| 单词 | great circle |
| 例句 | They came swimming out of the west, but as they saw the canoe they turned around in a great circle and began to follow me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the great circle of light, men crawl over the crumpled form of a collapsed school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In a great circle, under the starry sky and the waxing moon, they now made their bivouac. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Felicia designed great circles of overlapping shells on the sand, as if someone on the moon, or farther still, might read their significance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper birds swirled upward in a massive formation overhead before alighting in a great circle on the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was not long before most of the townspeople had gathered around us in a great circle. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We stood in a great circle singing at the top of our voices. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was a wide treeless space before them, running in a great circle and bending away on either hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When the last of them was out of the trucks, the soldiers made a great circle around them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A cold wind had risen, swirling the leaves in great circles above their heads. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “They surround the town in a great circle,” Bear said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z One who passed in and came at length out of the echoing tunnel, beheld a plain, a great circle, somewhat hollowed like a vast shallow bowl: a mile it measured from rim to rim. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The life of writer Conrad Aiken, like the best of his work, was a great circle. Is it time to rediscover Conrad Aiken? 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z I’ll take the whole railing, thank you, keep its great circle intact. A Memory Museum, Courtesy of a Critic-Curator 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z A heartbroken man walks in great circles, so Goldman and designer Misha Kachman have him parade through the seats of the small Theater J auditorium. Fable of grief has clipped wings at Theater J 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Since an airplane can’t go through the solid body of the Earth, the shortest distance is not a straight line but the arc of a great circle. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z He credits his routine of helping keep him up along with a great circle of support, having heard from hundreds of people since his mother died. Titans safety still in bit of shock after mother’s death 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “The great circle in the sky,” as Brandt calls it, may be a region just beyond the heliopause where ions snared in a magnetic field spawn ENAs. ‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z These sites were planned on the image of a great circle — or series of circles — of houses, with nobody first, nobody last, divided into districts with assembly buildings for public meetings. Opinion | Ancient History Shows How We Can Create a More Equal World 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Stone Age farmers in Wales’s Preseli Hills built a great monument: They carved columns of unspotted dolerite, or bluestone, from a nearby quarry, then thrust them upright in a great circle aligned with the Sun. England’s Stonehenge was erected in Wales first 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The terrestrial system of latitude and longitude makes use of the great circles called meridians. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Rutschman was introduced to the Camden Yards crowd at the end of the third inning, one great circle of baseball life closing, another beginning. Manny Machado returns to Baltimore to cheers and ‘weird’ vibes at Camden Yards 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Even on a curved surface, like Earth, the question has an easy answer — an arc known as a great circle. Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Win Abel Prize for Mathematics 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z In some of the biggest moments of his career, Alex Bregman can sense a great circle of life bending around to completion. Alex Bregman nears MLB greatness set in motion generations ago in D.C. sandlots and boardrooms 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In the great circle of blame and shame, the Democrats justify this by noting that regular order and mutual respect were already dead in the Supreme Court confirmation process. Opinion | America, we are on our own 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z A great circle is any circle on the surface of a sphere whose center is at the center of the sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z All straight-line paths along a sphere form a shape called a great circle. This ocean path will take you on the longest straight-line journey on Earth 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The team set up stations to measure the waves as they travelled in a great circle from New Zealand to Alaska. Walter Munk, Inventor of Surf Forecast, Turns 100 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Williams sits at the center of the Bregman family’s great circle of life. Alex Bregman nears MLB greatness set in motion generations ago in D.C. sandlots and boardrooms 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z This main site, adjacent to the Atlas experiment, sits on the southern side of the LHC's great circle and straddles the Swiss border. LHC restart: 'We want to break physics' 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z For example, Earth’s equator is a great circle on Earth’s surface, halfway between the North and South Poles. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The equator, for example, is a great circle. This ocean path will take you on the longest straight-line journey on Earth 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The hulking prairie giants were revered as providers of food, clothing and shelter, but when they were slaughtered and the tribes forced off their lands and onto reservations, the great circle was broken. EXCHANGE: Pecatonica family finds niche with bison 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z In generations past, making children was seen as part of the great circle of life, or maybe as producing little hands to help out on the farm. I’m Panning for Millennial Gold 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z “Our own Tyche search has thus far focused only on the predicted great circle, or a sixth of the sky,” said Whitmire. Sun May Still Have Low-Mass Solar Companion, Say Astrophysicists Searching NASA WISE Mission Data 2013-03-31T04:28:18Z We can also imagine a series of great circles that pass through both the North and South Poles. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Initially, the researchers tried to brute force the answer by examining every possible great circle on the planet. This ocean path will take you on the longest straight-line journey on Earth 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle Ð that is, twice 72 degrees. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z For the most part the canals are straight in their course and do not swerve much from a great circle on the planet. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In astronomy the horizon is that great circle of the sphere the plane of which is at right angles to the direction of the plumb line. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Halfway between the celestial poles, and thus 90° from each pole, is the celestial equator, a great circle on the celestial sphere that is in the same plane as Earth’s equator. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z So, the team instead turned to an optimization algorithm known as “branch and bound,” a computer program that tests only a few subsets of all the possible great circles. This ocean path will take you on the longest straight-line journey on Earth 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Azimuth circle, or Vertical circle, one of the great circles of the sphere intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Like a giant bird, it was now describing great circles, and with every one its distance from the earth was lessened. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z A lie is no part of the great circle, including the universe within its grasp, and consequently, as I said before, will fit nothing except another lie. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Is this an example of a great circle? