooth, shining, reddish brown, to black, thickly double convex with scarcely a trace of a hem-like margin, circular, short kidney-shaped or ovate with a notch on the edge, .6-.8 mm. long. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 Beak convex; upper mandible arched over the lower, which has a prominent angle: 7 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The edge of the drill is made either straight, like that of a chisel, or with a convex curve, the latter shape being best for very hard rock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In lateral view the surface is unornamented, and convex in the ventral half. A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas The length of the image formed by a convex lens is to the length of the object as the distance of the image is to the distance of the object from the lens. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Seeds smooth, highly polished, jet-black, double convex, broadly ovate, with a slight notch at the narrow extremity, 1.1–1.4 mm. long. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 The same Experiment I repeated with another double convex Object-glass ground on both sides to one and the same Sphere. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light There was little smoke, but along two vast semi-circles, one convex, and the other concave, flashes ran like continuous lightning, while the whole earth grumbled and roared. The Guns of Europe The pen shape is given by a convex punch pressing the plate into a concave die. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. While a real image formed by a convex lens is always inverted and smaller than the object, the virtual image is always erect and larger than the object. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Seeds smooth, highly polished, jet-black, double convex, broadly ovate, with a slight notch at the narrow end, .9–1.2 mm. long. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 There are yet other Phænomena when these Plates are a little thicker on one side than on the other, and others when the Plates are more or less concave than convex, or plano-convex, or double-convex. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light They can no more be separated than the convex and concave aspects of a curve. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Though they may be hammered together without joining, they will not remain long resting in this position, as the convex surfaces can readily squeeze out the air. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them A succession of images can thus be formed by convex lenses, the last image being always treated as a fresh object, and being always an inverted image of the one before. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 Thlaspi arvense L. Flowers white; pods thin, double convex, nearly circular; seeds deep reddish brown, flat-oval or ovate, covered on each side by 12–14 curved ridges which originate and terminate at the narrow extremity. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 I had two round Copper Plates, each six Inches in Diameter, the one convex, the other concave, ground very true to one another. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light Shell compressed, smooth, terminal chamber short, sutures very complicated, convex. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" My fault seems to be to pull the withes too tight, making the sides somewhat concave; while Murphy has just the opposite fault—he makes his sides too convex. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York All lenses can be divided into two classes, convex or converging, or concave or diverging. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 CAT’S-EYE, a name given to several distinct minerals, their common characteristic being that when cut with a convex surface they display a luminous band, like that seen by reflection in the eye of a cat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" On the convex I ground the Object-Metal or Concave which was to be polish'd, 'till it had taken the Figure of the Convex and was ready for a Polish. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light It looked softly convex above the quiet tops of the trees, like the breast of a vast bird. Shadows of Flames A Novel The remaining forms have the nose more or less produced, with its under side convex, and a space between the nostrils and the upper lip covered with closely pressed hairs, and without any median groove. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Let L represent a double convex lens, with an object, AB, placed between it and the point F, which is the principal focus of the lens. Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 If the mean curvature is convex towards the axis the film will move from the axis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Thus by working it well I made it as thin as a Groat, and after the convex was cold I ground it again to give it as true a Figure as I could. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light His eyes seemed buried in them as in hairy nests—like pale, blue eggs, Sophy thought drearily, as she gazed at their hard convex. Shadows of Flames A Novel The back of the Rouen should have a slightly convex or arched shape from neck to tail and it is necessary to guard against birds which have a flat or a concave back. Ducks and Geese P. convex then plane, shining, bristling with acute, deciduous pyramidal warts; g. adnexed; s. solid, scaly, base bulbous, rooting, ring distant; sp. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae The bulk of the capital may either be convex, as in the Doric capital; concave, as in the bell of the Corinthian capital; or bracketed out, as in the Ionic capital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" They depend on the convex Surface, because they are more luminous when that Surface is quick-silver'd over than when it is without Quick-silver. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。