| 单词 | diurnal |
| 例句 | They trade normal diurnal rhythms for the perk of having very little inmate contact—at night, all the inmates are locked in their cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the diurnal cycle completed, I found myself longing for a different story. ‘Tejas Luminous,’ Featuring Malini Srinivasan 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z It's fascinating to learn more here about the genetic component to "diurnal preference", ie whether you are a night owl or an early bird. Etcetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice – reviews 2012-05-25T21:55:07Z In fact no living creatures within our immediate – and diurnal – environment do. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z Raptors that hunt during the day are called diurnal, while owls are nocturnal, meaning they hunt mostly at night. Eagle-eyed kids may spot amazing winged hunters 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Switching between these locations as the seasons unfold, we see a series of extraordinary and haunting scenes and wonderfully observed images of the diurnal rhythms of humanity and nature. Movie Review: Cynicism Alongside Hope at Venice Film Festival 2011-09-01T12:30:05Z That leaves her beachside club almost the entire day to entertain the diurnal, even if that’s the only trait some of her patrons have in common. You Can’t Hurt Lindsay Lohan Now 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z These “gifted” animals from both the nocturnal and diurnal worlds must learn to trust one another and work together to prevent the resurrection of the legendarily dangerous Ant Queen. Fantasies for Young Readers, With an Eye on Today’s Fears and Divisions 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z As a primarily diurnal animal, I savored our night journey in an open truck, moving slowly through soft, cool air in the dark forest with a bright moon above. Spotting sloths and harpy eagles in Panama’s nature-rich rain forest 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z As a child, I struggled to live in the diurnal world. The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In one study, women who described their homes as being messy or disorderly displayed flatter diurnal slopes of cortisol, an indicator associated with depression and poor coping skills. The secret to spring cleaning: don't just organize your stuff – get rid of it 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z In humans and other diurnal animals, the release of melatonin into the bloodstream helps prepare the body for sleep. Is it safe to take melatonin for jet lag? 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z For instance, ungulates, such as bison, and coyotes are generally crepuscular, or most active at dusk and dawn, whereas alligators are diurnal and nocturnal. How travelers can stay safe during encounters with wild animals 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z We may have evolved as a diurnal species, but at night we’re our most human, meandering among dreams and desires. Review | In Mieko Kawakami’s engrossing novel, a woman’s demons emerge at night 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “Interestingly enough, it got all the way down to the high 60s the next morning — the benefit of the diurnal shift we have in Washington that many other regions don’t.” Washington wineries work to weather the challenges of climate change 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z In 1981, she spent 18 months in residence at the station while researching her graduate thesis on diurnal butterflies and her doctoral dissertation on bats. She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Ideally, the work will also shed light on the mysterious daily migration of creatures, called the diurnal vertical migration, that takes place every night in every ocean around the globe. The Ocean’s Youngest Monsters Are Ready for Glamour Shots 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Stopped its flow, its movement, its diurnal and nocturnal round. Opinion | What Would David Bowie Do? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Behavioural patterns were also disturbed in both nocturnal and diurnal creatures. Treat artificial light like others forms of pollution, say scientists 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Authorities say coatimundi are social animals and unlike their cousins the ringtail and the raccoon, are diurnal, which means they are active during the day. Woman, dog injured after tussle with coatimundi in Tucson 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z In studies of Siberian hamsters—which, unlike mice, are diurnal—Nelson and his co-workers have shown that administering melatonin or altering light patterns can change immune responses by up to 40%. Why do dozens of diseases wax and wane with the seasons—and will COVID-19? 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The diurnal vertical migration includes trillions of tiny animals, many in the larval stage, that rise from great depths of 1,000 feet or more to just beneath the surface to feed. The Ocean’s Youngest Monsters Are Ready for Glamour Shots 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Animals that rely largely on the visual system are likely to be diurnal and will get most of their sleep during the night. Why siestas are actually good, and other misconceptions about sleep — debunked 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z He may use longer words, but Johnson’s sledgehammer self-admiration does not differ materially from the US president’s diurnal reminders that he is a strong, good-looking and very stable genius. Ruining a country near you soon: the beta males who think they’re alphas | Marina Hyde 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z That diurnal cycle is linked to the giant impact by a fundamental law of physics, the conservation of angular momentum. When Earth and the Moon Were One 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Its prey is mainly diurnal sand lizards and nocturnal geckos, from which it obtains food and moisture. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z That distinguished mammals from birds and lizards, the eye shapes of which differ more between nocturnal and diurnal species. The eyes of mammals reveal a dark past 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Massive construction vehicles drag building supplies through delicate habitat, and light and noise pollution disturb and displace diurnal and nocturnal species. How Trump's Wall Would Alter Our Biological Identity Forever 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z “We humans orientate towards relatively rapid processes – diurnal cycles based on the sun, or lunar cycles based on the moon – but these organisms are part of slow, persistent cycles on geological timescales.” Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z But because the space is subterranean, the developer hired Focus Lighting to install a diurnal LED system that will change throughout the day to mimic the quality of natural light. Real estate technology: try, try again 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Sun bears, for example, are typically diurnal and sun-loving creatures; in undisturbed areas less than 20 percent of their activity occurred at the night. To avoid humans, more wildlife now work the night shift 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In 2017, a group in the United States suggested that the ancestors of mammals were diurnal. The eyes of mammals reveal a dark past 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Their small size notwithstanding, zooplankton form dense aggregations tens of metres in vertical extent as they undergo diurnal vertical migration over hundreds of metres3,5,6. Vertically migrating swimmers generate aggregation-scale eddies in a stratified column 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Crocodiles are normally diurnal and depend on sunlight to regulate their metabolism, but most of these crocodiles will go without sunlight for decades of their life. Orange Cave Crocodiles May Be Evolving Into a New Species 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Northern pygmy owls are diurnal animals, meaning they hunt during the day and are susceptible to window strikes. Wyoming raptor center treats injured owl 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z This diurnal cycle of wakefulness and sleep governs the levels of many hormones that regulate our daily activities. Science Has Made America Great 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z And it is unclear how successful other diurnal mammals will be at communicating, feeding and avoiding predation after switching to nocturnality. The eyes of mammals reveal a dark past 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z They then looked to see whether a city with a slightly earlier sunrise and sunset saw a corresponding shift in its calling pattern, compared to a city with a later diurnal cycle. Cities That Never Sleep Are Shaped by Sunrise and Sunset 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Melatonin levels vary in the same phases with both diurnal and nocturnal animals. The Circadian Clock in Your Nose 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z About 60 percent were nocturnal, like the vampire bat, the fennec fox and the four-toed hedgehog, and 26 percent were diurnal like the eastern gray squirrel, giraffes and humans. After the Dinosaurs’ Demise, Many Mammals Seized the Day 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Evidence suggests that a similar extravaganza of protein creation and destruction occurs in the human liver, too, but the timing is flipped to match our largely diurnal pattern. Behold the Liver, the Astonishing Blob That Runs the Body 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z One of the reasons squirrels are good to study, Thor said, is that, unlike a lot of rodents, they are diurnal. Perspective | Squirrels on parade: Meet the winners of the 2017 Squirrel Week Photo Contest 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Most owls are creatures of the night, automatically putting them at odds to our own diurnal ways, Mr. Unwin said. Bringing Owls Into the Light 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The circadian clock, the 24-hour oscillation linked to the Earth’s diurnal rotation, is one of the most fundamental and ubiquitous cycles on the planet. Opinion | The clock’s ticking for all of us, but nobody has a clue what it means 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z “Our algorithm told us whether or not their ancestors were diurnal or nocturnal.” After the Dinosaurs’ Demise, Many Mammals Seized the Day 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Last Sunday found Kellyanne in somewhat more hysterical mode, yet again casting an administration governing by diurnal decree as victims. Bowling Green massacre? Kellyanne Conway has taken alt facts up a notch | Marina Hyde 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z All 17 species of diurnal raptors in the state were observed - in a single day, on Sept. 23. Hundreds of golden eagles migrate through Montana mountains 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z All 17 species of diurnal raptors in the state were observed — in a single day, on Sept. 23. Hundreds of golden eagles migrate through Montana mountains 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Though you can see migrating raptors soaring at altitudes well over 800 feet over the city during the day, most species of diurnal birds migrate after nightfall. New York Above 800 Feet 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z They found that the diurnal species uses the sun to navigate during the daytime, and the moon at night. Why Dung Beetles Watch the Sky While Rolling Poop Balls 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z A diurnal variation of the results would appear as a peak in the lock-in spectrum at a period of the sidereal day, which