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z There was no horse anywhere to be seen; there was nothing to be seen but the low bushes and the bunches of dry grass, and the great circle of the desert against the horizon. The Bushranger's Secret 2012-02-09T03:00:14.847Z At last two attendants entered the arena, walked up to a hydrant in the centre, fastened on a hose, and watered the great circle. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Ver′ticalness.—Vertical angles, opposite angles formed by intersecting lines; Vertical circle, a great circle of the heavens passing through the zenith and the nadir. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The poles of all faces in the same zone on the crystal will lie on a great circle of the sphere, which are therefore called zone-circles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Moreover, the destroyer is constantly changing its course, making great circles and indulging in other disconcerting movements. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z A Spring was there,25 An everlasting Spring, the jolly yeare Led round in his great circle; no wind's breath As then did smell of Winter or of Death. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z The "burning fiery furnace" was nothing else than an emblem of that region of the great circle which the sun enters at midsummer, or the sign Cancer. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z The circle in which a sphere is cut by a plane is called a “great circle,” when the cutting plane passes through the centre of sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The straight lines and circular arcs are the projections on the equatorial plane of the great circles in which the nine planes of symmetry intersect the sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z We cast ourselves feverishly, like hounds; we galloped great circles; someone found the paper again, and yelled like a maniac. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z The boys were relieved to see the great circle on the control planes of the machine in the distance, which showed them it was a French reconnoitering airplane. The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman 2011-11-07T02:00:17.100Z Avebury village stands on the road to Swindon, on the borders of Marlborough Downs, and has been built within a great circle which appears to have been approached by an avenue of standing stones. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Treating the earth as a sphere, the meridians of longitude are all great circles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z It grows larger and clearer, sinks down and, wheeling in great circles, reveals itself as a vulture. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z This great circle on the celestial sphere is called the celestial equator, or, by an older name, the equatorial, the significance of which we shall see presently. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z That the area of the sphere, a curved surface, should exactly equal the sum of the areas of four great circles, plane surfaces, is the remarkable feature. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z And now they could see a great fire spring up, just a little way from the water’s edge, and soon the savages were observed dancing wildly around it in three or four great circles. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Of the parallels of latitude, the equator only is a great circle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z There was a second shifting of the crowd as they pushed their way toward the front, pressing in a great circle upon the ring of soldiers who were hemming Nathan in. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z A star rising due east would traverse this great circle of the celestial sphere and set due west. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The shortest line that can be drawn on the surface of a sphere between two points is the minor arc of a great circle joining the two points. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z A hawk would course round and round in great circles in the air, uttering every now and then a most distressful scream. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The shortest line joining any two points is an arc of a great circle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Horses and men, we bivouac in a great circle along the steep banks of a sluggish stream. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z The path of such a star is represented in Figure 2 by the great circle EMWM′, which also represents the celestial equator. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The small circles of latitude are straight lines, and so are the meridians and the equator, but other great circles are represented by curved lines. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z If the halo is not perfectly spherical but somewhat flattened, it will exert a torque on the orbits of stars in the stream and cause a marked deviation from a great circle. The Dark Side of The Milky Way 2011-09-20T14:45:05.700Z But a great circle does divide the surface of a sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z He notes with a cheer of joy that the charge is checked—that the Indians have veered off and are now dashing in a great circle around the central point on the height beyond. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z We have still to define a great circle of the celestial sphere that is of equal importance with the celestial equator and the celestial horizon. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The area of the surface of a sphere is equal to the product of its diameter by the circumference of a great circle. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z As it happens, the streams are observed to be very thin, and their orbits around the galaxy are nearly great circles. The Dark Side of The Milky Way 2011-09-20T14:45:05.700Z In a great circle we sweep round to our old starting-point, and I get ready to make another attempt. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z He caused a great circle to be enclosed, with only one outlet; then he took his place in the middle, and began to wish as hard as he could. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z The sun’s apparent path, moreover, would be in the plane of the earth’s orbit and when projected against the celestial sphere, which is infinite in extent, would appear as a great circle of that sphere. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z It looked so near—the town there, the great circle of the port, the mass of the hills crowding round. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z While the B125 cruised around us in a great circle, we loaded our belongings into the box, and Kazu picked us up and signalled the plane that we were ready. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z We fly over to a "blind spot," and, climbing in great circles, see our height indicator record in turn, three, four, and then five thousand feet. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z The travelling dawn was not visible: the sun rose and sank, and was only visible through half of the great circle. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z This great circle of the celestial sphere is the ecliptic. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The Crows had dismounted and taken shelter behind their ponies, and the Blackfeet were riding about them in a great circle, but keeping safely beyond bow range. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z There, from the cover of the last bush, a laggard bird springs as if thrown from a catapult, describing in his flight an arc of a great circle, and clearly defined against the steel-blue sky. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z It was a sunny day when we left the ground, and rose up in great circles over the huddled red roofs of Dunkerque, and the pink-and-white seaside suburb of Malo-les-Bains. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z Last of all, the sweet turtle-doves cooed and wooed; beauteous June wearing her roses came, and the sun shone at the highest point of his great circle. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The hour circle of any star is the great circle passing through it and perpendicular to the plane of the equator. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Men, women and children had assembled in a great circle about the dancers. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z You can trace out this great circle, from which astronomical longitudes are reckoned, by drawing an imaginary line from the equinoctial point just indicated through α in Andromeda and β in Cassiopeia to the pole-star. