| 单词 | abacus |
| 例句 | “So he swung,” Granny Smith said, “and hit the abacus.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cash register was then on his left and the abacus on his right. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Clicks from her ivory and cardinal-beaded abacus fill the main hall each morning, and the banging noises of her spintria safes fill each evening. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Later, at the Company, Uncle sat for a long time figuring things on his abacus. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia sat by the window, idly flicking the beads on the abacus up and down. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The beads click on my abacus: twelve ounces of hot chocolate = 400, but I am freezing. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z One is cluttered with newspapers and tattlers and scandal sheets, another with petit-hourglasses and abaci. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But when everybody took abacuses out of their desks, Hanako gaped. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For the first time ever, Lefty consulted Desdemona’s dream book, in the hope of calculating a winning number on the abacus of his unconscious. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Raindrops slid across the curved bottom of the rusted gutter on the edge of the roof, like shining beads on an abacus. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z An abacus is a physical tool for carrying out complicated calculations; it enables you to add and subtract, multiply and divide. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the evening, after I had cooked dinner and washed up, there would be lessons in reading and writing the Tang people’s words and in the use of the abacus for arithmetic. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Interest and discounts, addition, subtraction he worked out on the abacus with his little restless sausage fingers, and his brown friendly eyes roved over the grocery and his teeth flashed at the customers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was merely a symbol for a blank place in the abacus, a column where all the stones were at the bottom. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was counting his money, his fat ringed fingers playing over the abacus. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Between my head and the abacus, I managed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked down but I couldn’t say I’d ever seen abacus beads like that. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Not just a mere placeholder zero that represents an empty space on the abacus, but zero the number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z An abacus is a physical tool for performing mental work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She heard him muttering as he clicked the beads on his abacus, figuring out new ways to pocket a cent. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z From the top of the ride, Kat says London looks like toy-town and the cars on the roads below look like abacus beads going left and right and stopping and starting. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bailey was six and I a year younger, we used to rattle off the times tables with the speed I was later to see Chinese children in San Francisco employ on their abacuses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just like an abacus, except for one problem. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Each grouping of symbols represented a certain number of stones that had been moved on the abacus, and like each column of the abacus, each grouping had a different value, depending on its position. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Uncle slammed his abacus down on the table. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z With the abacus it’s easy to tell which number is represented. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I learned how to work the sextant, the compass, the slipstick, the abacus. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They are tools that exist as notations on the page and in my mind; like the abacus, they transform the way I operate on numbers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To do this, they used an abacus or a counting board, a device similar to an abacus, where stones or other counters get moved around on a table. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She looked at the teacher, then at her abacus, then at the other kids, who were already starting to giggle at her confusion and were murmuring ‘America-gaeri” to one another. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Hanako placed the abacus on a shelf that had been cleared off just for her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mama stuck her head out of the bedroom and asked, “Hanako, did you want your abacus?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They used slates for writing, and abacuses, weights, and measures for math. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Adding numbers on an abacus is as simple as moving the stones up and down. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Indian system of numbering allowed them to use fancy tricks to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers without using an abacus to help them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Hanako’s sensei had also given her a list of math problems that she was supposed to use the abacus to figure out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Before Arabic numerals came around, money counters had to make do with an abacus or a counting board. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Babylonian system of numbering was like an abacus inscribed symbolically onto a clay tablet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Lee Chong tilted his head back and stared at Horace through his half-glasses while his mind flicked among accounts and his right hand moved restlessly to the abacus. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A bright leaf gets caught on the abacus on my desk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z By around 300 BC the Babylonians had started using two slanted wedges to represent an empty space, an empty column on the abacus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At a small counter next to the abacus, which served as the cash register, a man wearing striped pajama bottoms and a thin white sleeveless T-shirt made an endless stream of kopis. Journeys: In Singapore, Drinking in the Kopitiam Experience 2012-06-29T15:28:14Z She incorporates hair into an abacus and a set of violin bows, one dreadlocked and the other blond. Galleries: ‘Anything Sacred,’ ‘Float,’ ‘Friends with Benefits,’ ‘Between Us’ The wristwatch “may be going the way of the abacus,” declared a news article in The Sacramento Bee in 2006. Tick, Tick, Tick, Chic 2011-07-06T19:58:31Z Sports are represented in the form of tiny windsurfers and badminton shuttlecocks, and he has acquired some oddities, like helicopters, pencil stubs, abacuses and matchbooks. When Form Meets Function: Cuff Links Throughout the Centuries 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He was a lifelong campaigner for the environment, though over the decades his politics slid, like beads on an abacus, from left to right. Review: ‘Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life’: Cursed by Beauty 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Thus many of her pieces, like