is 86,164.1 s. High-precision comparison of the antiproton-to-proton charge-to-mass ratio : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z He wrote about remote-duty Antarctic posts suffering a kind of insomnia called “polar big eye,” which could be addressed by artificially imposing a diurnal cycle of light and darkness. Roommates on Mars 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In the Land of the Midnight Sun, snowy owls are forced to hunt by day, but they are not necessarily diurnal. Amid Urban Debris, the Snowy Owl Is a Wintertime Ghost 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z We find that regions exhibiting more diverse mobility fluxes, earlier diurnal rhythms, and more correct grammatical styles display lower unemployment rates. Interesting Research Using Twitter; The Unemployed Get Up Late And Can't Spell 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z The neurons of the diurnal species that used only the sun and the moon to navigate showed no such switch, reflecting their reliance on a celestial body to navigate. Why Dung Beetles Watch the Sky While Rolling Poop Balls 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z In other news, monitors are diurnal predators, right? Monitor Lizards: 77 Species and Counting 2014-05-09T11:34:22Z Different diurnal preference characteristics are observable depending on how many repeats you have in your gene. Why We Are Not Getting Enough Sleep 2014-02-11T16:33:48Z Circadian clocks attune the physiology of virtually all living organisms to the diurnal cycles of their environments. [Report] A Mechanosensory Pathway to the Drosophila Circadian Clock 2014-01-30T19:26:07.936Z It means that the species, which is found in the rainforests of Western, Eastern, and Central Africa, is neither diurnal nor nocturnal, but active both during the day and at night. Incredible Camera Trap Footage of the Rare African Golden Cat [Video] 2013-11-13T12:45:07.643Z "We will subject all these sensors to all the great wonderful stuff in the : diurnal changes in pH, temperature and salinity, and all the biofouling that happens," Bunje says. New X PRIZE to Help Track Increasing Ocean Acidity 2013-09-09T21:45:00.790Z The terminator, the line that separates day from night, is part of the circadian clock of large botnets, a diurnal rise and fall in total capacity and rates of potential infection. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt, Part 4] 2013-06-21T17:15:01.653Z It’s more than just a personal choice; both sleep drive and the circadian clock influence your diurnal preference to be morning person or an evening person. Why We Are Not Getting Enough Sleep 2014-02-11T16:33:48Z Humans are diurnal animals and so tend to be active by day and rest at night. Chronobiology: Stepping out of time 2013-05-22T17:21:21.503Z And yet, and yet … are the diurnal death threats of boyband fans truly indicative of some psychological cataclysm? Justin Bieber didn't start the Great Teen Tweet Wars – ask Vera Lynn 2013-03-15T20:30:01Z Storage is cited as a necessary solution to the diurnal nature of solar and wind energy. Guest Post: The Value of Short-term Energy Storage for Renewable Energy 2012-12-26T16:45:00.283Z They first removed the effect of distortions from changes to the diurnal cycle and from the changing geometry of the satellites themselves. Satellites Could Detect Nuclear Tests 2012-12-05T01:25:00Z How sleep quality as well as the diurnal fluctuation in Aβ change with age and Aβ aggregation is not well understood. [Research Articles] Disruption of the Sleep-Wake Cycle and Diurnal Fluctuation of {beta}-Amyloid in Mice with Alzheimer's Disease Pathology 2012-09-05T19:25:09.643Z But, humans remained strictly diurnal animals, confounding their activities to the daylight hours and generally avoiding the darkness. Tigers take to the night - for peaceful coexistence with humans 2012-09-04T15:45:00.203Z They also share a variety of other convergent traits, from small body size to aposematic coloration and diurnal activity, despite being found in places as disparate as Cuba, Australia, South America, and Madagascar. Poisonous Snakes Can't Resist Toxic Toad Tucker...Or Can They? 2012-08-21T14:45:00.217Z To live comfortably for long periods on the lunar surface will require permanent shelter from micro-meteorite impacts, high-energy ultraviolet radiation, energetic particles; even extreme diurnal temperature variations. Life In A Lunar Lava Tube: Nearside Tunnels As Ready-Made Moonbases 2012-07-30T10:16:28Z That said, I think there are two interesting results in this paper, regarding their analysis of 19th century volcanoes and the impact on climate, and also the changes to the diurnal temperature range. Dot Earth Blog: 'Converted' Skeptic: Humans Driving Recent Warming 2012-07-29T14:18:17Z The origin of butterflies was associated with a switch from nocturnal to diurnal behaviour, and a corresponding increase in visual communication. Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species 2012-07-04T17:21:31.773Z Because a big chunk of masonry had obeyed the laws of gravity, after an inherent building defect was nudged by the unusually changeable recent weather conditions that sometimes cause "diurnal shift". My roof didn't collapse, my kids didn't flee and my husband isn't that famous 2012-05-25T18:01:01Z I miss the genial light of the sun; but there is a softness, a reflected beauty, in the light here which we do not possess in our diurnal luminary. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z This construction assumes that the sun describes daily a small circle about the pole of the celestial sphere, and ignores any diurnal variation in the declination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z This faculty of temperature adjustment, however, appears to be absent or weakened in most if not in all hibernating mammals both in their normal nocturnal or diurnal sleep and in their winter sleep. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z It may then be assumed that the natural type of intermittents is that form characterized by diurnal paroxysms. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Robins — usually diurnal singers — switch to nighttime in areas that are chaotic by day. Is Silence Going Extinct? 2012-03-15T22:17:17Z The ancients divided their elementary predominance according to the diurnal cycle: thus, morning regulated the blood, noon the bile, evening the atrabile, and night the cold phlegmatic influence. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It is rather more diurnal in its habits than most Owls, and differs structurally from other members of its order in having a much smaller head. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z "Nocturnal" they may be, but that they are diurnal also I have many times proved. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z There is no other agent known which is capable of originating morbid phenomena characterized by such marked diurnal periodicity. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z She took down her diurnal book, and calculated that the price of an hour's work on those arts would be about one fifth what she got for an hour at the tub and mangle. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The diurnal press of this country, is not only a mighty political engine, but one of the utmost importance in a commercial and literary point of view. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z It sees much better than most Owls by day, and never affects concealment nor appears confused by diurnal sounds and the glare of noon. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z These diurnal details he studies with a fidelity not surpassed by Mr. Bennett or any other of his contemporaries. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z With a diurnal temperature successively less elevated above the normal standard there is a corresponding fall of the pulse-rate. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z On the other hand, quail is, like us, a diurnal animal. The wonderful quail...and what Sen.Coburn should learn about it. 2011-12-28T17:15:17.680Z It is what the diurnal rotation causes it to be. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The diurnal birds of prey of the family Falconidæ found in the Neotropical Region number about 110 species, of which 22 are at present known to occur within the limits of the present work. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z All of these are diurnal, and all but Laemanctus have been observed sleeping on bushes at night. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala 2011-12-25T03:00:10.957Z Proportions among diurnal, cathemeral, and nocturnal vertebrates are known from extant species and have ecological foundation. [Technical Response] Response to Comment on ?Nocturnality in Dinosaurs Inferred from Scleral Ring and Orbit Morphology? 2011-12-22T19:25:34.843Z It has been well established that cottonmouths, like most other crotalids and many snakes of other families, prefer nocturnal to diurnal activity, even though the temperature may be less favorable at night. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z The summer day was drawing to a close; the diurnal visits of the pale sun were rapidly shortening, and soon the long polar night, with all its darkness and horrors, would fall upon them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Natural selection probably would favor a continuation of diurnal activity in musculus and nocturnal activity in taylori, thereby preventing frequent meeting of the two species. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z At dusk males were observed descending a vine-covered tree at the edge of the pond; this strongly suggests that the frogs retreat to this tree and others like it for diurnal seclusion. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala 2011-12-25T03:00:10.957Z I cannot forget that each of them means the way in which men and women have managed and are managing their diurnal round. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z But, in fact, the affinity is more apparent than real, for the Serpent-Eagle is of purely diurnal habits. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Those birds are therefore both diurnal and nocturnal. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z My impression is that musculus is diurnal to crepuscular. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z The habits and instincts of the animal change; it becomes diurnal in its habits, not choosing the night for its search of food; is more insatiate in its appetite, and the tendency to obesity increases. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z If you could live in her house for a day you would see Hellenism as a diurnal practice. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Like everything else, they are synthesized in a diurnal manner. Spring Forward, Fall Back - should you watch out tomorrow morning? 2011-11-03T12:45:03.890Z Therefore, it would not be safe to conclude that all nocturnal migrants operate as do some diurnal migrants. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z The beginning of man’s Active Life, says Ruysbroeck—that uplifting of the diurnal existence into the Divine Atmosphere, which confers on it meaning and reality—is a movement of response. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z If there has been such an increase, the contrast between the climate of ocean and land must have been accentuated, for highlands have a greater diurnal and seasonal range of temperature than do lowlands. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Among savage tribes the men often mimic the cry of some wild animal as a call, just as our children do that of an owl by night, and of some diurnal species in the daytime. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z This ninth sphere was the outermost of all and it originated the “prime motion” by communicating to all the inner spheres its diurnal revolution from east to west. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z There is a possibility that our impressions of diurnal migration are unduly influenced by the fact that the species accustomed to flying in flocks are the ones that attract the most attention. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z The diurnal rotation of the earth furnishes two fixed points or poles, the axis joining which is fixed or nearly so in its direction in space. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Even a little water vapor augments slightly the blanketing effect of the air and to that extent diminishes the diurnal and seasonal range of temperature and the contrast from zone to zone. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z His last telescopic discovery—that of the moon’s diurnal and monthly librations—was made in 1637, only a few months before his eyes were for ever closed in hopeless blindness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z In using the terms “swift and round” Chaucer must have been thinking of the primum mobile which, as we have seen, was thought to have a swift diurnal motion from east to west. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z It is adaptive, balancing the difficult-to-manage peaks in demand arising from the normal diurnal cycles of social behaviors and nature’s vicissitudes. Smart Grids Highlight Innovation's Promise and Where America Leads the World, Even China 2011-08-15T05:05:04Z At least there was a period which otherwise could not be accounted for in that young lady's diurnal of her time. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z As most lavas are relatively dark they increase the average diurnal range of temperature. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Within this single national network, coastguard officers will be able to deal more effectively with the seasonal and diurnal peaks and troughs of activity. 'Long distance coastguard' claim 2011-07-22T05:49:03Z Many of them are beyond his control; such, for example, as the diurnal variations of his body temperature, the beating of the heart, the call of hunger, or the rhythm of growth. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z The lens is biconvex in diurnal mammals, but in nocturnal and aquatic it is spherical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Motion, 14, 32, 36. accelerated, 36. axis of, 48. centre of, 48, 55. compound, 46. curvilinear, 47, 49. diurnal, 78. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Therefore any decrease in water vapor would increase the diurnal and seasonal range of temperature, making the climate more extreme and severe. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z A man more coarse fibred would have held his own, even at the cost of a diurnal battle royal. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The mean diurnal range is as much as 14° to 15° in February, March, and April, while between June and September it is only 8° or 9°. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The diurnal motion of the heavens is represented on the fifth; and lastly, on the sixth, appears the Watering-pot, the Sun-Horse, and the sign of the course of the heavenly bodies. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z If the earth then, had no other than its diurnal motion, we should have 366 days in the year. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Of 15 cases of the purely diurnal form, we find that in 3 there was a total cessation of attacks during treatment, and in all the others there was diminution in their number. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy 2011-06-21T02:00:28.890Z The diurnal variation exhibits two periods of greatest and two of least intensity. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The mean diurnal range there varies between 9° and 11° only. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z It consisted in admitting the diurnal rotation, but not the annual revolution, of the earth; but it made no progress, and was soon forgotten. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z When you speak of the sun's motion, you mean, I suppose, his apparent motion, produced by the diurnal motion of the earth? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z I have, unfortunately, no observations to offer as to the effects of treatment on the diurnal or nocturnal attacks in patients suffering from both. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy 2011-06-21T02:00:28.890Z It has an annual and a diurnal variation. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z And our atmosphere also has weight, as we know; and probably has also solar and lunar tides, though these are marked by many other causes of diurnal change. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z This motion of the sun was intented to explain the changes of magnitude of its disc as seen from the earth, and the diurnal and annual variations in its motion, without discarding its circular path. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z An imaginary line passing through their centres, and terminating at their poles; round this their diurnal revolutions are performed. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z If this be true, then the diurnal rate of fall for a given time at any two levels will be proportional to the daily ranges of temperature at the two levels. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z There is a greater diurnal change of tension in winter than in summer. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The greater heat tolerance of these coatis is compatible with their diurnal habits and widespread distribution in a variety of forest habitats in both tropical and subtropical areas of the western hemisphere. Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae 2011-05-07T02:00:34.980Z In fact, the Fathers said that at the end of the world the diurnal motion would cease, and there would be no more time. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Revolution, of a planet; is either diurnal, or annual; the former, is its turning upon its own axis; the latter, is its passage in its orbit. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z As a result of the conditions described, it is evident that on certain days the diurnal range of temperature is but little felt above 500 metres. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z In Australia, also, the diurnal range of temperature is very great, amounting, commonly, to between 40 and 50 degrees. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z All of the herbivores, on the other hand, were diurnal. Observatory: Some Dinosaurs Liked the Night Life, Eye Bones Show 2011-04-18T22:50:52Z The moon also had three spheres to produce its motions in longitude and latitude, and its diurnal motion. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Falcon�id�, a family of diurnal birds of prey, in which the destructive powers are most perfectly developed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z It appears that the diurnal change of temperature is very small at great altitudes, compared with the change near the earth's surface. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z This diurnal revolution is the occasion of the alternation of day and night. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z In addition to this vast diurnal tide of general work, Lord Mayo had two of the heaviest Departments in his own hands, as Member in charge of the Foreign Office and of Public Works. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z And no scene of sombre gloomy silence; instead, one enlivened by the notes of many wild warblers, both diurnal and nocturnal. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z There would be no wind to aid them further, for, as they left the coast range, the diurnal breeze had failed. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z From this it appears that the diurnal range of temperature diminishes rapidly with increasing altitude in the free air, and almost disappears in the average at a height of 1000 metres. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z The stile is made parallel with the earth's axis, and may be considered as coinciding with the axis of the sun's apparent diurnal motion. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The earth, as we have seen on a former occasion, is described as immovable, in the centre of the universe, and the heavenly bodies as revolving round it diurnally. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z During one week a public table is kept by the viceroy, to which the town’s people of every grade resorting, drunken brawls and broken heads are diurnal occurrences. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The floor of the lobby was always kept in proper condition and beyond the slight trace of dust that naturally accumulated between the diurnal washings, the floor gave up no information. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z At that time a duel, or a street fight—one or the other—was a diurnal occurrence: and the notoriety of either ended almost with the hour in which it came off. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z This may be explained by the fact that fox squirrels are principally diurnal and Great Horned Owls feed principally at night. The Postnatal Development of Two Broods of Great Horned Owls Bubo virginianus 2011-02-02T03:00:24.983Z It was open to them to reduce the week of Sabbaths to its ancient and diurnal dimensions, provided the Sabbath itself came on Sunday. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z During his diurnal reign, the sun has shone fiercely over the extinct crater of Aden, and the relentless shower of dust and pebbles has kept the inhabitants within their rude dwellings. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Steadily the cold grew, and the sun rode lower on its diurnal passage. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z It is "regulated" only when it is made to conform to, to mark truly, the diurnal revolutions of the earth. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z In Quito the mean annual temperature is 58.8�, the diurnal variation 10�, the annual maximum 70�, and the annual minimum 45�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z On the relative colours of diurnal and nocturnal Lepidoptera, see ibid. p. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z II.—The stars and their diurnal motion 10 Finding the stars—Their apparent motion—Latitude—Direction of the meridian—Sidereal time—Definitions. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Thus far, we have not given the earth any diurnal motion around its axis. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It may be a solitary diurnal offering, or the sky may at times appear to rain kidneys. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z Mice and humans are physiologically alike, so a similar effect might be expected for people, but the fact that mice are nocturnal and humans diurnal is a serious complicating factor. Obesity: Does light make you fat? 2010-10-14T11:20:00Z The gray squirrel is diurnal and has the keen eyesight to match. Basics: Nut? What Nut? The Squirrel Outwits to Survive 2010-07-05T21:25:00Z Its diurnal rotation is the spin about the axis. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Greenpa, Minnesota The biggest threat to chameleons are birds — as these are diurnal canopy searching predators with excellent vision. Answering Readers' Chameleon Questions 2010-05-21T17:35:00Z This effect mainly influences the internal waves that form on the 24-hour period of diurnal tides, dispersing the energy and inhibiting the steepening process. Tides, Earth's Rotation Among Sources of Giant Underwater Waves 2010-02-26T16:01:00Z The circles of diurnal revolution again become oblique. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" This idea was that by studying the form and motions of the earth and directing a ship’s course so that it shall partake of the earth’s diurnal motion a voyage may be materially shortened.” The True Benjamin Franklin Right ascension is always measured from the vernal equinox in the direction opposite to that in which the stars appear to travel in their diurnal motion—i. e., from west toward east. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The former are either diurnal, that is, hunt by day, or nocturnal, seeking their food by night. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History These last lived in the pines, were diurnal in their habits, and often foraged among the fallen cones on the ground; and they were strikingly conspicuous. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The unceasing diurnal motion of the image of any heavenly body relative to the cross threads of a telescope makes a direct accurate measure of any co-ordinate except the declination almost impossible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Maury’s wonderful investigations were not in the line of sailing a ship so as to take advantage of the earth’s diurnal motion, and could not have been suggested by such an idea. The True Benjamin Franklin Spin a top and note how its rapid whirl about its axis corresponds to the earth's diurnal rotation. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The diurnal carnivorous birds are either large, as the eagles and vultures, or small. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Moose are naturally just as much diurnal as nocturnal. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open By revolving on this axis it follows a star in its diurnal motion, so that the star is kept in the field of view notwithstanding that motion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Then followed a period of quiescence of fourteen days, and then another of seven days, after which he fell into his former diurnal habits. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician The motion of the stars which the student has here detected is called their "diurnal" motion. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Because of its diurnal habits and the concentration of its populations along watercourses, it is not likely to be overlooked. Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains Can't you fancy the dreary diurnal round, with a pursy old rector or two, and three or four high-dried county princesses as callers once a quarter? Beatrice Boville and Other Stories In the new system, the sphere of the fixed stars no longer revolved diurnally, the earth rotating instead on an axis directed towards the celestial pole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Rice and prunes a household journal Called the chief of household boons; Hence my mother cooks diurnal Rice and prunes. Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories Exercise 8.—Determine your latitude by taking the altitude of Polaris when it is at some one of the four points of its diurnal path, shown in Fig. 12. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The Earth, that she may turn herself about in a diurnal revolution, leans on her poles. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Now, a "country seat" in this western land Is top rail of a fence, or a pile of sand, But Che-cha-ko's daily, diurnal demand Was, "The best people I must meet." Derby Day in the Yukon and Other Poems of the "Northland" The uniform speed of the diurnal motion is 15� per hour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Leaves, and the leaflets of compound leaves, change this position at nightfall, or when the light is withdrawn; they then take what is called their sleeping posture, resuming the diurnal position when daylight returns. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools It is measured from the meridian in the direction in which the stars appear to travel in their diurnal motion—i. e., from east toward west. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z And that circular motion of the magnet to its own just and natural position shows that the whole Earth is fitted and adapted, and is sufficiently furnished with peculiar forces for diurnal circular motion. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments While wintering in the forested Hudsonian Zone, the animals may spend their nights as well as their diurnal resting periods on the frozen lakes and rivers. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin Here we have to make a distinction of fundamental importance between the diurnal motions of the sun and of the stars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It recalls better than anything else to the new race of men, but with a still greater portion of mirage-like fascination, that diurnal miracle of our forefathers—the starry night. Underground Man What is the significance of the word diurnal? A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z But there can be no movement of infinity and of an infinite body, and therefore no diurnal revolution of that vastest Primum Mobile. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments This large diurnal species inhabits open scrub forest and cultivated terrain from sea level to about 1650 meters. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México When at the pole his zenith coincides with the celestial pole, and as the earth revolves on its axis, the heavenly bodies perform their apparent diurnal revolutions in horizontal circles round the zenith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Silence, broken only by the voices of diurnal jungle, held those on the high bit of ground as they watched the three Cro-Magnons move lightly toward that towering wall of verdure. The Return of Tharn This shrew is diurnal as well as nocturnal, and I have often seen it in its runways. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 And would there then be a diurnal motion of that Primum Mobile which is so great and beyond them all immense and profound? On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments This snake is abundant in the lowlands of the state; the few specimens listed above are indicative not of the rarity, but rather of the speed and agility, of this diurnal snake. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México The other two systems, including the vernal equinox, are fixed on the celestial sphere, and so seem to us to perform a diurnal revolution from east towards west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" We had a dipping needle mounted on Meyer's plan, a plain needle very delicately fitted for observing the diurnal variation; two of Kater's azimuth compasses, and a pocket compass for each officer. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea But the earth is spheroidal, and a diurnal revolution would still leave that portion which lies under the equator too much, and the other too little, exposed to the action of the sun. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Accordingly there is a diurnal movement on the part of the Earth for its own sake and for its advantage. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The earth in its diurnal revolutions travels at the rate of a little more than 1000 miles an hour at the equator. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. In astronomical practice is introduced a day, termed “sidereal,” determined, not by the diurnal revolution of the sun, but of the stars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Although they hide under stones and logs of wood like Lithobius, they are not lucifugous but diurnal, and may be seen chasing their foes in the blazing sun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The hour of the day appears to be indifferent, since there exists no thermometric diurnal variation in the strata of the surface. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Therefore weight neither hinders the diurnal revolution, nor influences either the direction or continuance in position. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The diurnal changes are easily accounted for by the rotation of the earth on its axis each day. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. As he travels South, his zenith moves along the celestial sphere, and the circles of diurnal rotation become oblique to the horizon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Few stars, to tell the truth, are diurnal potencies. Custom and Myth New Edition Temperature, in summer, commences its diurnal elevation about 4 A.M., also, and rises till about 2 P.M. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes But as soon as the diurnal rotation has been gone through, it at once begins over again. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments In some regions these glacial rivers have a diurnal variation. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. In habits they are partly diurnal; and live either in burrows among the crevices of rocks, beneath the leaves of aquatic plants in marshy districts, or underneath the floors of outbuildings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The diuturnal petticoat of snow which clothed the mountain was getting shorter and shorter as the diurnal sun crept farther and farther north on his summer ascension. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Attraction is greatest where intensity is greatest, and there the barometer stands highest, and the diurnal range is least. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes On the magnetick diurnal revolution of the Earth's globe, as a probable assertion against the time-honoured opinion of a Primum Mobile. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments These glacial rivers are much higher in summer, of course, than in winter, some of them having not only an annual fluctuation, but a diurnal one. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. It has a peculiar kind of hopping gait; and is mainly diurnal, in accordance with which habit its eyes are protected by lashes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" These demonstrations were of two kinds, one nocturnal, showing the moon and bright stars, the other diurnal, for day scenes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" If so, how then can we explain the diurnal fall while magnetism is most active? The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Pikas are diurnal, active throughout the year, and have a characteristic call, "chickck-chickck." A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Roll'd round in earth's diurnal course With rocks, and stones, and trees. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes Can he ever be forgotten for those diurnal and immortal questions of his, “Did your men have porridge this morning?” and “Why did you not order your cook to give your men duff to-day?” The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday The climate, though excessively damp, was yet delightfully agreeable, tempered by the most regular succession of diurnal sea breezes. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Subtracting the declination at eight o’clock from that at two o’clock, we obtain the magnitude of the diurnal motion. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Rabbits and hares are crepuscular and possibly more nocturnal than diurnal. A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha Not as these others were, the helpless slaves Of each diurnal need and cringing debt, Australia’s statesman, have we known thee yet!— Songs of the Army of the Night A characteristic of Assyria seems to have been the institution of two male rulers, the high-priest and the king and the cult of the diurnal and nocturnal heaven, of day and night. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations For my own part, I felt myself raised Above this visible diurnal sphere. Coelebs In Search of a Wife From the hourly observations, conducted in this observatory since the month of August, 1840, we ascertain the following to be the magnitude of the diurnal motion for each month separately.” The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes So far as I know they do not store food as do their diurnal relatives, the pikas. A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha The large diurnal temperature ranges of inland regions, which are most marked where there is little or no vegetation, give rise to active convectional currents during the warmer hours of the day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Deferring the discussion of the so-called “birth” and cult of the diurnal sun, as one form of Amen-Ra, let us now rapidly survey the following figures copied from Mr. Goodyear's work. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The nest is made in the diurnal retreat, 5-9 white eggs being laid in April. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season It has, as we have said, a perceptible diurnal variation of two maxima and two minima. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes I should think that your best line will be through the whole length of France to Marseilles, and thence by sea to Genoa; whence the passage into Tuscany is as diurnal as a Gravesend barge. Minor Poems by Milton Hence diurnal and annual ranges of temperature on the mountain tops of middle and higher latitudes are lessened, and the climate in this respect resembles a marine condition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" As I write, I have before me a whole series of painted representations from the Codices of what has heretofore been misinterpreted as images of the diurnal sun. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations "Roll'd round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees!" Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) “Calorific action of the sun and diurnal rotation of the earth”—the received calorific theory. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes I could never find a case of another who had seen this ghost, diurnal and arboreal in its habits; but others have heard the fall of the tree, which seems the signal of its coming. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) In these districts the diurnal ranges of temperature are very large, often exceeding 40�, and the mean maxima exceed 110�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Instead of accompanying the earth in its diurnal motion eastward, it attended the stars in their apparent movement westward. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Your eyes are bright—ours are dim; but "it is the soul that sees," and "this diurnal sphere" is visible through the mist of tears. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The temperature frequently rises to 105, and the fever, instead of being intermittent, runs continuously with little, if any, diurnal variation. Campaigning in Cuba The thought of Lily deprived of her delicate evening dresses, her diurnal bouquets, caramels, and her pecunious caprices, was not pleasant. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 These clouds appear to be formed by a diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" One altiloquent rendered “Give us this day our daily bread” as follows: “Confer upon us during this mundane sphere’s axillary revolution our diurnal subsistence.” Talkers With Illustrations One of these volumes I have fortunately discovered, and a singularity in this writer’s feelings throws a new interest over such diurnal records. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 He remarked with irritation that she was charming both in face and figure, elegantly dressed and gloved: a lady undeniable; the picture of distress and innocence; weeping and lost in the city of diurnal sleep. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) Milton added a ninth whorl,—"that swift nocturnal and diurnal rhomb,"—and then spoke of the "ninefold harmony," as just below. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Mountain summits have a nocturnal maximum of wind velocity, while plateaus usually have a diurnal maximum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" In the fifteenth, the ignorance of another pope, much more inexcusable, delivered Galileo into the hands of the inquisition, accused of having proved the diurnal and annual motion of the earth. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures General Principles.—The diurnal and the annual motions of the earth are the elementary astronomical facts on which dialling is founded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" It was turned by the clockwork so as to follow the diurnal rotation and thus avoid the distressing computations caused by the change of coordinates necessary when fixed alt-azimuth instruments were used. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The members of this family are chiefly diurnal; they get their living by preying upon smaller animals or birds. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Tropical rains come usually in the form of heavy downpours and with a well-marked diurnal period, the maximum varying with the locality between noon and midnight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" He sank down into the dust of the diurnal, and was no longer able to wing his way to the upper regions. The Chinese Fairy Book It is owing to their union in large bands that Crows have so little to fear from diurnal birds of prey; if one approaches, they do not hesitate to throw themselves on him altogether. The Industries of Animals In many ways, once the idea has been suggested it is natural to associate such a perpetual motion with the incessant diurnal rotation of the heavens. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass They are very active birds, especially in the day time, for they are more diurnal than nocturnal; their food is mostly of small rodents, and also small birds. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. They result from a combination, more or less irregular, of periodic diurnal elements, under the regular control of the sun; and of non-periodic cyclonic and anticyclonic elements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" By the way, speaking of single-blessedness, how it must harrow you, my boy, to witness diurnally the bliss of the bride and bridegroom who sit opposite you here at table! Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 For five thousand years genius has turned opposite to the diurnal motion, and traveled from east to west. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose As for Texas, while he subscribes to them three diurnal drinks, he allers insists that he has company. Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories Why, look you, Mary, the quiet, amiable, imperturbable, dignified, diurnal, inexorable haunting of men of influence will get you whatever you want.” Dr. Sevier Cyclonic and anticyclonic spells of hotter or cooler, rainy or dry, weather, with varying winds differing in the temperatures and the moisture which they bring, serve to break the regularity of the diurnal types. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The sun may roll his swift diurnal course, And from the ocean raise again his head, But when our glimm’ring lamp of life’s expir’d, One long perpetual night we then must sleep.” Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness The title of this paper was Astronomical Observations on the Rotation of the Planets round their Axes, made with a view to determine whether the Earth's diurnal motion is perfectly equable. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Daily is the Saxon and popular, diurnal the Latin and scientific term. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The rapid steeds “Of Phœbus pasture 'neath the western sky; “Not grass, ambrosia, eating; heavenly food, “Which nerves their limbs, faint with diurnal toil, “Restoring all their ardor. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The irregular changes from clear to cloudy, from warmer to colder, from dry air to snow or rain, extend over large areas, and show little diurnal control. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Satellites also, and rings, are arranged in or near the same plane; and the plane of diurnal spin, or equator of the different bodies, is but slightly tilted. Pioneers of Science Astronomical observations on the rotation of the planets round their axes, made with a view to determine whether the earth's diurnal motion is perfectly equable. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works In strict usage, daily is the antonym of nightly as diurnal is of nocturnal. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions We, of all the earth “Beheld by Sol in his diurnal course, “We two alone remain. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The diurnal ascending air currents of summer usually give mountains their maximum cloudiness and highest relative humidity in the warmer months, while winter is the drier and clearer season. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" And observe that there are two phenomena to be thus accounted for and explained: first, the diurnal revolution of the heavens; second, the annual motion of the sun among the stars. Pioneers of Science Otherwise, we should still believe, as, till some few centuries ago, the world did believe, that the diurnal motion was in the sun, and not in the earth. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding Diurnal is more exact in all its uses; a diurnal flower opens or blooms only in daylight; a diurnal bird or animal flies or ranges only by day: in contradistinction to nocturnal flowers, birds, etc. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The earth appears to be spoken of as being "turned" to the sun, the dayspring; and this, we know, takes place, morning by morning, in consequence of the diurnal rotation. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The excessive diurnal ranges of temperature cause rocks to split and break up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The lunar tide is a perturbation in the diurnal motion of the sea, and its amount is therefore a legitimate mode of calculating the moon's mass. Pioneers of Science It might, however, be supposed that in the higher land vertebrates sight is predominant, and that the diurnal mammals depend principally upon their eyes for their knowledge of nature. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution A diurnal motion exactly fills an astronomical day or the time of one rotation of a planet on its axis, while a daily motion is much less definite. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The diurnal motion of the earth was hardly suspected until a hundred years later. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In general, both seasonal and diurnal phenomena are more marked in continental interiors than on the oceans, islands and windward coasts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" This diurnal or parallactic libration is really more effective than the other two in extending our vision into the space-facing hemisphere of the moon. Pioneers of Science The diurnal swiftness of the orbs that move round the Earth he attributes to God’s omnipotence, that to material bodies ‘could add speed almost spiritual.’ The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' This is known as the "diurnal method of parallaxes." A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition For this she had opportunity; her father, busied with State affairs, spending most of his time—at least during the diurnal hours—at Government headquarters in the Palacio. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The annual ranges in middle and higher latitudes exceed the diurnal, the conditions of much of the torrid zone thus being exactly reversed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The diurnal motion is compensated by motion about the polar axis only, the other being clamped. Pioneers of Science Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The machinery by which the diurnal movement of the sphere is followed, must be especially modified to suit each eccentric career. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition This complaint is liable to recur at diurnal periods, like an intermittent fever, for weeks and months together, with great sneezing and very copious discharge for an hour or two. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life In these same localities the diurnal ranges rival those of the north temperate zone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The effect of the diurnal motion is conspicuous to every one, and explains the rising, southing, and setting of the whole visible firmament. Pioneers of Science Half his task he has completed, the other half, confined to narrower bounds within the visible diurnal sphere, remains unsung, and in its fulfilment he still implores his celestial patroness to govern his song. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' For every degree of temperature the attached thermometer differs from the barometer, the observation will be faulty to the extent of about 0.003 in., which in discussions of diurnal range, &c., is a serious amount. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Of these external influences those of heat, and of gravity, have diurnal periods of increase and decrease; besides their greater periods of monthly or annual variation. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The diurnal variability of temperature is greater in the north temperate zone than elsewhere in the world, and the same month may differ greatly in its character in different years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There are owls that fly by day and owls that fly by night, though this is a less satisfactory distinction than that between the diurnal butterflies and nocturnal moths. Birds in the Calendar Thus saving the Sun his labour, and the ‘primum mobile,’ ‘that swift nocturnal and diurnal rhomb,’ which carried all the lower spheres along with it, and brought about the change of day and night. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The telescope being directed to the heavens, the ordinary diurnal motion by which the sun and stars appear to rise and set carries the stars across the field of view in a majestic panorama. The Story of the Heavens And by some flowers closing their bells at noon, or soon after; and hence seem to sleep rather at solar diurnal periods, than from the influence of cold, or the deficiency of light. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The continental areas are small, and develop to a limited degree only the more marked seasonal and diurnal changes which are characteristic of lands in general. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Lo, hosts of Hell," he cried, "inheritors Of death diurnal, strangely mingled with Relentless life, what shall we say to God Who waits and watches? Pan and Æolus: Poems What a pretty piece of variety have we, again, in the diurnal and the nocturnal bloomers! The Foot-path Way He admitted that the diurnal movement of the heavens could be accounted for by the revolution of the earth upon its axis, but unfortunately he assigned reasons for the deliberate rejection of this view. The Story of the Heavens The paroxysms of the gout would seem to be catenated with solar influence, both in respect to their larger annual periods, and to their diurnal periods—See Sect. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Polar climate as a whole has large annual and small diurnal ranges, but sudden changes of wind may cause marked irregular temperature changes within twenty-four hours, especially in winter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The hollow idealism that pretends that the achievements of literature and thought enter profoundly into the diurnal necessity which prods us forward is a plausible and specious lie. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations To what other ark, then, could he have been alluding, if not to the horary diurnal ark? Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc This motion is, of course, not to be confounded with the ordinary diurnal rising and setting, in which all the heavenly bodies participate. The Story of the Heavens In fact, he speaks of the diurnal motion of the earth as 'an opinion which we can demonstrate to be most false;' doubtless having in his thoughts some such arguments as misled Tycho Brahe. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy During the long summer days the temperature rises well above the winter mean, and under favourable conditions certain phenomena, such as the diurnal variation in wind velocity, for example, give evidence of the diurnal control. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The bloody diurnal work of the executioner began and continued until a general pardon was granted on March 1st on payment of an enormous fine. The Story of Paris Not a detail is omitted as unimportant; the diurnal gossip of the Court, the daily movements of the sovereign and his favourites; are all recorded with impartial and unerring observation. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 The rising and setting of our satellite is, of course, due to the rotation of the earth, and this apparent diurnal movement the moon possesses in common with the sun and with the stars. The Story of the Heavens For instance, astrologers say that Aries is a vernal, dry, fiery, masculine, cardinal, equinoctial, diurnal, movable, commanding, eastern, choleric, violent, and quadrupedalian sign. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The mean diurnal variability is very small in summer, and reaches its maximum in winter, about 7� in February, according to Mohn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" He denied the diurnal rotation of the earth, and was attacked by Kepler and Mersenne, and accused of magic by Gassendi. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II What stupid nonsense must the Beauty Endure in her diurnal duty— Buzzings and whispers from the stores Of the fatuities of bores! Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Our luminary, therefore, performs an annual movement up and down in the heavens, as well as a diurnal movement of rising and setting. The Story of the Heavens On the whole, the position was becoming somewhat serious, particularly for those whose nerves were unaccustomed to the uproar of diurnal thunderstorms. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 For much of the year in the polar zones the diurnal control is weak or absent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" A planet is said to be accelerated when its actual diurnal motion exceeds its mean. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This change or libration is of four different kinds, viz. the diurnal libration, the libration in longitude, the libration in latitude, and the spheroidal libration. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler Powerful mechanism drives the great instrument, so as to counteract the diurnal movement, and thus the observer can retain the object in view until he has made his measurements or finished his drawing. The Story of the Heavens But even there, violate as he would his own sanctuary, the indestructible propriety renewed itself by a diurnal miracle. The Creators A Comedy At ten o'clock the barometer showed a disturbance of the diurnal range. Isle o' Dreams An inequality in the moon's march, arising from the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, whereby the diurnal motion is sometimes quicker and at other times slower than her mean motion. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Tarlac's internal clock said it was mid-afternoon, but this was as good a time as any to start changing his diurnal rhythms. Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel It was noticed that, like the sun, many of these stars rose and set in consequence of the diurnal movement, while the moon obviously followed a similar law. The Story of the Heavens It seemed odd to him that in all these diurnal commutes between wakefulness and sleep that the mind should continue to allow either of these two states to overwhelm the other. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais But when I read Milton I felt elevated 'above this visible, diurnal sphere.' Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies The diurnal motion of the earth makes them incline from the eastward, so that in the northern hemisphere they are from the N.E., and in the southern hemisphere from the S.E. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. And from the diurnal motion and the attractions of the sun and moon our sea ought twice to rise and twice to fall every day, as well lunar as solar. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science The first principle established by these labours showed the diurnal movement of the heavens to be due to the rotation of the earth on its axis. The Story of the Heavens The diurnal rotation of the Earth is effected round this axis. Astronomy for Amateurs In these, the existence of diurnal and other periods is clearly established. A Study of Recent Earthquakes Uplifted in the air it glowed Bright as the sun's diurnal road. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The effect of the diurnal rotation of the earth is to make the universe seem to rotate in the opposite direction; but the annual motion complicates the particular motions of all the planets. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Imagine the moon fixed, and the earth turning like a wheel from west to east in its diurnal rotation. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It should be added that its special immobility, in the prolongation of the Earth's axis, is merely an effect caused by the diurnal movements of our planet. Astronomy for Amateurs The game that you feel obliged to play every day at the same hour ceases to amuse you as soon as you realize that it is a diurnal duty. Days Off And Other Digressions And truly this is the Christian's diurnal motion in his lower sphere, wherein he carries about that light that is derived from the higher light. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning But nocturnal insects are dazzled by the light of day, and diurnal insects cannot see by night, for neither possess the faculty of accommodation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science No simple motion of the Sun in its ordinary diurnal progress would produce the effect described. The Story of Eclipses He accomplishes his diurnal revolution in less than ten hours! Astronomy for Amateurs Boulter was not well qualified to write diurnal essays; but he knew how to practise the liberality of greatness and the fidelity of friendship. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II He would find him with his boots on, up and about—or, if in bed, not there except as in the regular rest intervals of his diurnal round. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story It is evident that the forms of animal life on the globe are necessarily determined by the periodic law of the Earth's diurnal rotation. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge There are no mountains, or high hills intervening, no obliquity in the sun’s diurnal course, to lengthen out the day. The Death Shot A Story Retold Unless we deny the astronomic measures, and the most convincing geometric operations, the Earth's diurnal motion of rotation is a certainty. Astronomy for Amateurs He was an assistant of Tycho Brahe and accepted the diurnal while denying the orbital motion of the earth. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I We know some of the agents—the diurnal motion of the earth, and the sun’s heating rays. A Voyage round the World A book for boys But the first question we should ask, before proceeding to our speculative synthesis, should rather be the length of the planet's diurnal rotation and annual revolution periods. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Spurius: false: applied to aborted anterior legs in some diurnal Lepidoptera. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology In reality, the exact duration of the Earth's diurnal rotation is twenty-three hours, fifty-six minutes, four seconds. Astronomy for Amateurs The diurnal movement is from West to East and takes place in twenty-four hours. The Land of the Long Night Suppose the globe at rest, and covered with one uniform stagnant mass of atmosphere; suddenly heat, cold, and the diurnal motion commence their operations. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Why, crystalliser of the world's diurnal Experience, why plunge my soul in gloom With tidings that are ghastly and infernal? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 Why or how does seven-and-sixpence diurnally represent one the equal of the best in any society of the land? Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Spots are also visible whose displacement assists in calculating the diurnal motions of this globe. Astronomy for Amateurs No doubt it is our diurnal duty to preach that the soul of all improvement is the improvement of the soul. Christianity and Progress I told you that there were two agents at work—diurnal motion, and the heat of the sun; but to these may be added the cold of the poles, which contracts the air. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The writer in polite letters felt himself degraded by sinking into the diurnal narrator of political events, which so frequently originate in rumours and party fictions. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 And now time after time large, wide-winged, diurnal moths and glistening butterflies flew up from where they had settled on the dew-drenched herbage and fluttered before them. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris To its diurnal rotation and its annual rotation we may add another series of ten more motions: some very slow, fulfilling themselves in thousands of years, others, more rapid, being constantly renewed. Astronomy for Amateurs The birds, glancing like living gems between the clumps of foliage, were saluting each other blithely as they set out upon their diurnal quest for food. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron The diurnal motion of the globe will account for the drift-wood and sea-weed being cast off on the east or left bank of the stream. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Before the times of Galileo and Harvey the world believed in the stagnation of the blood, and the diurnal immovability of the earth; and for denying these the one was persecuted and the other ridiculed. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Such, for instance, is the system of racks in which the bottles repose while the wine undergoes its diurnal 67 shaking. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines We heard a fine lecture respecting the experiment of Foucault, by which the diurnal rotation of the earth is said to be rendered visible to the eye. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The diurnal motion prevents these currents running in straight lines. A Voyage round the World A book for boys This blue fit lasts till daybreak, and is then succeeded by the prawn's diurnal tint. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told I should think that your best line will be through the whole length of France to Marseilles, and thence by sea to Genoa, whence the passage into Tuscany is as diurnal as a Gravesend barge. Milton's Comus Our revel is over; behind us the harbour lies almost deserted, and we row back to our diurnal peace. The Mayor of Troy The sobriety of the weekly journals contrasts refreshingly with the license of their diurnal brethren. Border and Bastille No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Roll'd round in earth's diurnal course With rocks, and stones, and trees! The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language What bond could exist between the movements of that distant world and the diurnal variation of the waters of the earth? The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The association of the two dogs with day and night is the association of sun and moon with their respective diurnal divisions, and nothing more. Cerberus, The Dog of Hades The History of an Idea The diurnal forces attain a maximum at the Pole and produce sensible tides in the deeper waters of the Arctic Ocean. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club For example they do not really apply to axes fixed in the earth because of the diurnal rotation of that body. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 He found him not more than half-way towards his diurnal goal. Alec Forbes of Howglen At first he feared he had come after him for his diurnal eighty florins, but something very much worse than that was in store for him. The Poor Plutocrats The note was deep and full, like a solemn recitative, as if Nature's diurnal harmonies had sunk to this one transitional key. The Mayor of Warwick From these observations it is seen that the diurnal tide has a much smaller range than would be permissible under the hypothesis of deep water in the portion of the Arctic Basin just referred to. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Whom did he see in these diurnal expeditions into London? Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance In the second stage, as in the first, the pollutions are diurnal and nocturnal; the latter are copious and recur frequently. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. On the morrow, profiting by their diurnal immobility, I removed a little of the hair from the centre of the corselet or neck. Social Life in the Insect World It is the moment of the interlude, the hour of dine, and Paris is busied in the most important of its diurnal acts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 The diurnal portion of the Baffin Bay tide produces the diurnal portion of the tide in Smith Sound, Kane Basin, and Kennedy Channel. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club In India winter is the time of year at which the larger birds of prey, both diurnal and nocturnal, rear up their broods. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Self-enervation in the first instance brings about that irritability which evinces itself in nocturnal discharges, afterwards in inappreciable but exhaustive diurnal discharges, and subsequently in complete debility of the whole generative system. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. One diurnal and one nocturnal, between them they share the kindly half of the year. Social Life in the Insect World How shrink the shrouding mists before thy face, As up thou spring'st to thy diurnal race! Fifty years & Other Poems They show that the diurnal tide at Cape Bryant, Cape Sheridan, Point Aldrich, and Cape Morris Jesup follows that at Fort Conger by respective intervals of 3½, 5, 6, and 8 hours. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club They, in common with all diurnal birds of prey, build untidy nests in trees—mere conglomerations of sticks, devoid of any kind of architectural merit. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Thus, while the earth makes one diurnal revolution, we have continually many days in different stages of progress on our planet. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings It is also subject to the laws which govern the earth in its diurnal and annual revolutions, and moves in common with other matter at the astonishing rate of a thousand miles in an hour! Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. And then, to the practised frequenter, how, one by one, endeared figures and faces disappear from that diurnal stage! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics The diurnal tides at Pitlekaj, Point Barrow, and Flaxman Island are, as noted below, also too small to permit of this hypothesis. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Before the coming of the monsoon the diurnal chorus of the day birds begins to flag because the nesting season for many species is drawing to a close. A Bird Calendar for Northern India This diurnal revolution admits of the most delicate measurement, and, in all respects, is the most available for a unit measure. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings In all places of the earth, as soon as we descend to a certain depth, the thermometer no longer experiences either diurnal or annual variation. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Thus the diurnal waves of energy also meet a response in the organism. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays There are many other mythological factors in the story, and either a diurnal or seasonal myth may be indicated by it. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Nor do the vultures, but a large proportion of the diurnal raptores leaves the plains of India in the spring. A Bird Calendar for Northern India That the unit measure be the period occupied by the diurnal revolution of the earth, defined by the mean solar passage at the meridian twelve hours from the Prime Meridian established through Greenwich. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings But tho’ no English Author has attempted a Performance in this Kind, yet it 99 must be confess’d that in some late diurnal Papers we have had excellent Specimens in the Characteristic-Way. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) It is supposed that in the very dawn of science, Pythagoras or his disciples explained the apparent motion of the heavenly bodies about the earth by the diurnal revolution of the earth on its axis. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 "The animal Man," so I have heard my uncle, who was a learned hedgehog, say,—"the animal man is a diurnal animal; he comes out and feeds in the daytime." Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men I completed, too, the long delayed drawings of some diurnal wasp-moths and their larvæ. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man It had never before dawned upon us that we thus added three uncounted miles to our fourteen diurnally counted ones. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 A diurnal fever in some weak people is distinctly observed to come on towards evening, and to cease with a moist skin early in the morning, obeying the solar periods. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life The keyhole lodged the earwig and her brood, The emmets of the steps had old possession, And march'd in search of their diurnal food In undisturb'd procession. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Thus, more and more Ruth turned to the mongrel dog who bore the name of Rollo unflinchingly—the dog that adored her openly, shamelessly, who now without a whimper took his diurnal tubbing. The Ragged Edge The Earth spun its diurnal round, the Moon went forward in her monthly orbit. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers Helen heard them at the gate, noisy and eager; for them the supper hour was diurnally a time of a joyous lift of spirit. The Desert Valley Periods of diurnal fever, hectic fever, quotidian, tertian, quartan fever. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life And oh! when the blessed diurnal light Is quench'd by the providential night, To render our slumber more certain! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood This cerebral an�mia produces a transformation of character, demonomaniacal hallucinations, and very violent nocturnal, perhaps also diurnal, states of anxiety. Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners Then, God, look on me, From Thy throne eternal, Make pure unto Thee, This my hymn diurnal. Gladys, the Reaper Rolled round in earth's diurnal course With rocks, and stones, and trees. Mathilda The periods of hunger and thirst become catenated with certain portions of time, or degrees of exhaustion, or other diurnal habits of life. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life The climate is dry and sultry, the diurnal range of the Thermometer being from 28 to 32°. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries At length they have enough: then slowly, clingingly unclasp, turn round with gazing eyes, and are resumed, sedately, into the diurnal round of common life. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Great God, look on me, From Thy throne eternal; Make pure unto Thee This my hymn diurnal. Gladys, the Reaper He will await the diurnal stroke of fate with the same lowly and pious joy as animated the Hindoos awaiting Juggernaut. A Christmas Garland The periods of hemicrania, and of painful epilepsy, are liable to obey lunar periods, both in their diurnal returns, and in their greater periods of weeks, but are also induced by other exciting causes. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Men were invited to believe that a subterranean freely-rotating nucleus occasions by its position the diurnal and annual changes of magnetic declination. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Rice and prunes a household journal Called the chief of household boons: Hence my mother cooks diurnal Rice and prunes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892 Few stars, to tell the truth, are diurnal potencies. Custom and Myth The day was uncommonly quiet; even the diurnal fling at Mr. Rhodes was omitted. The Siege of Kimberley The gravitating motions include the annual and diurnal rotation of the earth and planets, the flux and reflux of the ocean, the descent of heavy bodies, and other ph�nomena of gravitation. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life There is a perceptible increase of oyster-shops and other establishments for the accommodation of a transitory diurnal multitude. Twice Told Tales It is noteworthy that nocturnal and diurnal incontinence of urine, as well as "stammering" of the bladder, are all specially liable to begin or to cease at puberty. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women The diurnal revolution of the earth brings the joyful sunrise and the pathetic sunset. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) That the temperature curve of diurnal birds is essentially similar to that of man and other homoiothermal animals, except that the maximum occurs earlier in the afternoon and the minimum earlier in the morning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 And if this activity be catenated with the diurnal circle of actions, an increasing inflammation is produced; as in the evening paroxysms of small-pox, and other fevers with inflammation. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Being nocturnal in their habits, the pupil of the eye, instead of being circular as in the diurnal species, is linear and vertical like those of the cat. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 They reached the priest's house unobserved; only the little dog, who was making his diurnal search there, rushed out of the entrance in a frenzy of rapture. The Waters of Edera Thus days may properly symbolize years; for they are analogous periods of time, the diurnal revolution of the earth being taken to represent the earth's annual movement. The Last Reformation Chart showing diurnal variation in body temperature, ranging from about 37.5° C. from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M., and falling to about 36.3° C. from 2 A.M to 6 A.M. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 These are caused by volition, connected by association like those above described, and afterwards become parts of our diurnal trains or circles of action. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Being nocturnal in their habits, the pupil of the eye, instead of being circular as in the diurnal species, is linear and vertical like that of the cat. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon Mr. Curtenty had, unfortunately, not reckoned with this diurnal phenomenon; he had not thought upon the undesirability of being under compulsion to drive geese by the sole illumination of gas-lamps lighted by Corporation gas. Tales of the Five Towns Our diurnal revolutions are so rapid, and the atmosphere so magnetically luminous, that it is never dark here. Strange Visitors A diurnal variation has been observed dependent on the periods of rest and activity, the maximum ranging from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M., the minimum from 11 P.M. to 3 A.M. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 This not only obtains in the annual, lunar, and diurnal catenations of animal motions, as explained in Sect. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life It is very appropriate for days to symbolize years, for they are analagous periods of time; the diurnal revolution of the earth being taken to represent the earth's annual movement. The Revelation Explained I knew a professed beggar, who made his diurnal tour through the city of Lucknow on one. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society The transitions of light and darkness, whence proceed the alternations of day and night, are produced by this diurnal revolution successively presenting the different parts of the earth to the rays of the sun. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete In their first experiments they showed that in a monkey there is a well-marked and regular diurnal variation of the body temperature, and that by reversing the daily routine this diurnal variation is also reversed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 After some days the irritative circles of motions become disordered by this new stimulus, which acts upon the mucus lining of the stomach; and sickness, vertigo, and a diurnal fever succeed. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life In certain positions on the coast, and especially at San Francisco, the winds rise diurnally, and blowing fresh upon the shore render the temperature cool in midsummer. What I Saw in California We fall in for our diurnal labours in comparative solitude, usually in heavy rain and without pomp. The First Hundred Thousand In fact, Hatteras seemed absorbed in the diurnal discovery of new perfections in his future wife. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories We would be glad to be able give a diurnal record of his modes of deportment, and getting along. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. This circumstance not only obtains in the annual and diurnal catenations of animal motions explained in Sect. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life The sun was now terminating his diurnal course, and the lights were glittering on the festal board. Headlong Hall Listen to Ayling, concocting his diurnal scheme of frightfulness with a colleague. The First Hundred Thousand Among the guests was one Captain the Hon. William Henry Cranstoun, a soldier and a Scot, whose appearance, according to a diurnal writer, was unprepossessing. Trial of Mary Blandy Boone, instead of taking a part in the diurnal and uninterrupted labor, of evaporating the water, performed the more congenial duty of hunting to keep the company in provisions, while they labored. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Are not the periods of those diurnal diseases more obstinate, that commence many hours before the southing or northing of the moon, than of those which commence at those times? Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Every thing has reference to the commencement of that diurnal session. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Nothing of tiniest worth Have I wrought, pondered, planned; no one thing asking blame or praise, Since the pale corpse-like birth Of this diurnal unit, bearing blanks in all its rays— Dullest of dull-hued days! Old and New Masters Wednesday, 17th.—I will just give an outline of my diurnal occupations, which were pretty much the same during my short stay at Cape Coast. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 To become, during this tedious captivity, perfectly acquainted with their most interior domestic and diurnal manners, was not without interest for a mind constituted like his. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Accordingly, if the barometer falls rapidly, or even if the regularity of its diurnal variation be interrupted, danger may be apprehended. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient To-day be wise and great, And put off hesitation and go forth 5 With cheerful courage for the diurnal need. Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics At close of the working day, Najib had brought the manager the usual diurnal report from the mine. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Secondly, he considers its diurnal motion, whence the change of the day and night proceeds; which we shall here insert as a specimen of the elegant versification, and sublime energy of this Poem. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. Its dial, lighted by day by the diurnal light, by night by two side-lamps, indicated at every moment which way the ship headed—that is, the direction she followed. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen He, it would appear, thought that some account of my acquisition might supply the matter for his diurnal paragraph. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 The diurnal motion of the sun is an example of a self-element: it has nothing to do with the sun but everything to do with the observer. Four-Dimensional Vistas Judging by its actions, as it trotted about before it saw me, it must be diurnal in habits. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Sometimes, at midday, when the weather is gloomy, you may see an owl upon it, apparently enjoying the refreshing diurnal breeze. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 530, January 21, 1832 Metchnikoff has speculated upon the possibility of delaying old age, and I do not see why his method should not be applied to the diurnal need of sleep. An Englishman Looks at the World Even the abridger, compiler, and translator, though their labours cannot be ranked with those of the diurnal historiographer, yet must not be rashly doomed to annihilation. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II "No motion has she now; no force, She neither hears nor sees, Roiled round in earth's diurnal course With rocks and stones and trees." English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge Thus fair he walks in Man's diurnal sphere. Poems (1828) He translated and revised so carefully, he corrected so many errors and added so many footnotes, that his industry actually devoured its own wages; and his eight dollars gradually diminished to a diurnal fifty cents. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Very different are the diurnal scenes enacted from those which passed before my eyes at the ice-closed post of Mackinack last winter. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers In his character as god of days, the deity who brings back the diurnal suns, and thus the seasons and years, Quetzalcoatl was the reputed inventor of the Mexican Calendar. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent The Birgos is diurnal in its habits; but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for the purpose of moistening its branchiae. The Voyage of the Beagle I scorn the rascal tribe, and spurn all The yearly, monthly, and diurnal. Poems (1828) And should there come to me, Some summers hence, In all the childish glee Of innocence, Fair babes, aglow with beauty vernal, My heart would bound with joy diurnal! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan It was extensively reported by the diurnal press, that I had been the victim of this unprovoked perfidy. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers According to the earlier calculations, 360 solar diurnal revolutions constituted a natural year. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion The return to ordinary conditions of sentient existence began by my first recovering the power of touch, and then by the gradual though rapid influx of familiar impressions and diurnal interests. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature |
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