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z The equator, and meridian lines, are great circles. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z That’s when I was drowned again; and when I came to I found we were settled in the still centre of a great circle of waters under the left bank, outer the main current. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The angular velocity of the moon’s motion in its projected great circle is much greater than that of the sun in the ecliptic. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The little company of riders stopped on the summit of a grassy knoll and looked with pride on the great circle of lodges which dotted the plain. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z It is divided by the two great circles of the meridian and equator, which cut each other at light angles, into four equal parts, namely, those of the north-west, north-east, south-west, and south-east. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z A degree upon the equator, upon a meridian, or any great circle of the earth, is equal to 691/2 miles. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Just as it was with our little circle at Eisenach, so it is with the great circle at the university. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z The whole heavens were divided into twelve portions by great circles passing through the north and south points of the horizon. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z “There's an abundance of them around a great circle in the sky, and that suggests that there's something perturbing them in from this great circle.” What's Flinging Comets Out of the Oort Cloud? 2011-05-31T17:45:04.463Z Suppose a great circle, perpendicular to the equator, and passing through the poles to be described about the sphere. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z It is therefore half of a great circle. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z I took the great circle from the cord which held it round my neck and turned it over and over in my hand. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z The philosopher took his place with the rest in the great circle which sat round the kitchen door in the open-air. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z He staggered, without following any path, down into the village, with the pewit in its great circles, and the may-chafer in its little ones, sweeping around him. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The Sioux threw fresh fuel on the fires, and watched anxiously for their foes to appear within the great circle of light that surrounded the village. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z He had great circles about his eyes painted a bright yellow and he was singing a clown song in a husky wheezy voice. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z At times he whirls about the great circle of spectators so rapidly that his feather skirt stands up straight below his arms. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z There is also a corresponding celestial equator in the plane of the terrestrial, an imaginary great circle in the heavens the plane of which is perpendicular to the axis of the earth. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Finnair serves nine Asian destinations including Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo via the shortest possible “great circle” route, with transfer times in Helsinki of as little as 35 minutes. Emirates Builds Manchester Base as BA Sticks With Heathrow 2011-03-21T18:26:01Z In astronomy, the “celestial equator” is the name given to the great circle in which the plane of the terrestrial equator intersects the celestial sphere; it is consequently equidistant from the celestial poles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The chief councillors gathered the people of the Kraal in a great circle fronting Umlala’s dwelling, which was distinguished from the rest by its size. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Northwest from this great circle, nearly a mile distant, were two connected enclosures, one octagonal, the other circular: the former contained more than fifty acres, the latter twenty. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Equa�tor, that great circle of our globe every point of which is 90� from the poles. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z On the old plans of York, acres of this great circle are traced, with two interior concentric arcs, of radii respectively of eight and five hundred yards. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The dragonfly, as if not feeling the burden, sparkled and glistened in the rays of the sun, while above them Seven Spot was flying in great circles. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z They moved silently toward the fire, and seated themselves in a great circle about the Delawares. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z East from these and northeast from the great circle was a fine twenty-acre enclosure, nearly a square in form. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Eclip�tic, the sun's path, the great circle of the celestial sphere, in which the sun appears to describe his annual course from west to east—really corresponding to the path which the earth describes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The ecliptic itself is the great circle in which this plane meets the celestial sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Speaking generally, the course of the Milky Way is a great circle completely girdling the sky and having its north pole in the constellation Coma Berenices. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z They made, at some distance, a great circle around him. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z In the center of the area enclosed by this great circle was a curious earth heap somewhat like a bird in form. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z His eyes smarted from weariness, but his mind, like an automatic thing, swept around the great circle—from the ship to the city, to the plantation-house on the Morne and back to the ship again. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z As the south-east wind approaches that great circle, it finds nothing to oppose its passage. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z A Vertical Circle is any great circle that passes through the zenith. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z I had in the year 1854 partially explored one of considerable size on the east side of the great circle of stones, which stands on the west shore of the Loch of Harray. Notice of Runic Inscriptions Discovered during Recent Excavations in the Orkneys 2011-01-03T03:01:08.433Z He was directed to proceed to the harbor of Valentia in Ireland, and thence to follow, as nearly as possible, along the arc of a great circle to Newfoundland. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z They circled around in a great circle, whose center was the South Pole, and then turned back. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z I now resolved to fill away, stand down toward the equator, and hold myself stationary, for a few days, at the “crossing” of that famous great circle. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The Celestial Equator is a great circle of the sky distant 90� from the poles. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z A great circle of people sat round the marble table covered with glasses of syrup, lemonade and whisky-and-soda; they did not speak much, but rocked luxuriously, exchanging an occasional word. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Accordingly she took her position in the advance, keeping the line along the great circle arc, which was the prescribed route. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z It was good to feel the ship respond to him, dipping one huge wing slowly, and turning about gracefully in a great circle. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z I have described at some length the nature of the great circles of wind which form the normal meteorological condition of the region of ocean through which we were passing. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z An Hour Circle is any great circle of the sky which passes through the poles. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z And Léonie could sit smiling, milk-white, tranquil, in the great circle, around the marble table, with at least two or three men who knew her secret. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z This is the great circle, drawn by God, and discovered by conscience, which girdles my sphere, including all the smaller circles, and itself included by none of them. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z The great circle route westward over the Arctic. Salvatore Scibona: “The Kid.