earrings with lines of delicately strung freshwater pearls that resemble an abacus, are made entirely in house. For Many New York Jewelry Designers, There’s No Place Like Home 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z In the middle of the atelier, strings of abacus beads stream down like a waterfall from the ceiling 20 feet above. In Berlin, a Creative Paradise That’s Easiest to Reach by Boat 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Presumably following calculations on some abacus of celebrity value, accounts initially paid Cleese £67 per show more than the others, Palin £1 less than Jones and Chapman, and Idle £2 less. Monty Python at 50: a half-century of silly walks, edible props and dead parrots 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z A section of the exhibition devoted to educational toys includes abacuses, toy telephones, a child-size loom and kits for constructing machines, cars and buildings. Review: ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ Mix Ingenuity and Education 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Even a period-appropriate abacus will show you that there is a differential here of 43. Why has Tarantino turned The Hateful Eight into a Netflix miniseries? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z It is another liberating extension of them, as significant as books, the abacus, the pocket calculator or the Sinclair Z80. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z The floating ships in the fantasy role-playing game Honkai: Star Rail are populated with traders, gourmets and literati who surf their texts on jade abacuses. With Bamboo and Jade, Silkpunk Rebuilds History 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z For example, you can add numbers perfectly using an abacus, in which wooden beads are pushed back and forth to represent arithmetic operations. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Ms Truss, a former Treasury minister, accused her old department of promoting an "abacus economics" and insisted there needed to be a greater focus on stimulating economic growth. Treasury boss Tom Scholar received £335k payout after sacking 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z With an abacus and a slide rule, earlier helpmeets, you had to know something of the mathematical process. Opinion | What might ChatGPT do for humanity? The ancient Greeks offer a clue. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z You can put away the abacus for this year though. New stars and contenders as Champions Cup returns 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z She had accused her old department of promoting an "abacus economics" of "making sure that tax and spend add up," saying greater focus was required on promoting economic growth. James Bowler: Treasury veteran made department's top official 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Liz Truss and her allies promised that when she came into office, she would fix the economy by ditching “the stale economic orthodoxy” and “so-called abacus economics.” Opinion | An early lesson in the British pound’s free fall 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The new PM, a former Treasury minister, has accused her old department of promoting an "abacus economics" of "making sure that tax and spend add up," saying greater focus was required on promoting economic growth. Tom Scholar: Former top civil servants hit out at Treasury boss sacking 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Much of the area seemed a snapshot of an earlier time: You still needed to use a pulley to fill a bucket from the well; shopkeepers calculated bills with an abacus. Russian troops near northern Ukraine raise fears in a tiny border village 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z He marveled at Bob-Rob’s wizardry with the faithful old abacus he used for keeping highly accurate yardage stats long after everyone else had switched to computers. Legendary broadcaster Bob Robertson was like a family member to many Cougars 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z They decide the 14th Amendment doesn’t actually apply to individuals and play abacus games with the word “citizenship” until segregation persists for more than 100 years. Perspective | USWNT could settle to take care of itself. It’s fighting for something bigger. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Anybody have an abacus you can send to the county registrar? Column: For Councilman Englander, what happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Bercow once told Britain’s finance secretary, “Stick to your abacus, man.” House Speaker John Bercow on Theresa May, Brexit and why he won’t leave — yet 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The error was first spotted by Twitter user @sophophobic, who noticed that Apple’s abacus configuration appeared to be one that was never used at any point in history. Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Rather, they will be derived from employing my MacBook Air desktop calculator, which I am only using because my Fisher-Price abacus is out for cleaning. Perspective | Khris Davis owns sports’ greatest statistical oddity ever 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z I ran some quick numbers on my mighty abacus brain. It’s a bit rich of bankers to criticise the spending habits of millennials | Zoe Williams 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Baseball owners and the abacus boys would do well not to grow self-satisfied. Why Isn’t Anyone Bidding for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z He once told Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, the head of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the second-most-powerful figure in government, “Stick to your abacus, man!” Order! Order! The sharp-tongued speaker of the House of Commons is changing the rules — and maybe Brexit. 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Kidwell wasn’t aware of any abaci in the museum’s collection that used an arrangement similar to Apple’s, and even the ones that came close wouldn’t have been arranged horizontally like Apple’s icon is. Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z And we are functioning like an abacus seeking to decipher string theory. Why is Congress so dumb? 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The shop included an abacus, which was used in Russia until the late 1990s, when cash registers became commonplace. There's a museum in Russia honoring Boris Yeltsin. Team Putin doesn't like it - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Merchants tabulated invoices on abacuses or calculators that went on sale when Japan’s octogenarian emperor was still in his 40s. Iconic Tokyo fish market prepares to shed 83 years of bustle and grime 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z We were saving for various things, and nudging other beads on the abacus along just so. Opinion | To my daughter, who taught me not to worry about time 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z She did point out that you could use Apple’s abacus to do math if it were oriented correctly, though. Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z The company claims that together, the digital abacus system and the brain training games will help children improve at mental math, memory, boost self confidence, and be more creative. Why does this digital abacus exist? