| 单词 | convolution |
| 例句 | Compared to the normal brain, Algernons had decreased in weight and there was a general smoothing out of the cerebral convolutions as well as a deepening and broadening of brain fissures. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Then, out of nowhere, the parrot swoops down, his wings wide, and he grabs me, his talons digging into the ridges and convolutions of my gray matter. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There are many valleys in the mountains of the mind, convolutions that greatly increase the surface area available in the cerebral cortex for information storage in a skull of limited size. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He traced in the air the convolutions, visible in the picture, of the creature’s cry. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The endless convolutions and frustrations of my previous dealings with the Erhenrang Government were melted away like an ice-pack in a flooding river. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I spent some two hours a day in the translation of fragments from Greek and Latin; the texts being chosen for their convolution, recondite meaning, dryness, and insipidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some may find that Ms. Doran has stuffed her play with a few too many sexual convolutions, or that some developments have a whiff of contrivance. Review: ‘The Mystery of Love and Sex’ Looks at Identity and Secrets Too 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Most will by now be familiar with its twisty convolutions. Theater Review: ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Opens at Lincoln Center 2013-07-12T22:07:59Z Years after I completed the show, I barely remember the criminal convolutions: instead, I recall the poetic non-sequiturs, the chill of the Black Lodge, and its romantic and visceral vision of high school. Do we need a Twin Peaks revival when TV is so much weirder now? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z I was reminded of the recent revival of Pinero's The Magistrate and the enormously successful One Man, Two Guvnors; the action in Skios is as madcap, the plot convolutions as absurd. Skios by Michael Frayn – review 2013-04-28T11:00:02Z The music felt intentionally wan, a sparse backdrop for Mr. Merritt’s lyrical convolution. Music Review | Magnetic Fields: A Folksy Palette of Despondency at Town Hall 2010-03-11T23:10:00Z It's danced to Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, and if its plotless convolutions are shot through with melancholy, they also retain a powerful sense of hope. Boston Ballet – review 2013-07-06T23:06:50Z As soon as “24” revealed the real puppet-masters behind the terrorists — usually business tycoons intent on world domination — the air went out of the mystery and the plot convolutions turned farcical. Television Review: Andre Braugher Commands a Renegade Vessel in ‘Last Resort’ 2012-09-26T22:06:40Z I’m assuming the producers still plan to keep Brody central, because many of the convolutions the show has been through have frankly seemed to be devoted to keeping Damian Lewis in the cast. Homeland Watch: Into the Woods 2012-12-17T14:15:50Z Time and again, in her movies, her character is simultaneously praised and patronized by other people, as if she cannot hope to match their convolutions or, by extension, share their woes. The Matchless Presence of Doris Day 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s kind of an interesting parallel and a convolution of things. When anti-violence backfires 2012-06-02T15:00:00Z When at the end, the convolutions and couples of “Relatively Speaking” appear to be sorted out for the best, there’s a feeling of wistful resignation as well as of relief. London Stages, Full of Cheating Hearts 2013-07-18T12:00:01Z Other episodes in the series play Chris’s helpless lust for laughs, but this one takes women’s desires seriously in all their convolution and excitement and shame. A Groundbreaking Episode of TV, Thanks to Playwrights 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z A pioneering touchstone of metal’s extreme wing, it long ago formed a closed circuit for itself, a system of structural convolution. Music Review: Meshuggah and Baroness at Terminal 5 2012-05-24T22:31:32Z And as is the case so many times in life, the relationship between Leary and Harcourt-Smith ended, after all the convolutions and mystifications, not with a bang or even a whimper, but a simple betrayal. ‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Review: On the Run With Timothy Leary 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z The music melds Iggy Pop’s primal riffs with the arching melodies and structural convolutions. Review: Iggy Pop and his ‘Post Pop Depression Tour’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Still, this could make your head spin, as the convolutions appear far more tortuous when reduced to prose than when enacted onstage. A Kabuki Drama at the Lincoln Center Festival 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z That said, the convolutions and mysteries of Season 3, focused primarily on identities rather than disparate timelines, seem less likely to rankle viewers than those that came before did. What Is ‘Westworld’ Without Westworld? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z That history proved to be stubborn and consequential — its effects only aggravated by how much its convolutions were simplified or ignored. ‘The Hidden History of Burma’ Traces the Vanishing of Hope 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Not that “Ghosts” has lost its convolutions, with worlds colliding within it, sometimes confusingly. Review: ‘Ghosts’ of the Guillotine Reunite at Versailles 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The stylistic convolutions really never cease in this show, which will reward several visits and is further enriched by Mr. Guy’s and Ms. Britschgi’s detailed yet accessible catalog. Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art 2011-09-29T22:39:43Z The magical winter wonderland proposal aside, still isn’t off the hook for its devolution into convolution this season. Downton Abbey Watch: Life is a Game 2012-02-20T13:45:28Z Ms. Quaid brings grounded feeling to her primary character, the contemporary Eliza, even when her behavior seems motivated more by the fancy convolutions of the plot than by the impulses of her personality. Theater Review: ‘The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence’ 2013-12-10T03:00:01Z In the density of its gritty atmosphere and its tricky narrative convolutions it suggests “The Departed” run wild on its own conceptual excesses. | 'London Boulevard': ?London Boulevard,? With Colin Farrell - Review 2011-11-11T00:07:02Z It may also give the play a slight aura of overindulgence; there are probably a few turns too many in its characters’ convolutions. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z His compositions are full of demanding, musicianly convolutions: leaping melodies, meter shifts, mutating chromatic harmonies and dissonances. Music Review: Michael Rother and Hermeto Pascoal at Damrosch Park 2010-08-08T22:13:00Z Then both partners ducked into brisk staccato cross talk — scatlike syllables, percussive tonguing — with the tension and convolution of a quarrel in a Robert Altman film. Pairings Fulfill ‘A Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Later there came a version of Thelonious Monk’s “Trinkle Tinkle,” built on a series of clever rhythmic convolutions. Music Review: Red Hook Jazz Festival, at Urban Meadow in Brooklyn 2012-06-12T21:50:51Z That we follow the largely unedited text through its dark moments and plot convolutions to an earned happy conclusion testifies to the curiosity factor and the clarity of storytelling at play. 'All's Well That Ends Well' has pleasant outing at Theatricum Botanicum 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Its music shows both songwriters’ clear fingerprints: the pithy, hard-nosed clarity of Mr. Pop’s lyrics and the unflinching tone of his voice; and the crispness, angularity and deft convolutions of Mr. Homme’s chords and melodies. Iggy Pop and Josh Homme Team Up for Secret Album 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z At the other end of the spectrum was Mr. Watts’s hard-nosed arrangement of Thelonious Monk’s “Brilliant Corners,” which punched up the tune’s built-in convolutions. Ravi Coltrane and Company Perform at Jazz Standard 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z It descends into a cauldron of iffy acting and un-exciting plot convolutions. 'A cauldron of iffy acting' 2013-03-20T15:56:11Z But Perfume Genius also adds his own convolutions and enigmas to what he’s learned. The Playlist: The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey Deliver Two Kinds of Reveries 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The season is perhaps most satisfying if consumed in a binge, so that its questing convolutions feel like the motions of a languorous epic. “Disenchantment,” Reviewed: Matt Groening Makes the Most of Medieval Slapstick Pestilence 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The evening’s most bewildering and applauded steps of the evening were the jumps performed by Mr. Simkin as Ali: they turned and split in midair in unknown convolutions. Dance Review: ‘Le Corsaire,’ American Ballet Theater 2013-06-05T22:00:27Z Perhaps his musical gifts — his innumerable melodies, his harmonic convolutions, his endearing voice — are so prodigious that they overwhelm any skepticism. Review: At Desert Trip, Rocking Beyond the Hits With a Vengeance 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z But for all its invention, “Maniac” keeps the “Inception” convolutions to a minimum, toggling intelligibly between the lab and the flights of fancy in Annie and Owen’s heads. Review: ‘Maniac’ Is a Hallucinatory, Emotional Dream Machine 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Even saying that doesn't do justice to the exhausting convolutions of "Tomorrowland's" plot or the confusing nature of its ending, all of which undermine the film's effective moments. 'Tomorrowland' reaches too far, in too many directions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Kat’s discography includes a catchy convolution whose chorus is “I am the love of, the love of my life.” ‘Marry Me’ Review: Putting ‘I Do’ on the To-Do List 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z That Tonya is also as much a prisoner of her social condition as Insiang, though, largely becomes lost among the escalating convolutions and traumas, including those connected with a cruel male interloper. Review: In ‘Insiang,’ a Filipino Woman Suffers in the Slums 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Her face is usually blank, but she twists her body into convolutions to convey her character’s disorientation. Review: ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ Elevator Repair Service’s Take on Faulkner 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z By beginning anew with a fresh premise and fresh cast every year, Ryan Murphy gave himself a reset button that could wipe away any and all writerly convolutions with a season finale. How True Blood's supernatural hedonism changed genre television 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z For once, I was able to follow Hamlet all the way through his long journey of vacillations and convolutions of character. Theater Talkback: Just When You Think You Know Somebody . . . 2010-09-01T21:24:00Z Their relationship moves forward in fits and starts, facilitated by plot convolutions that bring them into proximity. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z I haven’t read the source books, so I can offer no spoilers, though there are hints that Outlander is not nearly finished with its time-jumping convolutions. REVIEW: Outlander Is Many Kinds of Show, All in One Kilt 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z This isn’t the main incident in the book, but it’s a telling one, if only because it reflects the many convolutions King pursues. A True-Crime Mystery From the 1950s, Fueled by Racism and Corruption 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Some of the most striking alchemy between guitar and vocals occurs on the title track, a miniature epic that packs an endless series of formal convolutions into its 24 minutes. New Music: Dumpstaphunk, Five Finger Death Punch and Ben Monder 2013-07-29T22:08:11Z But the string quartet and backup vocals added convolutions: harmonies leaning toward polytonality, staggered vocals that gently concealed the beat. Music Review: Folky Strokes, With Dabs of News, Video and Static 2010-12-08T23:03:00Z Through all its convolutions “The Getty Address” conveyed a paradoxical longing for something natural: not necessarily simple but eternal. Music Review | Dirty Projectors: Indie-Rock on a Quest, With Woodwinds, Brass and Strings 2010-02-22T05:52:00Z Simpson and Fritsch try to tell the story as clearly as they can, but more money means more convolutions. ‘Crime in Progress’ Tells the Story Behind the Steele Dossier 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The complexity of what followed reflected the convolutions and contradictions of the law. Remembering the Enslaved Who Sued for Freedom Before the Civil War 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z This the film does get round to explaining, after many intestinal convolutions. Prometheus 2012-05-30T14:12:53Z Such a dichotomous nature proves handy in the consideration of Beckett, whose creative lineage embraces not only the literary convolutions of his onetime employer James Joyce but also the pratfalls of vaudeville. Review: Wrestling With a Master in ‘On Beckett’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It descends into a cauldron of iffy acting and unexciting plot convolutions: crude, extreme, absurd and unsatisfying. Trance – review 2013-03-28T15:30:02Z The convolutions involved in this combo of whodunit and "who is it," while interesting, carry far less weight than the more substantial show crouching behind all the excitement. "The Flight Attendant" returns with double the baggage and showcase for Kaley Cuoco 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z They invite us to identify with Mr. Grosz’s patients and their losses and regrets, even as we are made to marvel at the complexities and convolutions of the human mind. Books of The Times: ‘The Examined Life’ Describes Psychoanalysis’s Power 2013-07-08T20:44:31Z The intensity and convolution he brought to his "jaguar" role in the African jazz piece with Jose was unmatched in his earlier performances. Dancers, minus Alex Wong, mix things up on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-08T11:40:00Z That’s because author Charles Morey’s translation, receiving its West Coast premiere, is totally faithful to Beaumarchais’ narrative convolutions while giving its satire of class distinctions, economic inequity and aristocratic privilege a thoroughly modern spin. A 'Figaro' that crackles and pops at A Noise Within 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The convolutions are never forced, but perpetually questing. Jon Pareles’s Top 10 Albums of 2012 2012-12-12T13:55:53Z Your character, along with the plot of the film, goes through various convolutions. Meet Rebecca Ferguson, the Scene-Stealing Star of Mission: Impossible 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z She lingered over the songs as if she were thinking through every verbal and musical convolution on the spot. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z Its convolutions are mind-bending, and the evidence for police and prosecutorial malfeasance is both abundant and elusive. Review: ‘Making a Murderer,’ True Crime on Netflix 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Her songs are snappy, with elegant little convolutions, and she performed them while twirling merrily around the stage, sharing the delight of a pop craftsmanship that eludes formulas. ArtsBeat: A Range of Styles in 3 Performances 2011-03-19T21:31:31Z But what comes through all the convolutions is a paradoxically pastoral warmth: earnest, yearning melodies and music that rustles and burbles like a digitally enchanted forest. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The exhibition focuses first on Ms. Mann’s preoccupation with family relations when her children were young and she adroitly registered the endemic conflicts and convolutions in the process of growing up. Sally Mann’s Haunted South 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The emotional satisfactions of seeing king and daughter reunited, long-lost brothers returned to the fold and lovers reconciled are continually interrupted by gusts of laughter in recognition of the weird plot convolutions. Critic’s Notebook: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, ‘Henry V’ and ‘Cymbeline’ 2012-08-19T21:11:38Z But the crazy convolutions of the plot are hardly the point. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z "The plot convolutions are forced, the gags can feel generic, yet the playing is always energised but focused, and the exchanges sometimes fizz." Frasier: Kelsey Grammer and Nicholas Lyndhurst reboot gets mixed response 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z But never fear: After some pointless convolutions, all three women do eventually go to Lourdes, as does Chrissie, for reasons never clear. Review: 'The Miracle Club' gathers a powerhouse cast to feast on a thick slice of Irish ham 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z That’s fitting enough; you’re meant to feel the noose tighten around each character’s neck in turn, though sometimes the tension slackens and the story threatens to collapse under the weight of its many convolutions. Review: The laughs and the corpses pile up in the Chinese blockbuster 'Full River Red' 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z And so the strength I pray for and the freedom I seek bear convolutions heretofore unaddressed, make me the radical’s radical, inspire a sacrifice so deep it rattles the old bones and the old stones. Building a New Canon of Black Literature 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The pia extends into every convolution of the CNS, lining the inside of the sulci in the cerebral and cerebellar cortices. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z The ancient Egyptians saw in the exterior casing of the brain, with its fissures and convolutions, the corrugated slag left over from smelting ore. The Father of Modern Neuroscience Discovered the Basic Unit of the Nervous System 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z I could go on forever about the impossibly entertaining convolutions of this show, so before I do let me turn it over to you. The women of ‘Impeachment’ explained: Lucianne Goldberg 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Perhaps reluctant to alienate the novices in the audience, Villeneuve has ironed out many of the novel’s convolutions, to the likely benefit of comprehension but at the expense of some rich, imaginative excess. Review: Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune' is a transporting vision, but it could use a touch more madness 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “There are little convolutions in the tape that help to lift the skin,” Falsone said. Why Olympic divers, volleyball players and others are covered in body tape 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z As the bladder fills with urine, this epithelium loses its convolutions and the apical cells transition from cuboidal to squamous. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Less amusing are the convolutions, contingencies and arcane internal rules that pile up in “Soul,” making it difficult to follow and, increasingly, frustrating to unpack. Review | Pixar’s ‘Soul’ has plenty of visual razzle-dazzle, and a convoluted, existential plot 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Its concern for the plight of young, susceptible Black men like Mouse is at first deftly understated, until the story begins to tilt into gang-warfare convolutions and some unsettling if strategically deployed violence. Review: 'Charm City Kings' is an appealing if familiar coming-of-age drama about Baltimore's dirt-bike scene 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Naturally, it’s only a matter of time before Maleficent blows her horned top and flees Ulstead in a rage and a panic, setting the plot’s diabolical convolutions in motion. Review: Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer lock horns in 'Mistress of Evil,' an enjoyably deranged 'Maleficent' sequel 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is like Pirates of the Caribbean; there's lots of convolution and contrivance, but has star power," said Courtney Howard, who reviews films for Variety and Awards Circuit. Jolie: Strong women 'learn from men around them' 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z These twists and convolutions were worthy of an Olympic floor exercise, and called to mind his similar performance in another high-profile controversy. Opinion | Our society has rules. Thankfully, John Roberts knows when to break them. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z The reader will surely enjoy finding for himself the convolutions, the stepping stones, the various smiling disguises of this or that thematic line running through the book. Conclusive Evidence 1998-12-21T05:00:00Z Then I attended a workshop and learned about convolutions. A Deep Dive into Deep Learning 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s a convolution reverb where it uses a lot of different impulse responses. The music mixing secrets behind Cardi B’s Grammy-winning album 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z It’s hard to keep up with the convolutions of the Brexit debate in Britain. The Tortuous Road to a Brexit Customs Deal 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z In these, Mac's own songs, the music is simple, the words are not with their Brechtian convolutions, stream of consciousness and existential angst. I survived 24 hours of Taylor Mac: a necessary 246-song attack on the heteronormative narrative 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z "We are dealing with a president who says what he thinks clearly and does not resort to diplomatic convolutions that mean nothing," she told Israel's Army Radio. Palestinians condemn Trump 'blackmail' 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z In a typical convolution, the algorithm considers a small area at a time, say three pixels by three pixels. A Deep Dive into Deep Learning 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z In the evaluation, the convolution of the lineshape function with this cyclotron frequency shift distribution is used. A parts-per-billion measurement of the antiproton magnetic moment : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The convolution of melamine foam wedges is configured to absorb sounds that originate within the room — like notes from Taylor’s flute — and prevent them from reverberating or echoing. A room where sound goes to die — and scientists go to study 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z In 1905, Barnum & Bailey made automobiles fly in “The Dip of Death,” featuring a female driver hurtling off a platform under the big top and performing looping automotive convolutions in midair. Opinion | Five myths about the circus 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Human brains and bird brains are packed tightly into the brain case, so that their convolutions leave an impression of the inside of the case. A dinosaur’s brain, preserved in a pebble 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z In a convolutional network, the net also learns which convolutions to do. A Deep Dive into Deep Learning 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z By November, ‘Harry’ is a masterpiece of convolution, and in March, its branches drip long, yellow catkins. These frightful plants can help you create a creepy Halloween garden 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Up on the Park stage on Friday afternoon, Unknown Mortal Orchestra draw a big crowd for their off-message blend of 80s funk, psychedelia and lyrics about the emotional convolutions of a polyamorous relationship. Glastonbury 2016 verdict: Muse, Adele, Coldplay and more 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But