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z Can you insert the missing numbers such that the eight numbers on each great circle add up to the same sum? Numberplay: The Puzzles of Pickover 2010-05-03T16:05:00Z Every meridian of the swollen earth would touch the sky along an hour circle—i. e., a great circle passing through the pole and therefore perpendicular to the equator. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The reason commercial planes trace a northerly route between the U.S. and Europe, passing along the Canadian Maritimes, Newfoundland, and the U.K., is because that's the shortest distance -- a so-called great circle route. When airplanes meet ash clouds 2010-04-19T13:59:00Z Asia Minor and the north-western half of Arabia lie outside such a great circle, which otherwise indicates, with fair accuracy, the north-western boundary of Asia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" He may have confused it with great circle sailing. The True Benjamin Franklin When several rings or circles were combined representing the great circles of the heavens, the instrument became an armillary sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" As usually practised, the whole heavens, visible and invisible, were divided by great circles into twelve equal parts, called houses. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli For fifteen minutes they cruised in great circles. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines In like manner a great circle drawn through East Cape and the extremity of the Malay peninsula, passes nearly over the coasts of Manchuria, China and Cochin-China, and departs comparatively little from the eastern boundary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It is very easy to walk in a great circle—because one leg tires before the other—with no hope whatever of anything except the spirit ever rising above the barrier of the pines. The Voice of the Pack For a great circle of the Earth is to the ambit of the Primum Mobile less than a furlong to the whole Earth. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments A spherical angle is an angle on the surface of a sphere, contained between the arcs of two great circles which intersect each other. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli My readers will imagine a great circle carefully railed off from the outside world by iron bars. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Each building was like the next, and they fitted together in a series of great circles, radiating outward from the meeting spot of the canals. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Up the track, sweeping in a great circle as it swung the curve, a headlight's glare cut through the night—and Toddles "shinned" the foot. The Night Operator To the terminus of the variation is commonly assigned a great circle, called the circle of variation, and also a magnetick meridian passing through the zenith and the point of variation on the horizon. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Here warriors rode a chariot race in a great circle; many people stood about, calling loudly to the drivers and the spirited horses. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The fires which had been started around the bus were spreading out in a great circle, eating their way hungrily along the parched ground. Janet Hardy in Radio City After stopping his engine, he drew closer and closer, describing great circles. The Tremendous Event Then Pierre began to realize that they were going in a great circle, and that they were coming back to the grave. The Day of His Youth And the concentrick orbit of the Moon contains twice over 29 and � great circles of the Earth & a little more. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Again, it is necessary for you to conceive in this heaven, first, two great circles, bisecting each other at right angles in the centers of these two magnets. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 This stress is balanced by the pressure p acting over the area of the same great circle: it is therefore equal to πr�p. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" When all were thus prepared he carried them about a quarter of a mile from camp, and there dropped them at short intervals in a great circle about it. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 They can indeed be ridden down, as they almost always run in a great circle, and the pursuit can be taken up with fresh horses, but this is a long business. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars Treading cautiously, we took our way round to the upper end of the great circle. The Induna's Wife Then it is divided by another equally great circle, everywhere equidistant from the poles, into two hemispheres. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 Let us measure it in the case of the spherical soap-bubble by considering the stress exerted by one hemisphere of the bubble on the other, across the circumference of a great circle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The great circle of Bulawayo proudly dominating the land was razed to the ground, its place occupied by a solitary house, whence the white man governed a nation of conquered slaves. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising All around the great circle the houses show no gleam of light in their windows, with two or three exceptions, and the effect is anything but cheerful. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 When he came out on the Place de la Concorde at four o'clock he was actually the only speck visible in the great circle. Fairfax and His Pride Beneath these are likewise imagined many other great circles, in the centers of the magnets dividing crosswise in the shape of an "X." The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 To determine the intensity of the surface-tension we have to divide this quantity by the length of the line across which it acts, which is in this case the circumference of a great circle 2πr. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Well," said the king, "we worship the human soul under a thousand forms, arranged in three great circles of deities. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar They travelled in a great circle without knowing where they went, and at the end of a year came back to the place from whence they had started. The West Indies and the Spanish Main In this way he correlates what the great circle really is, as well as what it looks, with perception, and so is able to speak of what it is for perception. Kant's Theory of Knowledge And tonight men in long black robes walked the great circle, related each of the stones to its constellation in the heavens, canted their hymns to the dark powers that had spawned them. Day of the Druid Men sat around it in a great circle, the wild riders out of the mountain valleys of Mekh. Black Amazon of Mars On—past the kraal with its great circle of domed huts, but still no opposition. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The great circle of domed huts lying between their dark ring fences, the shimmering solitude of the moonlit plain, and beyond, the far amphitheatre of terraced cliffs rising to the twinkling stars. A Frontier Mystery Through the immense, unclouded solitude the eagle swung majestically in a great circle. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life A moment later he was off through the thin screen of trees, moving silently around the great circle of stones. Day of the Druid We described a great circle to the south and west, in a long easy dive, for he had cut out his rocket motors to save them as much as possible. Armageddon—2419 A.D. Blue smoke clouds curled lazily upward from the great circle of the kraal, lying below in the distance, and the sound of far-away voices floated melodiously, pleasingly upon the clear still air. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The djemaa el kebar was already in session, seated in a great circle on the rug and provided with glasses of mint tea and some with water pipes. Black Man's Burden For not less than four hundred tents and pavilions covered the plain outside the great circle of the lists, and war-horses and knights in armor were there in hundreds. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality An inhabitant of the latter, travelling 90 miles a day, would be more than 80 years in going round a great circle of its circumference. Eureka: A Prose Poem The floor was paved with variegated stones, describing a great circle around the altar, which was graced with noble and significant figures. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. Remember, dearest, that this brief life is but a segment of the great circle of existence. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Wagner's circle we can view in its entirety—a circle within the great circle. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music He had swung round in a great circle, and was heading again for the hillside where the dugout stood. In the Brooding Wild Just as the first spark answered Margery’s efforts with her fire-making sticks, they reached the fire, and sat down in a great circle, with a good deal of space between each pair of girls. A Campfire Girl's Happiness The plundered area lay along the circumference of great circles, with radii of ten, fifteen, twenty miles, of which his abode was the centre. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies He watched the stars and made out that the car was choosing roads that were gradually bringing it around in a great circle. The Deaves Affair The same game can be played without such keen rivalry, one player sitting in the midst of a great circle and answering questions in turn. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes As they watched, the distances on the surface shrank in on themselves; they could see the outline of a great circle. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The sedge, giving up all hope of being moistened by the salt waves, had died in great circles, which looked like mats of gray hair on some pre-Adamite monster’s buried head. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 “He runs the great circle, and is still at home.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Washington DC was badly hit, as were New York and Philadelphia, and further raids are expected to originate from Siberia, coming across the great circle to the West coast or the Middle west. Bear Trap Towards evening, the purple mountain ranges of Kerry were fast fading over the waters; well-known peaks, outlines familiar from childhood to the dwellers at Dunore, were sinking beneath the great circle of the sea. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement As the dance ends, there is a cry of delight from the great circle of barbarians. The Real Latin Quarter Here, to begin with, is this Captain Trent, trying some fancy course, leastways he’s a thousand miles to south’ard of the great circle. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) The great circle of sea-birds that come wonderingly around him on the night of his arrival, strikes at once the note of his pre-eminence and isolation. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) Their own ship had swung in a great circle to avoid this mountain. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 His great circles and spirals have a kind of astronomic completeness. Under the Maples The great circle of rebirths will be more or less quickly run through according to the preponderating purity or impurity of the several lives of the individual. The Buddhist Catechism Practically in these great circles of affairs, what only might have been is as though it could not be; and to know this may well suffice for us. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Sometimes she is a servant, faithful, honest, and helpful; often she is a teacher throwing out great circles of influence, which are widening out till thousands of Egyptian women will be reached. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It The air above him quivered, formed to ripples that spread in great circles where the enemy ships were flashing away. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 When the young moon has grown to the great circle, and the strangers have gone again to the camp by the river, then will the Po-Ahtun-ho come to you here in this place. The Flute of the Gods This will cut the sphere in the great circle ZMA, which, being vertical, will pass through the zenith, and, facing south, will be at right angles to the meridian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" But on warm clear days when the wind was light they would be seen high in the air soaring in great circles. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons In these regions there was perpetual day, the sun sweeping in a great circle about the heavens and standing five degrees above the horizon even at midnight. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas By this time everyone was gazing in mixed wonder and awe at the strange dirigible balloon, speeding in great circles far up toward the clouds. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields It swung and banked, and the vibrant song of its engine came down to the men as Blake swept in a great circle about the big ship. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 The great circle which joins the two stars passes therefore close to the pole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" Up and up it went, describing a great circle, until it faced the balloon. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons "Hercules," he mused, and stared out at the great circle of the moon. The Finding of Haldgren It seems as though there were originally two great circles, one inside the other, formed by huge oblong stones, set up on end as a child might arrange his blocks. John and Betty's History Visit It is like a great circle on a sphere, comprising all possible circles; which, however, may be drawn, and comprise it, in like manner. Nature Then we went out of the bank into a great circle, clear and bright, with heaving, smooth sea, surrounded by fog. Tales of Fishes Then the enemy describes a great circle and attempts to rise above the German. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons On the ground was a world of night: a mile up showed a great circle of black, one edge of which was marked by a faint, eery glow from further-setting Jupiter. The Bluff of the Hawk Large bonfires illuminated the scene, lighting up the throng of inhabitants, who formed a great circle about the performers. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Everywhere, in a great circle, the country is lighted up by camp fires which send their flames toward heaven in a cloud of smoke. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources I could still detect the great circle of reflectors with which our way was to be opened. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 It would be across the equator, past Australia, perhaps near the South Pole, then up around over the top of the world past Greenland, following that great circle around the globe. Shipwreck in the Sky A section of the sidereal system along any great circle can be constructed from the data furnished by the gauges in the following way: The solar system is within the mass of stars. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works But people stay here from all towns around; I get to know a great circle of marriageable parties. Ghetto Comedies The orbits of the planets, as their paths round the sun are called, lie like great circles one outside another at various distances, and do not touch or cut each other. The Children's Book of Stars As we approached the weird space flier, we saw that a number of objects floated about within the great circle of its inner circumference. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 The ecliptic is a great circle of the sphere, and is usually drawn on both celestial and terrestrial globes. Pioneers of Science The irregular line joining the terminal points will be approximately the bounding curve of the stellar system in the great circle chosen. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works He whirled it in great circles around his head, and Daoud heard it hissing even over the cheers of the crowd. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The white balustrades and flights of steps around the great circle, the statuary and the fountains in the middle lake, flashed pure. The Belovéd Vagabond The configuration of the celestial and terrestrial spheres, and the great circles by which they are circumscribed, he also knew. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' From the tower came the surprised hoot of a solitary owl, and bats, disturbed by the light, swooped in great circles about the little group as they silently ate their polenta. The Italian Twins Below his feet, with scarce a break in the great circle, it seemed as if they drew together in denser clusters and set themselves in luminous tiers. A Modern Mercenary It saved them from the freezing night and it saved them from the teeth of the wild beasts, which he knew were gathering in a great circle, mad with hunger. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain There was a great circle of smooth metal inset in it, and it was on it that I was lying. The Man Who Saw the Future Milton was not only familiar with ‘the face of the sky,’ as it is popularly called, but also knew the structure of the celestial sphere, and the great circles by which it is circumscribed. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The wild horses galloped before the Indians—whose howlings equalled that of the wolves—and described great circles to avoid the lance or the lasso, while numerous echoes repeated these various sounds. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora And slowly the great circle of the temple filled with white-robed folk, all carrying in their hands the faint pinkiness of the flowers which we nowadays call London Pride. The Magic World Some were driving furiously in chariots around great circles marked out for the course. Romulus Makers of History The Ecliptic is the great circle representing the path in which the sun appears to move in the celestial sphere. Lectures in Navigation Moreover, on being tested, nearly all were found to be arcs of great circles, and therefore the shortest possible lines which could connect any two points on a sphere. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story The peristaltic motions of the bowels and stomach, and those of the œsophagus, make a part of the great circle of irritative motions with those of the skin, and many other membranes. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The men placed the wagons in a great circle, and within the circle was our fire and supper. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley The ruddy glow threw into uncertain relief the faces and unkempt figures of a vast concourse of men and women gathered, in one great circle, within the boundary limits of the fires. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Take, for instance, the same two points between which you just drew a line on the great circle track. Lectures in Navigation It is equally impossible to imagine natural growths of trees and vegetation in bands of uniform width and thousands of miles long, and nearly all forming arcs of great circles. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story The slaves, firmly secured, were placed in the center of the great circle. The Sign of the Spider Lines of force which otherwise would escape in great circles into space, are now concentrated in the iron. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine The dark, evil-smelling interior was lit only by the smouldering embers of a small wood-fire in the centre of the great circle. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies There is an easy way to construct a great circle track yourself. Lectures in Navigation I struck at them and screamed, but I couldn’t shake them off; they dived and turned; they crept up on me stealthily, in great circles. The White Mice Then he was off, steering in great circles toward town, Pen watching with the quickening of pulse and a renewal of the elation she had felt when taking the air. Penny of Top Hill Trail James sat with his face in his hands, utterly wretched, beginning already to see the great circle of confusion that he had caused. The Hero We cannot remain apart; the great circle of our affinity will soon be completed. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus This arc will be the great circle track to follow. Lectures in Navigation The morning passed in this way, a long morning, with the sea like a mirror, and the sun as a great circle of red fire in the haze. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea The plan of action was for the fleet to revolve in a great circle or ellipse before the delivering their fire from starboard and port batteries alternately. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 “There are two great circles of volcanoes about the earth,” said Professor Crook. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror There were great circles of light around the nun's head, which cut through Dalrymple's face and then hid it. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The equator is the great circle, formed by the intersection of the earth's surface with a plane perpendicular to the earth's axis and equidistant from the poles. Lectures in Navigation These are great circles passing through the poles of the ecliptic, and so cutting it at right angles. 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. He paused once more, and a deep groan burst from the great circle. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Careful measurement of the great circle showed a circumference of twelve hundred feet. Edge of the Jungle The latter, being young and properly harebrained, and aware of his present advantage, now came back by a great circle, and fell to browsing again on the birch-twigs. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life I suppose everybody here knows what a meridian is, for it was explained when we were talking about great circles and geographical or sea miles. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing The elevation of any of the heavenly bodies above the plane of the horizon, or its angular distance from the horizon, measured in the direction of a great circle passing through the zenith. 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. They were without fear as they marched on the arc of the great circle that they had planned. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods Young squaws and braves who were to sing, sat down on the ground in a group near the mat; but the multitude spread in a great circle around it. Heroes of the Middle West The French Yet the villages lie in the midst of great circles of cultivated land, for the tillage of man is immemorial here. The Goose Man A meridian is a great circle reaching around the earth, and passing through the equator and the poles. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing That contained under three arcs of great circles of a sphere. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The longitudes, or meridians, are great circles of equal length, dividing the Earth into quarters, like the parts of an orange or a melon. Astronomy for Amateurs They had gone round in a great circle, and come back upon their own course. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] And now upon this morning, that yet was night, I was adrift upon a horse with a definite task in the great circle of immensity. A Tramp's Notebook A deep hum ran through the great circle that had formed about the fighters. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand That great circle which passes through the zenith and the east and west points of the horizon. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It surrounds us like a great circle, and if the Earth were transparent, we should see it pass beneath our feet as well as over our heads. Astronomy for Amateurs Staircases, which radiate towards the centre, intersect, at equal distances, those great circles of stone. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul They set up in great circles about the transport, crossing before it, above it, around it, which gave the effect of flying around an object not in motion at all. Space Platform He raised it aloft and waved it in a great circle above his head. The Shadow Witch Is an imaginary great circle passing through the zenith and the poles, and cutting the equator at right angles. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In great circles they began to descend, and in a few minutes alighted in the topmost branches of a tall tree. Thirty Indian Legends "We've traveled at cruising speed all night," he answered, "and now must be up close to the 'corner,' as they call the position where the outbound liners change to the great circle course." The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility If later on the food was insufficient, the English must be aware of the reasons which brought about far-reaching starvation among great circles of the population of Germany.... The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship He was taking a shorter step with his left than with his right—the same tendency that often makes a tried woodsman walk in a great circle—and he thus bore constantly to the left. The Snowshoe Trail Magnetic meridian is not a great circle but a wavy line uniting those poles. 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. Having lingered and examined this wreck as long as we dared, we now tried to get out of the great circle in which we were enclosed. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Take twenty points in a great circle and let each be advanced by one half of its distance to the centre, how much nearer will each be to each? Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John After each of these divisions had danced separately, they all joined and formed one great circle. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing His thought moved in great circles, always returning to the same starting point,—the tragedy and mystery of his own boyhood. The Snowshoe Trail A general designation for all the methods on which the rules of computation are founded, on the hypothesis that the earth is a sphere; including great circle sailing. 