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z But who was it first loved the abacus? Opinion | The Sterile Society 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Not with an abacus and not with a pen. Math at the Met 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z "Driving a gas car is almost like performing heavy accounting with a very efficient abacus," Ting said. Can California Eliminate Gas Cars? 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z All three brands also use Western-style abaci, but with seven, six, and five beads, respectively, making them little more than depictions of toys. Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z All the lights in all the stores were out except in one, where an elderly Chinese gentleman was working on ledgers by candlelight, his fingers nimbling conducting the beads of his abacus. Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Every afternoon, the grandmothers of Phangane village wrap pink saris around themselves and slip abacuses and chalkboard into their backpacks. International Women's Day: Meet the grannies going to school - BBC News 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z “When I was 6, my dad taught me to use the abacus and do mental math,” one student at a selective program called MathPath wrote on the application form. Equations and Inequalities: Math, Race and Fellowship 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Because now is the time, in the final hours of a presidency, when the historians and pundits measure a commander in chief’s legacy on the abacus of accomplishment. The Obamas were a master class in dignity and civility. Did we learn what they taught? 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Apple’s is still worse, though, given that the company has failed on both number of beads and orientation for its abacus emoji. Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Occasionally, Halperin’s face, normally neutral as an abacus, registers some of the ambient darkness of these ideas. Showtime’s “The Circus” Offers Dark Lessons in Horse-Race Journalism 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “I’m like a kid going from an abacus to an Apple computer,” Long said. New theater to provide a boost for Decatur’s art scene 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z The paraders moved past gabled roofs and columned balconies and porches with gingerbread woodwork that looked like a starburst and an abacus. In a city torn by gun killings, New Orleanians turn to a cultural cornerstone to spread a message of non-violence: a second line parade, brassy but mournful, bringing together people touched by the pervasive murder rate 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Deciphering those standings requires a spreadsheet and maybe an abacus: Bruins seek to finish above .500 as Trojans jockey for Pac-12 (and NCAA) position 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z When in history was a 2:4 abacus ever used? Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Indeed, an abacus might be the most useful tool available to them on a day that is giving states in the Mountain West, the South and New England a chance to offer views. 5 Things to Watch on Super Tuesday 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Mike’s abacus may be optimistic, but 175, maybe. 2016 Nationals’ mix of young and old(er) may be the right formula 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Think about this for a moment, and maybe get your own abacus — one that's not made of little French cookies. See the massive underground pastry kitchen where Bottega Louie's macarons are made 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z “It’s kind of like saying an abacus is very much like a computer.” F.D.A. Takes Issue With the Term ‘Non-G.M.O.’ 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Other abaci emoji also have issues, but Apple’s is the worst offender And in the name of fairness, some abaci from different phone manufacturers are also off, historically speaking, but Apple’s is the worst offender. Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z And that means, in the grand abacus of how America picks its nominees, there will no reason for candidates to exit. 5 Things to Watch on Super Tuesday 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Behind him are displayed a 1,500-year-old sake pot, a vertical wall of abacuses and various objets d'art befitting a place walking distance from Little Tokyo. A step back in time and beyond the budget at Q, one of L.A.'s most exclusive sushi establishments 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z While I didn’t quite learn math on an abacus, my original stats courses required looking up tables in a book. A CEO's Perspective On The Skill Gap Between C-Level Leaders And Newly Minted MBA Graduates 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Or did they just see computers replacing lots of jobs at abacus and typewriter manufacturers as the transistor was commercialized? OracleVoice: Fear Not The Job-Destroying Robots 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z A slide rule is analog; an abacus is digital. What Computer Innovation and Fracking Have in Common [Excerpt] 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z That’s nonsense of course but it hasn’t stopped sports journalists combining their famed memories for football trivia with the output of their abacuses. Why The Lack Of Scottish Managers in Football's English Premier League Is A Non-Issue 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z You needed a giant abacus to figure Stanford's ranking. Kevin Hogan has dominated UCLA in his career at Stanford 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z They were hunting for, among other things, a rare old cylindrical abacus. A is for abacus, O is for outhouse seat: Educator donates collection to Smithsonian Were you to tell the neighbors that Sofia was doing abacus training as preparation for the 2028 International Math Olympiad, conversation might simply stop, because, well, who does that? Motherlode Blog: Parents Should Coach Academics as Seriously as They Do Sports 2014-04-09T14:08:41Z Justice Breyer said the method had been around since the abacus and was used by his mother to keep him from overdrawing his checking account. Supreme Court Seems Wary of a Software Patent Case 2014-03-31T20:10:04Z Though he liked calculator math tricks, he balanced his checkbook with an abacus. Celebrations of Mind Honor Math s Best Friend, Martin Gardner 2013-10-29T21:45:00.387Z China and India too, just like few people use an abacus to balance their books when a computer is available... even if the abacus is much cheaper. Power Play: Obama to Take on Dirty Energy in Climate Speech 2013-06-25T17:35:31Z Even back in those distant days when the only computer was an abacus, it wasn’t ownership, but rather astute application, which set one user apart from another. Complexity Barrier Makes IT Matter More Than Ever 2013-06-17T15:11:00Z Of these, the abacus is actually the oldest, but is not too familiar to the average man in the modern West. M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found 2013-05-20T22:38:47Z Nevertheless, according to these mathematicians, people with her abilities do not grow on trees, or even abacuses. India Ink: When Shakuntala Devi Came to America 2013-04-22T11:42:24Z Traders recorded their numerical data using Roman numerals, and performed calculations either by a fairly elaborate and widely used fingers procedure or with a mechanical abacus. The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution [Excerpt] 2013-03-08T15:15:00.393Z “If you program a computer, it’s a gruesome undertaking,” said Meyerson, noting that — at its most basic level — the way humans load information, bit by bit, into computers, hasn’t changed since the abacus. Computers will taste, smell and hear within five years, IBM predicts 2012-12-17T22:03:00Z The work holds the promise of leading to such new technologies as quantum computers, which would make a conventional laptop look like an abacus in terms of power and speed. A Nobel prize for being in two places at once 2012-10-09T14:40:10Z To understand what a computing machine is, let us compare a paper scheme of mathematical computation, a Chinese ... abacus and a Marchand or Fridén decimal computing machine for office use, and an electronic computing machine. M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found 2013-05-20T22:38:47Z I want to warn investors, however, that abacus banking doesn’t enhance shareholder value. Why Do Bankers Make So Many Stupid Mistakes? 