this risks the kind of convolution that pushes smart products over the edge. Black and Decker made a smart power tool battery that charges your phone too 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The line gets a laugh, but it’s a ruse: Tarantino is palming off the convolutions of his plot as a knowing gag. The Sadistic Vision of “The Hateful Eight” 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z It is in the character of this government to persecute its adversaries, and the convolutions of the law provide many ways for the state to install difficulties in their paths. India’s war on Greenpeace | Samanth Subramanian 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z To solve them, to find the optimal action in this context, requires taking the convolution of several distributions. The Cloud Will Be the Key to Our Robotic Future 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Admittedly, it’s a complex structure composed of membranes folded into repeated convolutions. Ramón y Cajal and the Case for Drawing in Science 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Is the best balance to the bizarre convolutions of political correctness really gutter-level abuse? A Point of View: The underrated power of courtesy - BBC News 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z People are born with the basic pattern of convolutions in their brains, but the extent to which these are reshaped by experience is unknown. The strange afterlife of Einstein's brain 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z After all, these deals are specifically allowed by the tax code, they involve interesting convolutions and aren’t remotely like the games that the likes of Apple or General Electric play. It’s not hard to close the cash-rich split-off loophole 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Thankfully, the Reader does include the opening of the novel, which displays Wallace’s virtuosity with the English language, soaring above the intellectual asides and po-mo convolutions. The Turbulent Genius of David Foster Wallace The understated moments on Enclosure stand out among the convolution. REVIEW: John Frusciante Stretches His Songwriting on New Album Enclosure 2014-04-10T16:37:56Z These convolutions did not build confidence in the president among politicians, the public, American allies or adversaries. Letter From Washington: Messaging Is Hurting Obama 2013-09-15T16:12:21Z She did a complete audit of the brain, naming every convolution and crevice, and found a number of unusual features. The strange afterlife of Einstein's brain 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, King writes with an authoritative and erudite voice, making him an excellent guide through the convolutions of the financial crisis. The Body Economic by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu; When the Money Runs Out by Stephen D King – review 2013-05-27T08:00:02Z As mentioned earlier, a faulty machine part or convolution with its function would amplify the error producing rate of the ribosome. Scicurious Guest Writer! Ribosomes: Prepare to be translated 2013-05-01T13:45:03.753Z “In each lobe,” including the frontal, parietal and occipital lobes, “there are regions that are exceptionally complicated in their convolutions,” Falk says. Einstein’s brain was unusual in several respects, rarely seen photos show 2012-11-26T20:19:00Z The convolutions are a way of increasing volume in the brain in a closed container like the skull. Einstein's Brain: New Insights Into the Roots of Genius 2012-11-16T15:45:05.843Z Although the brain, weighing 1230 grams, is only average in size, several regions feature additional convolutions and folds rarely seen in other subjects. Why Einstein Was a Genius 2012-11-16T00:01:00Z The number of descendants from initial lineages is distributed according to the -fold convolution of this distribution with itself. [Technical Comment] Comment on “Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality” 2012-06-28T18:25:14.470Z Without tobacco smoke, there's no use in the convolutions of the human brain. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Although the brain is only average in size, several regions feature additional convolutions and folds rarely seen in others. Einstein’s brain was unusual in several respects, rarely seen photos show 2012-11-26T20:19:00Z As our ancestors’ brains increased in size, there was a tendency for more convolutions to appear in the cortex. Einstein's Brain: New Insights Into the Roots of Genius 2012-11-16T15:45:05.843Z "In each lobe," including the frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes, "there are regions that are exceptionally complicated in their convolutions," Falk says. Why Einstein Was a Genius 2012-11-16T00:01:00Z In this way a comparatively small number of convolutions is sufficient to produce the required magnetism, while a greater surface is offered for cooling off the wires. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z The distance of the galactic streams and convolutions would thus be comparable with the distances of these stars.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The convolutions are also important because they may be indicative of the extent of connections beneath the brain’s surface. Einstein's Brain: New Insights Into the Roots of Genius 2012-11-16T15:45:05.843Z The intestine is rather short, but usually exhibits several convolutions; the large intestine is always furnished with two corea. 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 He tied that peaceful animal in such intricate and unexpected convolutions that it took Mrs. Winthrop's coachman, later, fully twenty minutes to comprehend and unravel them. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The convolutions of its spiral are filled with numerous starlike condensations, themselves engulfed in nebulosity. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The superficial, yellow patches or localized oedematous blebs, with corresponding atrophy of the convolutions beneath, call attention to a nutritive disturbance, as do cyst-like cavities in the deeper parts of the brain. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z In some cases, the grooves that delimit the convolutions , the sulci, may even define a specific functional area. Einstein's Brain: New Insights Into the Roots of Genius 2012-11-16T15:45:05.843Z Nervous System.—The brain differs little, except in details of arrangement of convolutions, from that of other ungulates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Ponder long and lazily, I counsel you, over the evolutions of the ships and the convolutions of the smoke. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z They present every phase according to the angle of their plane with the line of sight, and the convolutions of the open ones are very perfectly marked. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Hotels and restaurants spring up on every side, and a broad, winding road has been carried in long convolutions from the sea up to the town. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The Supreme Intelligence digested that in silence while his satellites studied his face, seeking some inkling of the convolutions of that marvellous mind. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z It twists and clambers and climbs, reaching a height of five or six feet, often having expended twice that amount of stem in its convolutions. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The very daintiest shapes, and the most intricate convolutions, and the most delicate tints are represented. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The road turns and twists in endless convolutions. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z With rippling, curling, Serpentine convolutions The pavements drip with drunken light. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z Monopolist Greed is the one, indeed, Whilst the other means Pollution; And a hide of iron doth environ Each scaly convolution. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z To the upper end of a sheet metal chimney top is attached a strip of metal, bent into a spiral form, and having spaces between the successive convolutions of the spiral. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z Ordinarily the winding consists of about six convolutions of No. 14 copper wire. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z The ventricle was consequently much dilated, as shown at a in that figure, and the usual course and size of the convolutions completely altered. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Now in his 80s, he has lost none of his taste for the delicious convolutions of court intrigue. Catherine the Great Rides to Glory in Bio: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-12-01T02:19:01Z Ignorant of the convolutions of the Thames, of its manifold twists and turns, he began to wonder whether he had not after all gone wrong, when he found the river in front of him again. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Baldly it states that a portion of a certain convolution controls a certain movement of a hand. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z No; you have seen but a small portion of the brain convolutions, only those that lie directly back of the optic nerve. 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 Showing the extent to which hydatids sometimes distend the ventricles of the brain; a. the dilated ventricle of the left side; b. b. convolutions passing from back to front; c. d. depth of the furrows. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z The internal elastic lamina is thrown into folds somewhat resembling the convolutions of the brain. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z It was an intricate set of convolutions, looking more like a plate of spaghetti than anything else. Sentiment, Inc. 2011-10-09T02:00:23.850Z The young king saw that no man could ever disentangle the convolutions of the fastening without tearing the bark. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Vallery sitting at the right hand of their Mayor, with her mild air of deprecating the too-great honor done her—and her little sulphurous flame of vitriolic contempt playing over the convolutions of her brain. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Human Brain Brain of Monkey, with cerebellum beneath The human brain is an elaborate organ, exceedingly complicated in its convolutions. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Two miles away, against Maxon's sturdy bastion, a vast quantity of smoke was writhing upward in dark and cloudy convolutions. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z In phrases of baroque convolution, he delivered the message of his heart. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z The convolutions were so strongly and distinctly marked, that they resembled the intestines of a child. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z The story of gigantic upheavals is written here, and the weathered rocks are cleft and serrated and full of wonderful convolutions for dawn and dusk to play upon. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z Each of the hemispheres is similarly arranged, though not by any means quite identical in disposal of convolutions, yet the general description now given is strictly applicable to both. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Progression, steady and uniform; the body straight, but capable of being thrown into convolutions. 9th. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z First, second and third layer of the anterior central convolution of the brain of a child one month old 112 6. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Still they kept coming, that myriad-legged, human caterpillar, its convolutions following the grade of the road in either direction to the horizon. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z The gramophone records in my convolutions were so badly scratched that I can hardly decipher a line of them. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z By exciting a point situated over these two and on a distinct convolution, wagging of the tail is induced. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z In reality they were the convolutions of a hernia containing the posterior ends of both cerebral hemispheres. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Deep layer of giant pyramidal cells of the posterior central or ascending parietal convolution of a child thirty days old 119 14. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z All the great white masses are damp; their surfaces are rough with countless crystallized convolutions and minute ripples, between which trickle here and there tiny threads of water. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Chrosomus and Notropis differ greatly in the length and convolution of the intestine. Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) 2011-04-14T02:00:54.467Z The brain of the monkey has its subdivisions and convolutions very similar to those of the human brain, only the convolutions are simpler in arrangement. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Marchand, in the brain of two idiots of European descent, found the convolutions fewer in number, individually less complex, broader and smoother than in the apes. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z To exclude every possible error, each leaf was carefully wiped, so that not a single particle of foreign matter was secreted within the convolutions of the artificial flower. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Down and down we dropped, with new vistas opening every minute, until we were running close beside the border of the bay, and for ten miles we followed its convolutions. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The cellular tissue which covers it, and which descends between its convolutions, is more abundant, mucous, and loose. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z To Uncle Barton most of all its convolutions afforded the greatest satisfaction, not to say amusement, pending the time when it should come "full circle." A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z The convolutions are usually coarse, but little convoluted and comparatively free from secondary folds. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z All that we know about them in pathology, however, is that they are the silent convolutions. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Canada in 1841," "is very well worth seeing, as it is a natural canal flowing through a vast marsh, and very narrow, with most serpentine convolutions, often doubling on itself. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Paris is divided into practically two equal parts by the swift-flowing current of the Seine, which winds its way in sundry convolutions from its source beyond Chatillon-sur-Seine to the sea at Honfleur. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z Nevertheless, the two opposite poles remain fixed, and the general indications of convolutions and of smoothness, other things being equal, cannot be mistaken. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z In the frontal lobe of the right hemisphere the first frontal convolution is quite regular. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z There are some who still think that the frontal convolutions are especially concerned in carrying out mental operations. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The centre is made in a similar shape with bolts or rivets holding each convolution in place. Wrinkles in Electric Lighting 2011-01-22T03:00:17.277Z Many anthropologists have fancied that a certain index of the degree of intelligence is to be found in the convolutions of the brain. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z In France the descendants of Jesse almost always appear as blossoms on the vine, but their earlier English prototypes usually stand in small cartouches formed by convolutions of the vine. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The tendency of the convolutions to arrange themselves in parallel curves around the posterior extremity of the fissure of Sylvius was well shown in the brain of a boy of exceedingly low intellect. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z There are perhaps fewer convolutions in his gray matter than in ours, that is all. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Much golden brown is used, not only in the intricate convolutions of the vine, but also in the costumes and in the stone terrace supporting the pavilion below which Jesse is seated. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z These men overlook the fact that certain animals, notably the elephant and divers species of cetaceans, have cerebral convolutions that are more complex than those of man. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z He lies recumbent along the bottom of three of the five lancets which compose the window, while above, in compartments formed by the convolutions of the vine, are his descendants. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Even where confluence is not complete, the tendency of the principal fissure to cut through separating convolutions is very evident. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Finally, in the spring of 2007, the makers of "Lost" had to agree that their story's convolutions had become unbearable. Goodbye to 'Lost': Closing the door on frustrating unknowns 2010-05-20T18:57:00Z The surface of the cerebrum is divided by a considerable number of tortuous and irregular furrows, about an inch deep, into "convolutions," as shown in Fig. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers If, then, brain convolutions were, as claimed, a certain index of the degree of intelligence, the whale or the elephant, and not man—pace Shakespeare—would be "the paragon of animals." Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z He kills his victim by rolling himself round the body till he breaks its ribs, or suffocates it by one irresistible convolution round its throat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In one case on both sides, in five cases on one side, the parieto-occipital fissure cut through the first occipital convolution into the interparietal fissure. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z The convolutions of the cerebrum were remarkable for their number, depth, and intricate foldings. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine He’s mysterious, you understand; but his beautiful work on the slab has caused my classic countenance to break into ripples and undulations and convolutions of mirth.” Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager But men of science are by no means at one on this alleged sexual difference in brain convolutions. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z In a great majority of cases, where post-mortem examinations have been made, morbid changes have been found in the left frontal convolution of the brain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli On the left side a large bridging convolution crosses the middle of the fissure of Rolando. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z In senile dementia and in general paralysis the brain is shrunken and the convolutions atrophied, the increased space in the ventricles and between the convolutions being filled up with the cerebro-spinal fluid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Those who favour the separate existence of a graphic centre locate it in the second left frontal convolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" On the contrary, there are many eminent physiologists and anatomists who contend that the superficies of brain convolutions in women is relatively greater than in men. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The necessity and wisdom of a Creator were demonstrated from the movements of the stars, the volcanic fires, or the convolutions of a snail's shell. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Below this from the centre of the lobe seven fissures passed in different directions, cutting the tube into a number of radiating convolutions, entirely different from its usual appearance. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Upper part of corolla of Datura Stramonium in the bud; and below a section showing the convolution of the plaits. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Auditory Aphasia.—The auditory speech centre is situated in the posterior part of the first and second temporo-sphenoidal convolutions on the left side of the brain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" They possess an irregular body, giving off 4 or 5 dendrites, which terminate within the molecular layer and a long nerve fibre process or neuraxon which runs parallel to the surface of the convolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" A mist palpitated in the air before her, and the gold foliage and convolutions of the ornate Venetian frame shone through it distorted and terrible. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel In the left hemisphere the arrangement of the frontal convolutions was more regular, but the temporal and parietal lobes presented the same complicated area of surface folding, bearing but little resemblance to the normal brain. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Each is short, gently curved and devoid of convolutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Marie holds that Broca’s convolution plays no special role in the function of speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" It dips into the fissures between the convolutions, and a wide prolongation, named velum interpositum, lies in the interior of the cerebrum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The brain is relatively large, round in form, with its surface divided into numerous and complex convolutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The frontal lobes in this brain are proportionately large; the convolutions straight, especially the third frontal, the fissures shallow. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z The brain is relatively large, the cerebral hemispheres broad in proportion to their length, and with numerous and complex convolutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" His mind was a scenario in which he followed the changes and convolutions of an entertainment more alluring than any that romancer or playwright could convey. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Under surface of ascending frontal; and 5, of ascending parietal convolutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" I found the brain wet, the convolutions flattened; the lungs, heart, liver, and spleen, distended and engorged with dark fluid blood. A Modern Wizard The ascending frontal convolution on each side appears to be wanting. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z The brain varies much in size and form, but the hemispheres are never destitute of convolutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" It falls over the stem in heavy convolutions, touching it at various points. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The Temporo-Sphenoidal Lobe presents on the outer surface of the hemisphere three convolutions, arranged in parallel tiers from above downward, and named superior, middle and inferior temporal gyri. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Then she went on, and Weems sat down again at his table, with his eyes resuming their contented scrutiny of the dancer's convolutions. Mask of Death In one case the first occipital convolution sank nearly beneath the surface, the next occipital gyrus projecting over it, forming a parietal operculum. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z The cerebral hemispheres are more or less elongated; always with three or four convolutions on the outer surface forming arches above each other, the lowest surrounding the Sylvian fissure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Its cap is inflated, very irregular, and twisted in large convolutions. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The resultant of the convolutions and accretions is a complex epic cycle of sagas originating at different times, but always deeply rooted in the Migration period, wherein lay all the origins of Germanic historical existence. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Every minute convolution had been followed to an incredible point of perfection. The Sword For the osculating circle at any point includes the whole of the curve which lies beyond; and the successive convolutions envelop one another without intersection. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Blood clung thinly in the convolutions of the horn. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life These differ in the locality in which they are found, in their color and in the convolutions of their surface. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Through the plastic walls of lobes and convolutions they saw the liana-networks of the nerve cables like bloodstreams radiant with purple light. The Brain The convolutions of the alimentary track are numerous, and the bowels are not stationary; therefore we have no certainty, even if the violence should do no injury, that our interference would be properly directed. The Dog As she grew older her mind became more staid, its changes and convolutions less frequent. Eden An Episode The shell, with its eight convolutions, is intended to show the place in the number of the cycles which he occupied. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning These convolutions are almost smooth on the surface, sometimes showing small depressions; margin generally attached to the stem in parts. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous And at one point the glideways circled a convolution which was a fiery lake dotted with thousands of fractional-horsepower motors, still running, but showering sparks as their insulation was consumed. The Brain It was like some shell-fish finding its own old shell again and settling comfortably into the convolutions. Strangers and Wayfarers The Pacific coast-line, omitting minor convolutions, has a length of about 500 m., while that of Coasts. the Caribbean is about 700 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It increases more and more in volume and in intricacy of structure, it expands the cranial cavity and diversifies its convolutions. Naturalism And Religion Its cap is similar in its large convolutions to that of the light variety, but it is covered with many intricate vermiform ridges, sometimes in high relief or even strongly undercut. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous It led through The Brains median section in-between the two hemispheres describing a loop which opened vistas into but did not enter any of the grey matter convolutions. The Brain Earth; sea and sky; all that in them is, all that has been and shall be, are but the changing convolutions of a dream. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Now, being a busy man, he gave little heed to the terminological convolutions of names among the British aristocracy. Cynthia's Chauffeur The vale, as it opened out into the plain, was shallow, and a little bare, perhaps, but full of graceful convolutions. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers On each side were several rows of small, shiny, metallic levers and what they took to be instrument dials—round, cup-shaped depressions with pointers free to move across dials lined with disorderly and meaningless convolutions. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Repetition of this maneuver throughout all the convolutions and glands of The Brain was required for the added safety of the maintenance engineers, a double-check, a routine. The Brain These should be polished, as free from convolutions as possible, and not less than half an inch in diameter. Froebel's Gifts Bill Talpers's mental convolutions following the robbery reminded Lowell of the writhing of a wounded snake. Mystery Ranch He has suffered a concussion over the third frontal convolution, resulting in an aphasia—aphemia we are sure of, and doubtless also agraphia——" "Hold on! Wings of the Wind Among others are the weight, convolutions, texture, and education. History of Human Society Toward this end Lee had been given a pass which allowed him freely to circulate through all the lobes, to enter convolution, any gland during the overhaul period and to ask question of the employees. The Brain Two branches spring from it, which are bursting into flowers and leaves; they fill the whole space with their convolutions. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia This is surrounded by a border of gray, which follows the depressions of the convolutions, and presents a zigzag outline. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) On the cerebrum I even thought I could detect—for I have a smattering of anatomy—the usual convolutions, and the grooves dividing the cerebrum into two hemispheres. Byways of Ghost-Land I didn't mind the erratic convolutions the ship was making but my arm was burning as if it were on fire. Larson's Luck The glideways for instance, travel along the natural fissures between the convolutions of the various lobes; that's why they are so very winding as you will see as you enter The Brain proper. The Brain Above its eyes, gory, torn, white convolutions of its brain oozed out. In Desert and Wilderness It invests the whole surface of the brain, and dips into its convolutions. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) His argument, stripped of its convolutions and pseudo-piety, moves inexorably to a single, negative conclusion. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) We watched the wonderful evolutions and convolutions of the Idea in its Dialectic development, but of the Idea itself or himself we had no idea whatever. My Autobiography A Fragment "You are now skirting the convolutions of the cerebellum," his guardian angel told him. The Brain The resemblance of the male sperm to the spiral convolutions of the serpent in motion, doubtless gave rise to the adoption of the serpent as a symbol of sex-worship. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex The engine slows at one point, where the rails are twisted into serpentine convolutions by yesterday's tropical heat. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule It lacks the pretentiousness of the Scheme, the snide convolutions of the Grounds and Reasons, the argument by half-truths of the Discourse of Free-Thinking. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) Every convolution of those filaments is photographed on my brain. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue His troops were bunched up in a very acute salient, the head of which was just south of Gradsko, and his front very largely conformed to the convolutions of this and the Vardar River. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Their vast beaks tore at his helpless back, and stabbed at the swiftly writhing convolutions of his neck. In the Morning of Time A long white road stretched away to the left following the convolutions of the valley, until it became a thread; on the right it turned sharply by a clump of trees which marked a farm. The Belovéd Vagabond All the structural features of the brain are common to both, and the details are largely filled out in the anthropoid apes, the convolutions being all present and the pattern of arrangement the same. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution After all, if he could not reproduce it; if there should be some convolution he had missed, some accidental conjunction he was not aware of! The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue Auditory impulses are received in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. A coil of wire, or helix, has a stronger field than a straight wire carrying the same current, because each turn or convolution adds its field to that of the other turns. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity These were termed "spiral," from the more or less regular convolutions, resembling the whorls of a shell, in which the matter composing them appeared to be distributed. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition For a moment he floated there, enjoying to the utmost this strange sensation as the renewed thought-life-force set his every convolution to pulsing. Walls of Acid King Solomon, in all his ships, could not have carried the things which I can draw, in less than a second, from one tiny convolution of my brain, from one corner of my mind. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life This centre is probably situated in the superior and middle left frontal convolutions in right-handed people. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Cranioscopy, moreover, is incompetent to indicate the development of small regions or portions of a convolution; it gives but a rude survey of development. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 The organ thus runs obliquely upward, corresponding to the position of the convolutions. Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11 When such marked differences are perceptible, it is due to the separation of the convolutions by the furrows or anfractuosities into which the pia mater descends, making a substantial separation. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 The truth is that the convolutions which terminate on the temporal bone over the ear are only on the border of Destructiveness, and produce only an irritable and impulsive temper. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 The apex of the temporal lobe extends a little in front of N. The supra-marginal convolution lies in the triangle HBC. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Thus the skull becomes thinner at the site of every active organ, and thicker over every convolution that is inactive. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 The other boy, in an agony of terror, is struggling, hopelessly, to release his foot from the convolutions with which one of the serpents has encircled it. Romulus Makers of History But this nice survey of the convolutions and their boundaries was obviously impossible by cranioscopy, which, at the best, could only recognize considerable differences of magnitude. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 It runs downward along the course of the lateral convolutions, and its more timid and gloomy functions are developed near the ear, differing widely from the functions of its upper portion. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 In the pre-frontal and in the lower temporal convolutions no special symptoms seem to follow. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Criminal heads generally present remarkable opacity and thickness in the region of the moral organs, with distinct digital impressions from the convolutions of the lower organs. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 Its convolutions seemed neither incomprehensible nor mysterious to him. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath I had not quite recovered yet from the effect of Jane's previous violence; and then my intellect is not equal to all these feminine convolutions. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice The convolutions of the brain were very distinct; their external surface was pale. Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart Motor aphasia may result from pressure on the left inferior frontal convolution; auditory aphasia from abscess in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Her hair, in its dips and convolutions, was altogether a puzzle. Free Air The genus Gyromitra is very closely related to Helvella, and is only distinguished by the fact that the cap is marked by prominent folds and convolutions, resembling somewhat the convolutions of the brain. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. The foliation of German work was generally crisp and full of convolutions in its minor features, though the leading lines were boldly conceived. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture The convolutions of the brain were narrow, and very strongly marked. Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart Already, twenty years before Flechsig, Rüdinger had noted the extraordinary development of the parietal convolutions in eminent men after a study of eighteen brains. Essay on the Creative Imagination It resembles a book also in the fact that it contains innumerable ideas or psychic elements, and the psychometer might read from each convolution as a book the impressions recorded in it. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 The prime perceivable difference between our brains and those of the Apes and lower animals is the larger number of enfoldments, or convolutions, that are developed by the Human. Science and the Infinite or Through a Window in the Blank Wall The superior and inferior, or upward and downward, may be separated by a nearly horizontal line from the forehead backward, which nearly coincides with the lateral ventricles that separate the superior and inferior convolutions. Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 He ran straight through the nightmare, through all the fantastic but familiar convolutions of sight and sound, and then he came to the river and plunged in. This Crowded Earth All the convolutions and fissures were so developed, said he, that the parieto-occipital region had an altogether peculiar character. Essay on the Creative Imagination From the twelve weeks embryo to those of twenty-one weeks and of seven months we trace a progressive development and a commencement of the furrows that form the convolutions. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 A MEMBER: I have been told by a sawmill man that he could tell by the convolutions of the bark. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 A description which portrays the general character of an inch of convolution, or of a half inch square of the finer intellectual organs, is sufficiently minute for the purposes of a student. Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 Henry had seen it before, but he observed it more closely now, with all its molded ridges and convolutions. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods I have, I think, followed intelligently your psychological involutions and convolutions so far. Black Oxen This was a puzzle to some of the anatomists in the time of Gall, but I have found no difficulty in opening out the convolutions to the extent of five or six inches square. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 I affirm that the centre of the celestial convolutions of the five planets—Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, and likewise of the earth—is the sun. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Too often we find in philosophical books arguments based upon the course of history, or the convolutions of the brain, or the eyes of shell-fish. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays The series shows a progressive consolidation and enlargement of the brain in general, and of the cerebrum and cerebellum in particular, which likewise exhibit continually advancing structure in respect of convolution. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions This is done through multiplying, by the use of thin wires, the convolutions of the rotating armature as, a moment ago, we augmented the cells of our voltaic battery. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 She had an undershot jaw and a nose so retroussé that the crew asserted it was possible to observe the convolutions of her brain and see what she had planned for the next meal. The Man from the Bitter Roots He speaks because the mouth and larynx communicate with the third frontal convolution of the brain. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals A perfect cotton fiber has little convolutions in it which give the strong twist and spring to a good thread. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades An impression of convolutions drifted through his mind—a shape, perhaps, and a color. The Short Life It also folded itself into convolutions resembling those of shells. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 She, too, knew what it was to be angry, to the point of revenge; had indeed come to Brockhurst not without purpose of that last tucked away in some naughty convolution of her active brain. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The convolutions of the brain structure also appear during this month. Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English "I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently," etc. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry That one word, “Nat,” seemed to run echoing through all the convolutions of Samson Dee’s brain, and he started up at once, full of eagerness and thoroughly awakened, as if by a magic touch. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story Thus, by augmenting the convolutions of our machines we sacrifice quantity and gain electro-motive force; while by lessening the number of the convolutions, we sacrifice electro-motive force and gain quantity. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The agitated soul is invited to creep into the convolutions of a syllogism, and entrench itself behind a Doctrine more venerable even than the Church. Natural Law in the Spiritual World The roots of the tree—great yellowish, twisted ropes of roots—clutched air, earth, and water in their convolutions. The Dragon Painter Inside them could be seen quite plainly the intricate convolutions of immense, less-than-half-material brains, shot through and through with rods and pencils and shapes of pure, scintillating force. Masters of Space I whispered love to her as I kissed in a passion of tenderness the golden hair, the convolutions of the pink ears, the shadows beneath the sad, tired eyes. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure He would have loved to touch the soft flushed cheek, the crisp amber hair clouding the convolutions of the little ears. The Highgrader At length the road, after many winding zigzags and convolutions, came out upon a gravelled area in front of a great iron gate at an angle between two towers. Rollo on the Rhine He regarded the organ of language as a convolution lying on the super-orbital plate, behind the position of the eyeball. Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 Certainly the contriver of Woodford Cottage must have had some slight twist of the brain, which caused the building to partake of the same pleasant convolution. Olive A Novel A good expedient, where leaf or scroll forms are to be carved, and when very truthful drawing is necessary to explain their convolutions, is that adopted by Professor Lethaby at the Royal College of Art. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship It forms a mass of convolutions, exquisitely beautiful and delicate; and wonderful to appearance, when unfolded. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis It was in other words to trace the figure in the carpet through every convolution, to reproduce it in every tint. Embarrassments This convolution is comparatively defective in animals generally, but more developed in birds of superior vocal powers. Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 In removing the pia mater, the convolutions of the brain were firm, and appeared natural. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners The brain is smaller and its convolutions somewhat less complex in woman. Woman Her Sex and Love Life Besides, I am prouder of my rhetoric than of my spiritual convolutions. The Brentons Many idiots have large and well formed brains but the convolutions are shallow and few and the gray matter small in quantity and extent of surface. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony The mouse, the lowest form of life: the fungoids, the air of Earth swarming with millions of their spores, attacked the monstrous bodies, grew and entwined within the gray convolutions that were their brain centers. The Mightiest Man On exposing membranes, considerable effusion under arachnoid; very general venous congestion, extending over the convolutions, and to the base of the brain. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners The wound was perforating at the central part, but only reached as far back as the lower end of the ascending frontal convolution. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre An hour or two previously Gladstone had been speaking in Parliament, and by magic the whole of his speech, with all the little convolutions of his intricate sentences, had got into Edwin’s bedroom. Clayhanger Every fibre has its function, every convolution its purpose. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony It might, indeed, be supposed that by transformation or otherwise there goes forth from the cerebral convolution a purely psychical phenomenon resembling a wave. The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Head.—The arachnoid thickened and opaque; there was very general congestion of pia mater with dark black blood, and when removed, convolutions studded over with innumerable dark points. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners He soon reached the stern of the vessel, and, rearing the ladder in a suitable position against the propeller, nimbly ran aloft and began to throw off the convolutions of the entangled hawser. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure It was the sudden formation of all the new convolutions that rendered us unconscious. The Skylark of Space This gray substance lies in folds or convolutions, the furrows or sulci, dipping deeply into the interior of the brain. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony But how can we conceive the transformation of this convolution into a semi-material phenomenon? The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps A glare of light, focussed on it, showed beneath the stretched taut membrane the convolutions of the brain, like tangled purple worms. Wandl the Invader So long as the sky remained clear— As time went on, I perceived that the converging car to the South was losing ground because of the convolutions of their road. Highways in Hiding Couldn't make myself clear as Miss Vaneman—not a scientific convolution in her foolish little brain. The Skylark of Space I gazed upon it till the characters swelled out like black chords, and writhed in snaky convolutions. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author How can we comprehend that there should issue from this convolution the material object of a perception—for example, a plain dotted with houses? The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps His feet, in tan laced shoes, were ordinary feet, a little more than ordinarily expert, perhaps, in the convolutions of the dance at Englewood Masonic Hall, which is part of Chicago's vast South Side. Gigolo Each hemisphere is furrowed and ridged with convolutions, an arrangement which allows greater surface for the distribution of the gray cellular matter over it. The Mind and Its Education Anyhow, in his leisure moments, which were few, he would discuss curiously with Mary the hidden springs that kept the human machine in motion, the strange workings and convolutions of it. Mary Gray It floated round the edge of the horizon, subduing its outline of dazzling blue, and rolled off among the hills in soft, yet darkening convolutions. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author It was in 1861 that he announced his discovery of the seat of articulate speech in the left side of the frontal region of the brain, since known as the convolution of Broca. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The brain is large, and in quantity and amount of convolution exceeds that of the land Carnivores. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon F' F'' F''' are placed on the first, second, and third frontal convolutions, respectively; AF, on the ascending frontal; AP, on the ascending parietal; M, on the marginal; A, on the angular. The Mind and Its Education The third frontal convolution and the island of Reil were small on both sides, corresponding to the alalia. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. So, also, the consciousness and the directing will may be abolished by altering the quality of the blood passing through the convolutions of the brain. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use The upper and exterior convolution of his left ear is cut clean off, so that its outline, instead off being rounded at the top, is straight. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. In point of intelligence, the rodents do not come up to other mammals, being as a rule timid and stupid; the brain is small and remarkably free from convolution. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon T' T'' T''' are placed on the first, second, and third temporal convolutions. The Mind and Its Education The author connects the slight mobility with the smallness of the parietal and frontal ascending convolutions. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. We are not conscious of the mechanism producing the arterial contraction and the bloodlessness of those convolutions related to natural sleep. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use The physiologist studying the coats of the stomach, the anatomist dissecting the convolutions of the brain, could never tell that man is capable of sentiment, faith, and logic. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The motor zone of the cortex we now know to be situated in the convolutions bordering the fissure of Rolando. Applied Psychology for Nurses Then, to the amaze and delight of the vast audience in "The Fan," out from convolutions of the central sign of the "Mark," Apleon stepped on to the platform. The Mark of the Beast It had few convolutions also, and the smoothness of its surface was at once obvious. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. Between its origin and termination, however, are several convolutions and one or more loops or turns. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Traversing the body from its extreme tissues to the gray vesicular substance composing the spinal cord and covering the surface and convolutions of the brain, are two sets of white, fibrous nerves. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The inner surface moreover indicates the more complex character of the soft organ on which it was moulded; the precious "gray substance" being multiplied by certain convolutions which are absent in the apes. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 A man's brain is larger and richer in convolutions than that of a gorilla, but there is no essential difference between the two. A Mummer's Tale In this case the ganglionic cells of the posterior third of the third frontal convolution are otherwise employed, or they suffer atrophy. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. This is the plan in the cerebrum and cerebellum, and here are found devices for increasing the surface: the cerebrum having convolutions, the cerebellum transverse ridges. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools The brain that she learns German with to-day does not contain a cell in its convolutions that was spent in studying French one year ago. Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls Over its brawny mold, with scaly convolutions elaborately tattooed, writhed a dragon in bright indigo. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties I saw numerous convolutions of tubes, more analogous to the trunk of the elephant than to anything else I can imagine, occupying what I supposed to be the upper parts of the body. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries The cerebral convolutions are plainly marked upon the inner surface of the cranium. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. Observe the convolutions of the cerebrum and compare these with the parallel ridges of the cerebellum. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools But while such word-worms were crawling here and there out of the porches of our colleges, giants in acquirement were striding over them in their petty convolutions. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc Smooth shallow convolutions of shell allow kernels to drop out freely. Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin "Women have a good many burrs in their convolutions," said the Colonel, lighting a cigar and handing a handful to the Sergeant. Betty at Fort Blizzard Great convolutions of vapours flew over, swirling about masts and funnel, which looked as if they were beginning to melt. Tales Of Hearsay For pressures of 60 to 80 volts there are fifteen convolutions of wire, or 30 grooves. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 It was a well-formed, manicured hand that seemed to reach under his skull, carefully feeling its way through the myriad convolutions where thought resides. The House of the Vampire At each of the four corners there is a spiral stair-case, of which the exterior is open work, consisting of slender but lofty pillars; so that the ascending figure is seen at every convolution. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two The process of general enlargement and of progressive convolution are continued, and stages are reached and passed which correspond with the monkey and ape conditions. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope What I wish is to give examples of how he has discarded all the involutions, convolutions, twiddles and twaddles of melody, and gone back to the simplicity and directness of Weber and Beethoven. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas She wore a dress of heavy silk, long-trained; the cream-white folds, unspoiled by any frippery of lace, took, as they dropped around her, the shade and convolutions of a lily. The Other Girls The smoke whirled upward in mighty eddies or rolled along in huge convolutions. How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories Fed by hate and slowly accumulated stores of bitter anger, his thoughts went throbbing in and out the lighted convolutions of his brain with the silent positive efficiency of a gas-engine's pistons. Jan A Dog and a Romance As nearly as I might judge, I contained naught save vast hollow spaces and acoustics and vacuums and empty, echoing, neglected convolutions. One Third Off In idle-seeming convolutions; yet They never vanish'd with the ebbing surge, Till pellicle on pellicle, and layer On layer, was added to the growing mass. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827 It was all puffed and fluted till it looked as if it had really blossomed with uncounted curving petals, that showed in their tender convolutions each possible deepening and brightening of its wonderful hue. The Other Girls Nor have brutes the ganglia, lobes, or convolutions which house and direct such powers; and no tribe of mankind has been found without them, however undeveloped. The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers He found a certain number of anomalies in the convolutions of the frontal lobes, and he came to the conclusion that crime was connected with the existence of these anomalies. Crime and Its Causes From the want of a long convolution of vessels some have doubted, whether these capillaries should be considered as glands, and have been led to conclude, that the perspirable matter rather exuded than was secreted. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life She found him prone in the hammock: not even smoking: staring up into the cool green dome, fretted with graceful convolutions of trunk and branches. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Of course, such a condition is not possible to attain and in practice some insulating material must be introduced between the layers of wire and between the adjacent Page 157 convolutions of wire. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Her dark, crisp hair was arranged in marvelous convolutions, and from the white tip of each ear, peeping out beneath, hung an Etruscan gold ear-ring, given her by Aunt Margaret. Bressant Some years ago Professor Benedict startled the world by stating that he had discovered the seat of crime in the convolutions of the brain. Crime and Its Causes Through convolutions of smoke from his tiny pipe, the old stager regarded the young star of journalism with a quaint and placid affection. Success A Novel The field magnets, which surround the armature, are cast iron shells, wound outside with many convolutions of insulated copper wire, and are joined externally by iron bars to convey the magnetism. Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 Practically all of these lines will pass through the iron of the core rather than through the air, and, therefore, practically all of them will pass through the convolutions of the armature winding. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. The brain, showing the convolutions of the gray exterior in which the nerve cells are most numerous. Disease and Its Causes But he had omitted to examine the frontal convolutions of honest people. Crime and Its Causes I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations It is true that every man has within him such a tempting spirit; but its characters can better be studied in the Zoological Gardens than in the convolutions of a theological hell. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day The lengths of chain thus made are joined by spiral rings made of soft steel, the convolutions being afterward hammered together till they become solid. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Perhaps if the galvanometer had consisted of fewer turns of thick wire instead of many convolutions of thinner, more striking effects would have been produced. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 How strange that there should be hidden in the convolutions of a man's brain an intelligence that laid bare the pretences of that ravenous demon without. The Wings of the Morning It does not in any way invalidate the truth that a small brain with a simple pattern of convolutions is a less capable organ than the large brain with a complex pattern. The Black Man's Place in South Africa The surface of the human brain is not smooth but covered with convolutions, with alternating grooves or sulci, which vastly increase its surface and thus make room for more gray matter. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 He broke up all straight lines, put curves and convolutions everywhere, and rarely had two sides alike, for symmetry had no charms for him. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Copper wires, one sixteenth of an inch in thickness, attached, in the ordinary manner, by convolutions to the other ends of these conductors, passed away to the galvanometer. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 During the night I learned that the convolutions on the chin and forehead of a Jupiterite served the purpose of a new sense. Life in a Thousand Worlds She thought her—no; perhaps she didn't think her—God alone knows the convolutions of feminine mental processes—but she proclaimed her anyhow—an unscrupulous woman. Jaffery The rainbow-wall curled up like a scroll, and in the convolutions of the scroll, like a bee in the many folds of a magnificent orchid, Tommy disappeared. A Daughter of the Snows In the seventh month the convolutions of the brain resemble those of an adult baboon. Darwinism (1889) The wire was of copper covered with silk, and made sixteen or eighteen convolutions. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 I sat motionless, looking up into his eyes, and saw the convolutions on his forehead and chin quivering quite perceptibly. Life in a Thousand Worlds When applied to the spiral shells of the Foraminifera, it means that all the convolutions of the shell lie in the same plane. The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science "Dear me, no!" exclaimed the landlady, with a mute yet visible laugh—visible in that her convolutions of flesh became observably agitated. With Links of Steel She has certain little caresses, the half awkward caresses of real people, not the elegant curves and convolutions of the stage, which always enchant me beyond any mimetic movements I have ever seen. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory But Babbalanja's was of a different sort; an immense, black, serpentine stem of ebony, coiling this way and that, in endless convolutions, like an anaconda round a traveler in Brazil. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Hughlings Jackson has observed that limited and general convulsions were often produced by disease in the cortex of the so-called motor convolutions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 When applied to the shells of the Foraminifera, it implies that the convolutions of the shell do not lie in the same plane, but are obliquely wound round an axis. The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science Pindar, the most passionate of poets, drove and pressed his feelings through the convolutions of the ode. Since Cézanne By a sort of diabolic modulation the artist conducts our eye from these dizzy angles and granitic convolutions down tortuous and tumultuous staircases that seemingly wind about the axis of eternity. Promenades of an Impressionist Its bare convolutions were as resonant as a sea shell. Out of the Ashes In pure motor aphasia the lesion is in the posterior part of the left third frontal convolution; in cases of pure sensory aphasia, the lesion is in the left first temporal convolution. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 The monument is a somewhat elaborate white marble tablet with a plump cherub on guard, and with many of the scrolls and convolutions typical of the Carolean and later Jacobean taste. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor A mind in perplexity Is lost in convolution. A Hero and a Great Man Every muscle, every organ, has its corresponding convolution in the brain. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Yes; I admit the soft impeachment, and at once she begins some astonishing convolutions with the lower part of her body, which I attempt to follow. The "Goldfish" Scott seems swift and brief when set beside Richardson Yet the slow convolutions and involutions serve to acquaint us intimately with the characters; dwelling with them longer, we come to know them better. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities The tuning is done by sliding the contact piece, which is made of light copper wire, along the convolutions of the tuning coil until you can hear the signals. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do I saw at a glance that it was "A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell," and I quoted the lines. Yesterdays with Authors It is held as strongly militating against its claims that it takes no account of the convolutions of the brain that lie on the base of the skull. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The tigers' tails and the elephants' trunks, the alligators' snouts and the boa constrictor's convolutions, he recognized at once. Round the Block There were no intricate convolutions, no flourishes, and, above all, no "decomposing exercises." Delsarte System of Oratory Next conceive of the wire itself as a lesser helix of many convolutions, and repeat the experiment. Four-Dimensional Vistas Berkley, standing to horse with his regiment on the sparsely wooded hill crest, could see the crowding convolutions of smoke rising from the thickets, as each gun spoke from the Confederate batteries. Ailsa Paige An admirable place for an army on the defensive, you will at once say, since reserves can be concealed behind the convolutions of the rolling plain. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 The other churches, huge and rich, appeared to him with their blaze of gleaming gold, their alabaster convolutions and their jasper columns, mere monuments of insipid vulgarity. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Now a moderate-sized specimen will afford, with all its convolutions, at least one hundred square inches of wall, which would contain a population of five hundred and seventy-six thousand inhabitants,—a very large city. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Mrs. Dowling's spirits had strikingly recovered even before the pair passed from the corridor: she moved almost bouncingly beside her embittered son, and her eyes and all the convolutions of her abundant face were blithe. Alice Adams This contemplation sat especially in the sad eyes of certain female heads, surmounted with hats of strange convolution and plumage, which rose on long necks above the others. The Lesson of the Master These convolutions may also serve in the fight as natural fortifications. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 The Swede would have felt far from comfortable could he have seen this significant action, or read what was passing amid the convolutions of the brown man's cruel brain. Beasts of Tarzan Curving of spotted spines, Slow up-shifts, Lazy convolutions: Then a sudden swift straightening And darting below: Oblique grey shadows Athwart a pale casement. Men, Women and Ghosts Several convolutions of the small intestines were also laid bare, as were also the three lowest ribs. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine His dark mind—product of a brain primitive and poor in convolutions—contemplates vaguely the prospect ahead of him. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers She was then fitted with the same kind of screw as the Archimedes, that is, a double-headed screw of half a convolution. Men of Invention and Industry What thoughts were passing through the convolutions of her reptilian brain? Pellucidar Yaqui left the trail and began clambering down over the rough and twisted convolutions of lava which formed the rim. Desert Gold Hanging from the wound was a bit of brain-substance, the size of a finger, composed of convolution as well as white matter. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine It annoys them to tell them that a million autopsies prove fundamental differences between male and female brains in favor of the former—at least as regards volume and depth of cerebral convolutions. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers The islands farther south he had examined through his glass from the deck of the Juno until he knew every convolution they turned to the west. Rezanov Its practitioners are still part of life, human beings, different from law-abiding humanity by God-alone-knows-what freak of heredity or kink in brain convolution. She Stands Accused It was connected to a small, open black box filled with a convolution of wires, circuits, and components. Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko For several days in succession low clouds had appeared in the distance, white masses with dark convolutions resting on the water, motionless, almost solid, and yet all the time changing their aspects subtly. The Shadow Line; a confession The door was open behind them, held back by a big pink conch shell with hints of sea sunsets in its smooth inner convolutions. Anne of Green Gables All the statues were in motion, statues no longer, but men and women—all shapes of beauty that ever sprang from the brain of the sculptor, mingled in the convolutions of a complicated dance. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women Their companions were hidden from view in a convolution of the winding road, but they were so near that their voices could be heard as they talked. The Market-Place Analysis and introspection might come later; but for the moment she was not even troubled by the excesses of the upholstery or the restless convolutions of the furniture. House of Mirth Glass bulbs took graceful and varying shapes before her vision, now rounding into globes, now evolving into hour-glasses, now twisting into pretzel-shaped convolutions. The Octopus : A story of California "I don't know," said Irene, still intent upon the convolutions of the shaving. The Rise of Silas Lapham He followed their convolutions miserably, walking as if his eyes were shut. The Damnation of Theron Ware What was passing through the convolutions of his savage brain? Jungle Tales of Tarzan The extremity of the sombre church was of dazzling old gold, with a profusion of twisted columns, of complicated entablements, of statues with excessive convolutions and with draperies in the style of the Spanish Renaissance. Ramuntcho It will be necessary, on the occasion of the first puncture, to form a hard convolution at the free end of the thread, so as to prevent it passing entirely through. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 The green convolutions of the mountain sides are literally folded round the town, a pile of green velvet spread fan-like in a draper's window has not softer, neater folds! In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" He noticed the little tendrils of hair about the pink convolution of her ear. The Greater Inclination Jackson located these middle level structures in the cortex of the central convolutions, the basal ganglia and the centers of the special senses in the cortex. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene She turned her face and looked him straight in the eyes—looked into them as if they were windows through which she could peer into the convolutions of his brain. Home Again The wise agree that much stimulant or much deprivation enables the brain convolutions to do their work well, though deprivation gets the cleaner end. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man All ideas, principles, acquirements, and habits are effaced in me like the ripples on a wave, like the convolutions of a cloud. Amiel's Journal I fear it is henceforth chaos;— O how joys, dreads, convolutions, human shapes and all shapes, spring as from graves around me! Poems By Walt Whitman The necessity of keeping to his text prevented his indulgence in the convolutions and divagations dictated by his exuberant fancy when writing on his own account. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Gumbo's head rolls nearly off its violent convolutions, and his master, looking oddly at him, flings the door open, and goes rapidly down the stair. The Virginians Sir Basil's brain, if it came to comparison, lacked one or two convolutions that Jack's undoubtedly possessed. A Fountain Sealed Disposed about her neck was a blue handkerchief, and over this handkerchief, in many convolutions, a string of amber beads. A Passionate Pilgrim It is shaped, convolution for convolution, so to speak, to match the man's prayer. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark As for the artist, each day now saw him slipping more deeply, more comfortably back into the convolutions of his old impersonal shell. Lying Prophets His senses were electric, but the convolutions of his brain were dead. The Way of an Indian He sat watching their silken convolutions, stupidly, for a while, then rose and closed his window, and raised the window on the south for purposes of air. The Fighting Chance A non-angry aspect of them has also been suggested as the origin: the tortuous wanderings of rivers in the plains, like the Meander, that recall the convolutions of the serpent. Old Calabria Will any two highly intellectual beings agree as to the particular sound which produces the effect of rusty nails thrust in among the convolutions of the brain? Birds in Town and Village The three watched its convolutions a moment and then started terrifically for the top of the hill. Men, Women, and Boats It is impossible to imagine the human mind independently imagining such bizarre convolutions. Indian Fairy Tales The speech was broken into pauses, filled by the hush rather than noise of the tide, and the odour-like wandering of the soft air in the convolutions of their ears. Malcolm The finches are in flocks, and whirl round in the air with graceful, shell-like convolutions as they descend, part separating, for no reason apparently, and forming a second flock which goes away over the copse. Pages from a Journal with Other Papers The original screw propellers were made with several convolutions of screw, but it was found advantageous to shorten them, until they are now only made one-sixth of a convolution in length. A Catechism of the Steam Engine It was only a glimpse, I caught of her—dim and wavering, as though I looked at her through the convolutions of heated air. The Ghost Pirates Suddenly, as I stared, bewildered, I was aware that there was something queer about the ring—funny shadowy movements and convolutions. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder I can feel my brain shaking and wobbling inside it, as if the convolutions had come undone. Anne Severn and the Fieldings No stage manager ever handled his supers better; and here, be it remembered, there were uncountable thousands of supers, and for a stage the twisting, medieval convolutions of a strange city. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front |
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