2012-10-04T16:30:41Z Mums sip on flat whites, nibbling courgette cake and chatting as their kids fight over an abacus, splattering "babyccinos" across the wooden floor. Chatsworth Road: the frontline of Hackney's gentrification 2012-07-07T19:20:13Z We learned how to use the abacus together; we learned about mixing oils; he taught me silverpoint and charcoal; we worked with pastels, with gold leaf. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Nevertheless, there is not the slightest logical difference between the abacus and the ordinary paper computation. M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found 2013-05-20T22:38:47Z That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The abacus Ichiro did arithmetic with and a pianica keyboard instrument he played are on top of the desk, alongside the calligraphy set used for his daily writing assignments. Ichiro museum opens window to Japan's baseball icon 2012-03-23T04:42:04Z It's akin to trying to "infer an abacus from a modern PC," he notes. Did Life's First Cells Evolve in Geothermal Pools? 2012-02-15T20:15:00.220Z What would be said to him when the end came, and accounts were totted up upon the abacus, if he had rebelled? The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The desk computing machine is neither more nor less than a mechanized abacus, in which our memory is replaced by certain internal interlockings of the machine. M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found 2013-05-20T22:38:47Z Mr. Otter said of a teacher like Ms. Rosenbaum, “If she only has an abacus in her classroom, she’s missing the boat.” Grading the Digital School: Idaho Teachers Fight a Reliance on Computers 2012-01-04T02:30:25Z The jambs are of “short and long” work, and the abacus has a very simple zig-zag moulding. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z In the capitals of the so-called lesser propylaea at Eleusis conventional eagles with two feet support the angles of the abacus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Very few of these capitals fit the abacus on which they rest; most of them are exquisitely carved with foliage free from all imagery. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z From this the transition to the square abacus is effected by an egg and tongue and a bead and reel moulding. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z You don't need a chart or even an abacus to illustrate that. FedEx Cup is best possible finish to golf season 2011-09-27T19:45:10Z Facing such competition, manufacturers are seeking strategies to prevent the graphing calculator from going the way of the abacus. Graphing calculators face new competition 2011-09-11T23:56:29Z We were supposed to do this all by hand, using carbon paper and electric typewriters and an abacus for counting and doing statistical analysis. W. B. Kannel, Who Led Historic Heart Study, Dies at 87 2011-08-23T02:21:46Z Above the abaci of the capitals three lions, crouching on consoles or brackets, grip in their thin claws a snake, a dragon, and a demon. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The notation of the Romans, in particular, could adapt itself so ill to arithmetical operations, that nearly all their calculations had to be made by the abacus. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z A computation, whether it is performed by electronic machinery, on an abacus or in a biological system such as the brain, is a physical process. The Fundamental Physical Limits of Computation 2011-06-01T17:45:02.143Z “In fact it may be taught to dance according to arithmetical measure and made to save a vast amount of ciphering, performing in this respect the use of the abacus.” Homogenetic Enumeration: A Numerical System Guaranteed to Move You 2011-05-31T22:15:00.253Z Thus the Corinthian capital is beautiful, because it expands under the abacus just as Nature would have expanded it; and because it looks as if the leaves had one root, though that root is unseen. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The capitals are boldly cut, with heavy square abaci, from which bosses and floral work protrude. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The abacus of the capitals is generally made up of two bold round mouldings, with a deep hollow between. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z It consists of three principal divisions—the architrave immediately above the abacus of the column, next the frieze, and then the cornice. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z "If the centre backs follow," he added, producing an abacus from his inside pocket. The Sound of Silence and A Most Peculiar Man 2011-03-07T16:54:40Z We'll end up trying to explain to our children that there were actual shops that sold physical discs loaded with musical recordings – as anachronistic as a blacksmith's forge or a wooden abacus. Bankers played a leading role in the crisis, but they aren't criminals 2011-03-05T00:06:08Z They rest on the abaci of the pilasters which form a sort of drip-course right along the fa�ade. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z We worked, not with slate and pencil, but with a rectangular wooden frame set with beads, resembling an abacus. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Think again as our datablog uses its abacus to reveal how Premier League clubs splashed the cash in January. The Fiver: 2011-02-01T16:31:36Z In the first five days after reopening, nearly 1,700 visitors trekked through the museum's 19 interlinked galleries, which provide a journey through the history of technology, from the abacus to the iPod. The Computer History Museum Gets a Reboot 2011-01-27T22:00:00Z The cash register is broken, so he’s keeping tabs on an abacus. DealBook: Roasting and Toasting the Deal Makers 2011-01-04T02:57:00Z Above the abacus of each capital is the simple Norman bowl capital inlaid with rich mosaic. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z “I’m being asked to prepare students for the global economy, but this is almost like asking them to use the abacus instead of computers.” Budget-Cutting Colleges Bid Some Languages Adieu 2010-12-05T03:41:00Z The use of the circular abacus begun in the preceding century entirely supersedes the square abacus which was retained in France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Capitals with scroll moulding on under side of abacus, with elegant foliage arranged horizontally. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Procula was probably a dwarf. urceoli: displayed on the sideboard, or abacus, beneath which was a reclining statuette of the Centaur Chiron. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes The village schoolmaster not only does not teach the use of the abacus, or reckoning board, but it is by no means certain that he understands it himself. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The inside abutments are molded with a small column with a square abacus and base. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album He was playing with a brown-wood abacus, and by his side was his day-book bound in oiled paper, and the tray of Indian ink, with the brushes and the porcelain supports for the brushes. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The shape and ornaments given to the abacus are often of considerable importance as indications of the position in architectural history which the building in which it occurs should occupy. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Mrs. Full was apparently pulling levers and moving blocks of vividly colored material back and forth on rods; like an abacus, thought her husband. The Enormous Room Both abaci and bases have been placed at right angles to the arches they support. Cathedrals of Spain Their basket, topped by a square abacus, is adorned with small angle hooks. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Brad calculated rapidly and put down his abacus. The Sloths of Kruvny Norman abacus blended with Early English foliage in capitals. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance This character soon after vanishes; and, in 1380, the profile e, at once heavy, feeble, and ungraceful, with a meagre and valueless abacus hardly discernible, is characteristic of all the capitals of Venice. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The finely carved capitals carry square abaci in the side aisles and circular ones in the nave. Cathedrals of Spain Topped with a square abacus slightly chamfered, the central base supports both the fallout of a ceiling arch and the one of two ribs. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The half figure 365 of the Deity comes out of the abacus, the arm meeting that of Moses, both at full stretch, with the stone tablets between. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Capitals with mouldings large, angular, and few, with abacus and bell imperfectly defined. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Plate X. represents, in one view, the cornices or string-courses of Venice, and the abaci of its capitals, early and late; these two features being inseparably connected, as explained in Vol. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) But evidently the projecting corners of the abacus at a, Fig. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Molded as a champered band, the impost topping the pier forms the abacus of the capitals of the two columns. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The abacus of the capital has already been given at a, Plate XVI., The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), In later Norman and transitional work the faces of this block and the edges of the abacus are often richly moulded. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The three central ones are Renaissance work, and marry admirably with their heavy, ornamented abaci, which in the others appear over-heavy, and plainly an addition. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia We have hitherto considered bell and abacus as both derived from the concentration of the cornice. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The impost also forms the abacus of the capitals. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The square abacus may be taken as the best test. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them Echinus, in Greek Doric architecture, the principal moulding of the capital placed immediately under the abacus. Architecture Classic and Early Christian Two of them are queer, rough things, with brackets at the angles in place of volutes, and a deep abacus sloping back, with a cross upon it. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Our next idea would be to put a conical shaped stone beneath this abacus, to support its outer edge, as at b. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The columns are topped with capitals with a square abacus. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Early English capitals are usually bell-shaped, and are, in the smaller examples, quite devoid of ornament, with the exception of a necking and one or two mouldings round the abacus. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them Capitals of a basket-shape, and with a square abacus, often richly sculptured, are employed. Architecture Classic and Early Christian The nave caps are debased Corinthian, with ornamented volutes and one row of flat acanthus-leaves, the abacus being square. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia And lastly, Law 4 asserts the necessity of the thick abacus for the shallow bell; but the steep bell may have a thick abacus also. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Divided by a small column with a square abacus and a square base, these twin bays are topped by a semi-circular arch molded with a simple torus and resting on attached columns. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album In the large examples the bell is covered with foliage, which, springing direct from the necking, curls over most gracefully beneath the abacus. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them The abacus is less deep than in the Greek Doric, and it is always moulded at the edge, which was never the case with the Doric abacus. Architecture Classic and Early Christian The abacus of each column is set diagonally to the diameter of the octagon, and between it and the lower side of the architrave are interposed thin blocks of stone rounded at the ends. Portuguese Architecture That the most elaborate capitals were formed by true or 306 simple capitals with a common cornice added above their abacus. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The external grain rests on two thick attached columns topped by a square chamfered abacus, which goes on as a chamfered band on the wall. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Perpendicular capitals are either circular or octagonal, but the necking is usually of the former shape, and the upper members of the abacus of the latter form. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them The abacus is moulded, and is curved on plan, and the base of the capital is marked by a very unusual turning-down of the flutes of the columns. Architecture Classic and Early Christian The capitals, however, are different, having an eight-sided bell on which rests a square block with a bud carved at each angle, and above an abacus, moulded all round. Portuguese Architecture LXIII. used for the abacus; the reader could hardly have a neater little bit of syntax for a first lesson. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The carved basket capitals are topped by a thick square abacus. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Hence the first string-course ceases to mark a gallery level and becomes the abacus level of the dome columns, as in the north and in the south churches of the Pantokrator. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture We first meet with these fluted columns at Corinth, of very sturdy proportions, and having a wide, swelling, clumsy moulding under the abacus by way of a capital. Architecture Classic and Early Christian The capitals are more curious than beautiful; the lower have clumsy, early-looking foliage and a large and curious abacus. Portuguese Architecture If they will glance along the line of sections from 1 to 6, they will see that the profile 13 is their final development, with a superadded cornice for its abacus. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The carved capital baskets are topped by a thick square abacus. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Here the classic form is accurately adhered to, but, as the curved abacus was unsuitable to the arch, a large splayed abacus or impost block is placed above the capital. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The capitals of the columns and piers have a square abacus, and, generally speaking, are of the cushion-shaped sort, commonly known as basket-capitals, and are profusely carved. Architecture Classic and Early Christian In front the capitals are round next the neck moulding and square next the moulded abacus, while at the sides they become eight-sided. Portuguese Architecture This superadded abacus was instantly felt to be harsh in its projecting angle; but you know what to do with an angle when it is harsh. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The arch rests on plain abutments through a square abacus, that goes on as an horizontal band along the wall. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The little birds under the angles of the abaci should not be overlooked. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The invention of it I think may fairly be attributed to the Chinese; though it has been compared, how justly I cannot pretend to say, to the Roman abacus. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton On them, moulded at the ends, but not in front or behind, rest abaci, from which spring stilted arches. Portuguese Architecture The steeper the slope of the bell, the thinner may be the abacus. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Molded in quarter-round, the capital abaci go on as an horizontal band along the wall. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album To the east the bema arch springs from the abacus level and all three apses have low vaults, a somewhat unusual arrangement. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The architrave rests upon them, and, as in Greece and Egypt, its immediate weight is borne by abaci. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 They have no abacus proper, but instead two branches are bent round, bound together by a wide ribbon. Portuguese Architecture The use of the abacus is eminently to equalise the pressure over the surface of the bell, so that the weight may not by any accident be directed exclusively upon its edges. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) These baskets are topped with a square abacus going on as a square horizontal band along the wall. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The lower window is a Turkish insertion, and above it, rising from the vaulting 154string-course at the level of the abacus course in the church, is a triple window of the type already described. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The area of this hall is 70,629 feet; the central columns are thirty-six feet in circumference and sixty-two feet high, without reckoning the plinth and abacus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The capitals are exactly like those at Santarem, but being of granite are much coarser, with roses instead of winged heads on the unmoulded abaci. Portuguese Architecture In proportion to the strength of these edges, this function of the abacus is superseded, and these edges are strong in proportion 115 to the steepness of the slope. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The capital baskets carved with human heads are topped with abaci molded in quarter-round. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album But I at least can find no critical abacus on which, by totting up the values of both, I can make one greatly outvalue the other. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century He is meticulously careful in stressing the point that the demarcations arrived at by the use of his abacus are not absolute, but conditioned by Einstein's theory of relativity. Punch or the London Charivari, October 10, 1920 Some are round, but they are more commonly eight-sided, or have at least an eight-sided abacus, often with the sides hollow forming a star. Portuguese Architecture They are the exact contrary of the rude early abacus at Milan, given in Plate XVII. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The grain rests on two thick columns through a band modled in quarter-round forming the abacus of the capitals and going on along the bare wall. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album In the windows of the second stage the abacus of the capitals is continued as a string from window to window. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Exchequer methods up to the sixteenth century were founded on the abacus, though when we have details later on, a different and simpler form was used. The Earliest Arithmetics in English From the centre of each abacus, cutting across the arch mouldings, another moulding runs up, which being returned across the top encloses the upper part of each light in a smaller square frame. Portuguese Architecture XXVI., the bell at a would carry weight safely enough without any abacus, but that at c would not: it would probably have its edges broken off. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Arithmetic is holding the tables of the abacus, and below her is sitting Abraham, its inventor. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi The capitals, as usual, are compound and composed of plain inverted bells, and have square tops with the abacus hollowed and grooved. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric It is not quite so characteristic as some of the work at Bayeux, but it uses the round abacus freely, although not exclusively. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine They are carved with more elaborate foliage and gilt, and the abaci follow more exactly the line of the caps below and are carved and gilded in the same way. Portuguese Architecture The abacus superimposed might be on a very thin, little more than formal, as at b; but on c must be thick, as at d. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Ignoramuses who don’t know an aumbry from an abacus, charlatans, amateur faddists, they will abuse our work. The Nebuly Coat The capitals are less advanced in style, as the part just above the bell is not moulded and the abacus retains the square edge. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric But for a few square abaci which are used, and for the appearance of early tracery in the side windows, it might pass as a purely Lancet building. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine While at the sides there is no distinct abacus, in the centre it is always square and moulded. Portuguese Architecture We have hitherto considered the abacus as necessarily a separate stone from the bell: evidently, however, the strength of the capital will be undiminished if both are cut out of one block. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) This, as pictured in the text, is the common Gerbert abacus. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The arch of the doorway is a plain, round-headed arch with its edges left quite square, and the impost is plain with the exception of a hollow immediately below the abacus. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire The abacus is heavy, and is carved with sunk diapers. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys The thin columns are also round, but the bases are eight-sided; so are the capitals, but with a round abacus of boughs and twisted ribbons. Portuguese Architecture If there be any awkwardness in the junction, it is concealed by the decoration, and one abacus serves, in most cases, for all. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) It is possible that one of the forms of ancient abacus suggested to some Hindu astronomer or mathematician the use of a symbol to stand for the vacant line when the counters were removed. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The arch is distinctly horse-shoe-shaped, and on the nave side has a square label merging into the abacus, while the chancel side has none. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire The caps are simple and of an ordinary transitional form, each with a square abacus. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys On the north side a good trefoil-headed door leads to the interior, where the arches are round, the piers clustered with cable-moulded capitals and starry eight-sided abaci. Portuguese Architecture There is, however, evident sacrifice of sound principle in this system, the smaller abaci being of no use. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Bubnov holds that the forms first found in Europe are derived from ancient symbols used on the abacus, but that the zero is of Hindu origin. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The actual work is strikingly like that of the transepts, the peculiar thin square abacus, combined with a round capital, being a noteworthy point in both these portions of the building. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The height of the abacus is one seventh of the height of the capital. The Ten Books on Architecture The abacus is plain, and the broad pilasters which carry the outermost order are beautifully carved on the broader face with a small running pattern of leaves. Portuguese Architecture On this exquisite capital there is imposed an abacus of the profile with which we began our investigation long ago, the profile a of Fig. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The significance of the term ġobār is doubtless that these numerals were written on the dust abacus, this plan being distinct from the counter method of representing numbers. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The arcade consists of low massive circular piers, with cushion capitals and plain chamfered abaci, which support semi-circular arches of one order also chamfered. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See Let the height of the capital be divided into three parts, of which one will form the abacus with its cymatium, the second the echinus with its annulets, and the third the necking. The Ten Books on Architecture All the details are extremely refined—almost Byzantine in their delicacy—especially the capitals, and the abaci against the walls, which are carried along as a beautiful string course from pier to pier. Portuguese Architecture The shroff was clicking on his abacus, and left off snicking the beads up and down to remark casually that the compradore had gone. Civilization Tales of the Orient So the abacus held the field for a long time, even against the new algorism employing the new numerals. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals On the abacus and arch of this doorway occurs a leaf pattern strongly suggesting the Byzantine influence which at one time was found in Norman decoration. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See The faces of the volutes must recede from the edge of the abacus inwards by one and a half eighteenths of that same amount. The Ten Books on Architecture These pillars have each a green abacus at the top of each capital and scarlet bead below. Illuminated Manuscripts The abaci of the Early English capitals in the main arcade are of Barnack stone, which is harder than clunch and so more suitable for bearing a weight. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey The operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication upon this form of the abacus required little explanation, although they were rather extensively treated, especially the multiplication of different orders of numbers. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The abaci are square and moulded, while the caps proper carry at their angles rudely carved volutes such as occur in the White Tower, London. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See The projection of the echinus beyond the fillet of the abacus should be equal to the size of the eye. The Ten Books on Architecture The columns stand less than their diameter apart, and the abaci are so broad that they nearly touch. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Four bunches of leaves spring from long stiff stalks, and support the square abacus, one under each corner. The World of Romance being Contributions to The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 If they had been using an abacus constructed like the Russian chot�, and had placed this before all learners of the positional system, there would have been little trouble. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The Romans themselves, in computing large numbers, always had recourse to the abacus—a counting-frame with balls on parallel wires, somewhat similar to that now used in infant-schools. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 Let the height of the capital, including its abacus, be equivalent to the thickness of the base of a column. The Ten Books on Architecture The vast columns, with the sudden tapering, the overhanging capitals, the stern, square abacus, all betoken the infancy of art. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two The abacus of the Roman and Chinese extended the scope of simple mathematical operations as it employed more symbolic elements. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope He uses the sipos simply as a kind of marker on the abacus. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The last and most projecting course is made up of twenty-six convergent stones, which are held in place by merely the weight of the abacus. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt The faces should curve inwards, by one ninth of the breadth of the face, from the outside edge of the corners of the abacus. The Ten Books on Architecture Whoever has visited St. Petersburg or Moscow has doubtless seen the abacus, or calculating machine used in Russian shops. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life When did the abacus, or the "tabel" referred to in my former letters, cease to be used as calculating instruments? Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 If a vacant column, e.g. in the abacus, was so called, the initial might have given the early forms and for the zero. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals Neither is the abacus hidden as in the campaniform capital, but stands out boldly, and displays the cartouche of the royal founder. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt Omitting the height of the abacus, let the rest be divided into three parts, of which one should be given to the lowest leaf. The Ten Books on Architecture The abacus, however, in its ordinary form, is essentially a decimal instrument: but its form was also varied for commercial purposes, perhaps in different ways. Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850 It rises as far up as to the string-course formed by the continuation of the abaci of the capitals in the two small single-light windows. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See The Ionic capital, belonging to a more feminine style, exhibits the abacus subordinated to that beautiful cushion-shaped member with its two spirally marked volutes. The Beautiful Necessity Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture From the top stair a doorway opens to the exterior of the abacus, which will be enclosed with a massive iron railing, so as to form a prospect gallery. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 582, December 22, 1832 The abacus has a width equivalent to the thickness of the bottom of a column. The Ten Books on Architecture This all seems to point to the art of dispensing with the use of the abacus or counting table. Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850 But the abaci of its capitals run from the jambs across to the buttresses, as is the case with those of the doorway. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See The Corinthian capital consists of an ordered mass of delicately sculptured leaf and scroll forms sustaining an abacus which though relatively masculine is yet more curved and feminine than that of any other style. The Beautiful Necessity Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture The fine arcades, with their cylindrical columns and circular abaci, are too obvious to escape notice, but particular attention should be paid to the twisted pillar on the N.E. Somerset The flowers on the four sides are to be made as large as the height of the abacus. The Ten Books on Architecture The samurai derived his income from land and could even indulge, if he had a mind to, in amateur farming; but the counter and abacus were abhorred. Bushido, the Soul of Japan The restored abaci of the capitals, like the originals, are some of them square, others irregular octagons. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See There is absolutely no decorative element except four shallow masks beneath the abaci of the pilasters. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti The carving on the capitals is regarded by some as bearing traces of Saxon craftsmanship, but this is doubtful; note in some cases absence of abacus. Somerset Then, of the nine and a half parts let one and a half be reserved for the height of the abacus, and let the other eight be used for the volutes. The Ten Books on Architecture In the Archaic-Greek Ionic order, owing to the greater width of the capital, the abacus is rectangular in plan, and consists of a carved ovolo moulding. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Above them may be seen the square abaci which are so much used in all the later work in the cathedral. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See The half figure of the Deity comes out of the abacus, the arm meeting that of Moses, both at full stretch, with the stone tablets between. Stones of Venice [introductions] All you're good for is to work the small abacus, to divide a catty and to fraction an ounce, so finicking are you! Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books It has semicircular arches, made of Roman bricks, springing from square massive piers with single abaci. English Villages In later examples the abacus is square, except where there are angle volutes, when it is slightly curved over the same. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The capitals to these are carved, and have square abaci, rounded at the angle, as they pass over the capitals. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See He learned to read, to write with a stylus on wax tablets, and to cipher by means of the reckoning board, or abacus. Early European History It's true I call myself a merchant; but I've never in point of fact handled the scales or the abacus. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books The abacus, the hundred square and the thousand cube, will then in all probability become its cardinal numerical memories. Mankind in the Making In the Roman and Renaissance Ionic capital, the abacus is square with a fillet On the top of an ogee moulding, but curved over angle volutes. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 These abaci, which are finely moulded, are not more than about two and a half inches in depth. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See The capitals are of the bell form, ornamented with all kinds of foliage, and have a narrow but high abacus. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements The Red Wand stood by the abacus, rattling the brown beads with flying fingers, like a shroff. Dragon's blood The capitals are of the bell form, ornamented with all kinds of foliage, and have a narrow but high abacus, or bulge out below, and are contracted above, with low, but projecting abacus. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The name of ``abacus'' is also given, in logic, to an instrument, often called the ``logical machine,'' analogous to the mathematical abacus. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It shows, too, in the second bay, the level of the old abaci which ran across from each capital in the window jambs and stopped against the sides of the buttresses. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See However, by reason of the strength given by the bell and the projecting outward and upward curving form of the abacus, the suggestion of weakness in the Corinthian form is overcome, but the gentleness remains. The Principles of Aesthetics "Now, then," he thought, and sat up to the cranny; for the rattle of the abacus had stopped. Dragon's blood In faro it is customary for the case-keeper to sit on the opposite side of the table from the dealer, with a device before him resembling an abacus, or Chinese adding-machine. The Spoilers In the Greek Doric order the abacus is a plain square slab. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The next is a continuation of the abaci of the capitals. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See The two forces come to rest in the abaci, which, as the crowning members of the columns, directly carry the weight of the entire entablature. The Principles of Aesthetics Above the spiral roll is a low abacus, oblong or square in plan. A History of Greek Art Now look under the abacus of this capital; you will find the stone hollowed out wonderfully; and also in this arch-mould. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Though the month was February below it was May in the abacus of the column. Two on a Tower The abacus, nearly six inches deep, has a flat upper part on which a continuous diaper of Greek crosses has been cut. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See The physical presence of stones gave way to easier methods of calculation: the abacus, as well as to marks recorded on bone, shell, leather, and paper, to a number system, and to symbols for numbers. The Civilization of Illiteracy It will be observed that the pillar has a low, round base, with beveled edge; also, at the top, a square abacus, which is simply a piece of the original four-sided pillar, left untouched. A History of Greek Art The capitals which crown the pillars recall those of the Ionic order, but the abacus is much more developed. History of Phoenicia The windows have label-moulds over them, and the abaci of the capitals are carried across the buttresses on either side as a string-course. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See |
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