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. With increased caution we felt our way all round the great circle into which we had entered. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Then they formed a great circle, a circle within a circle, and concluded the march with the "grand basket." Proud and Lazy A Story for Little Folks Now the gulls would sweep in from sea, curving in great circles until they reached their homes, and then would sit on the ledge calling to their mates across the water. Historic Boyhoods They who seek after forbidden knowledge, of whatever kind, will find they have lost their place in the scale of beings in so doing, and are cast out of the great circle of God's family. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) This is designated as the sensible horizon; the rational, or true one, being a great circle of the heavens, parallel to the sensible horizon, but passing through the centre of the earth. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The boys looked on in great delight, as the junk wheeled slowly around in the great circles of the whirlpool. Caleb in the Country Practically in these great circles of affairs, what only might have been is as tho it could not be; and to know this may well suffice for us. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV Then, as though moved by one impulse, all the boys stripped off their clothes and plunged into the cool pool of the river where it made a great circle under the maples. Historic Boyhoods One of two great circles supposed to intersect at right angles at the poles. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The great circle of the heavens which the sun appears to us to describe in the course of a year, in consequence of the earth's motion round that luminary. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The fire is the symbol of the Great Spirit; around that we draw a great circle, as in the diagram. Woodland Tales Elisha's knowledge of navigation did not enable him to project a course on the great circle—the shortest track between two points on the earth's surface, and the route taken by steamers. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea In a sailing-ship this might be intelligible; but in a steamer, which could keep on the great circle line and only use canvas when the wind was favourable, it was somewhat extraordinary. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery It was bound to capture the audience, put them in the right mood of awe-struck superstitious reverence, make the revelation of the great circle of the Ipplinger starship overhead a thing of wonderment and devotion-focus. The Glory of Ippling I knew well that he was enjoying himself hugely and had already formed a great circle of hysterical women who believed in his divinity and practised the rites of his disgraceful "religion." The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia This old Indian prayer is sung by the Council standing in a great circle about the fire with feet close together, hands and faces uplifted, for it is addressed to the Great Spirit. Woodland Tales Life is only the minutest segment of the great circle. The Shadow World There was I, alone in the middle of a great circle of sea and sky, alone and confined, and ludicrously helpless. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. But both became conscious again of those watchful eyes, ferocious, like the eyes of man-eating wild beasts, and both shivered a little as they turned back into the great circle of bark teepees. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War Meanwhile the sun rounds the great circle of the year, and icy winter ruffles the waters with Northern gales. The Aeneid of Virgil Its variety, spirit and truth of local color are Hogarthian, while it shows a figure, in the heroine, of far higher beauty and belonging to the great circle of epic characters. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 The fishhawks were wheeling in great circles over the lake, watching for the glint of fish near the surface, when the cry came, and they darted away for the nest. Wood Folk at School These lesser powers dwell in the great circle of the sky. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains The snow had ceased, although a white mist hovered in a great circle and the chill of the wind was increasing steadily. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War The sky, blue, hot and pitiless, came down to meet the land on every hand, making a great circle unbroken by hill or mountain. Kid Wolf of Texas "Amphitheatre" is the word, for within the great circle, proportioned to it in size and magnificence, dwarfing all other objects, stands the veritable arena where our public gladiators and wild beasts hold their combats. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 Then they formed a great circle, a circle within a circle, and concluded the march with the “grand basket.” The Birthday Party A Story for Little Folks When the unwieldy animal saw the boy approaching it rushed at him with savage bellowings, swinging its long, powerful trunk from side to side in great circles. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 When all were ready they formed a great circle, somewhat after the fashion of the dancers around a Maypole, and outside of those formed another and greater circle of those already initiated. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War There they built great circles of upright monoliths. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria “The Innuit have big understandings,” said Simek, with a bland smile, describing a great circle with his outspread arms; “do not fear to try them.” Red Rooney The Last of the Crew That mythology is of so marked and peculiar a character, that it has not been distinctly traced out of the great circle of tribes of the Indo-Germanic family. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Around it sweeps a great circle of green and wooded hills, dotted over with fair mansions and lordly parks. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Meanwhile the men on the seine-boat began to haul steadily at the ropes at each end, drawing the great circle narrower. Menhardoc First, a great circle surrounded the sun, and at the east, west, and top and bottom in it were seen very vivid mock suns. Three Boys in the Wild North Land These birds, while hunting for their food, sweep through the air in great circles. The Boy Hunters The place was a garden, somewhat gone to waste, with a gravel drive running round a great circle of periwinkles with a spotted aucuba in the middle. The Carbonels “Are we not now, sir, in the track of all the homeward-bound ships sailing on the great circle from the West Indies and South American ports?” The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Noting the bearing on the great circles, he then moved the Skylark along that exact line, over the reflectors, and out beyond the island, where he allowed the vessel to settle directly downwards. Skylark Three Americans are the western 15 pilgrims, who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigor, and industry which began long since in the East; they will finish the great circle. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year I looked up, up, into the great circle of the sky, so far, so blue, so kind in its bending over, so pitying it seemed to me, yet so high in its up-reaching. The Singing Mouse Stories It was lower than the French machine but rose in great circles with amazing speed until it had reached a point above its enemy. Fighting in France Gradually, a few at a time, the little meadow people crept out from their hiding places and formed a great circle around the old dead stump. Mother West Wind's Children They saw not one, but fully a thousand of the globular craft high in the air and grouped in a great circle around an immense fortification upon the ground below. Skylark Three Two of the girls were spreading knives and forks, and laying out cups and dishes in a great circle near the water, since all the meals were eaten Indian fashion, sitting on the ground. A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods Like some mighty wild bird, the plane was in the air, a graceful, sentient thing, wheeling in a great circle as it headed for San Francisco. The Black Star Passes The monoplane dipped and began to descend in great circles. Fighting in France The great circle of his life had been completed. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo Each time the great circle they had marked for themselves was travelled they descended a little lower towards the earth. Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy The list just given is a mere fragment of the great circle to which Balzac introduces us. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) In one great circle dizzily they swing, A squaw and chief alternate in the ring. Custer, and Other Poems. There is no describing the many costly and beautiful gifts from the great circle of friends, relatives, and school-mates. Marion's Faith. Hungary, the centre of Attila's great circle of power, was made their place of abode. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. In the palace, great circles of dazzling light shone on the windows like diamond florins. The Child of Pleasure When he arrived they formed themselves into a great circle around him, touching and looking at him as with astonishment. Amerigo Vespucci We have discovered a new principle on which, within narrow bounds, we have constructed Panoramic Dioramas, that show splendid segments of the great circle of the world. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 The other inmates of the cabin noticed, by looking through the observation windows, that he was gradually bearing in a great circle about the town of Yonkers. Around the World in Ten Days Whatever the future historian will say of the part they bore he will not minimize it, for on this pivot the whole matter turned, on this axis the great circle of the war revolved. Winning a Cause World War Stories She placed herself in the middle of the court, where she made a great circle, and within it she wrote several words in ancient Arabian characters. The Arabian Nights Entertainments Bruno elbowed a way through for himself and Rossi until they came to the obelisk in the centre of the great circle. The Eternal City On emerging from the underworld the inhabitants began moving in a great circle, travelling from the north to the east, then to the south, then to the west. The North American Indian An interspace surrounds this great circle, established between the light of the very substance, surrounding the circle on its outside, and the substance contained within the circle. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Imagine three spheres of which the given circles are great circles, and a plane tangent to the three spheres. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Up and up they went, and spreading as they rose, until there was a wonderful great circle of them back of his body and reaching far above his head. Among the Farmyard People The great circle of dormitories loomed up beyond with lights shining in many windows. The Young Pitcher Bran grew a puppy again and whipped about after her in great circles round the meadow. Lore of Proserpine We see so short a way along the arc of the great circle! Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry In this way every foot of water within the great circle of the horizon is under constant supervision night and day by a small army of lookouts, armed with binoculars and gun telescopes. Our Navy in the War On observing the course of the great circle of the Kuro-Shiwo and the course of the trade winds, one inclines to the belief that such a thing is not beyond the range of possibility. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants It is not yet certain whether these movements of our sun and of other solar bodies are in straight lines or in great circles. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography We describe a great circle in order to avoid a second attack. Fighting France In general they are traced upon the sphere like the lines of great circles; a few show a sensible lateral curvature. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries Nature is rounding up her great circle, and making conditions for a new era. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Dancing in great circles, like a mild war-dance, yet without the whoops and wild gestures of the latter, is another form that lends itself to the out-of-doors. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People High above them an eagle soared, wheeling in great circles about his aerial business. The Hidden Places Q. What signifies the four triangles that are in the great circles? The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge The eddy seized him and they could see his head moving slowly about in the great circle which gradually grew smaller and smaller till he suddenly disappeared. The Chief Legatee Alternately losing and gaining ground as they cut off angles and followed the diameter instead of the circumference of the great circles the rabbit described, the drivers were always within sight. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Meeting, which consists in a great circle of men seated thick on the ground, with two poets facing each other, who improvise religious verses. Letters from Egypt But it is intended to apply to only one-half of the great circle passing through the poles, that is to the distant half of the meridian rather than to the nearer half. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings Answer—I saw the great circle, in which was enclosed the blazing star, which filled me with awe and reverence. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge Speedily we were introduced to his adjutant, the town captain, and other officials, and a great circle was formed of which we were the centre of attraction. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro Swinging the loop in great circles about his head he took careful aim and let go. Bert Wilson in the Rockies Oddly enough, this difficulty may be referred to the circumstance that Mr. Davidson's poetry touches Shakespeare's great circle at a second point. Adventures in Criticism No matter how longitude is calculated, you must necessarily arrive at discontinuity at some point in passing around the great circle of the earth. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings It swept out around her in a great circle; she looked like a gorgeous inverted bell-flower. Pembroke A Novel Therefore, following his heart, he walks in a great circle from right to left and comes back to where he started—to himself again. President Wilson's Addresses The water rushed on, closed over him, and from the place where he had disappeared a series of great circles started, enlarging their brilliant undulations, until they finally reached the other bank. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 Then we had to swing smoothly round a great circle, to see in all its length and breadth that strange, hidden, and fishy fairy-land of which Martigues is the door. The Motor Maid The natives were grouped in a great circle, and the ground almost shook while they danced. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. The drum beat quickened, and the great circle of dancing Indians broke and charged the crowd of whites. Lydia of the Pines In the Ottawa camp the drummers sat beside a post in the centre of a great circle of warriors, and Longuant stood with them in the ring singing a war chant. Montlivet This great circle can, however, only be struck, as you will see, when the planet is not turning upon its axis: a condition not likely to be realised. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Human society may be likened to two great circles, one revolving within the other. The Business of Being a Woman Nearer and nearer came the aërial wonder, flying in great circles, as you may have seen a dove when about to alight. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People And he went into the midst of the ranks and mowed down huge walls of the corpses of his foes 1and enemies and opponents1 in a great circle round about the host. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Many nymphs, and maids beloved of many wooers, were we there at play, and a great circle of people was about us withal. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological The line struck ceases to be the great circle but wanders off in another curve—which is in fact not a circle at all. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays In his heart, he had reserved me for some conspicuous position in the great circle at Paris, while I had given myself to an obscure youth in Picardy. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick But the Swallow flew round and round in great circles, twittering excitedly, and in each circle sweeping nearer and nearer to the ground. The Curious Book of Birds Presently I would see him whirling over the lake in a great circle.—"Come down, O come down," cry all the loons. Wilderness Ways The shortest course between the two points, therefore, would be the arc of the great circle lying between them. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat The great circle of cavalrymen shook their lances and sabers until they glittered. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad He believes that the great circles are religious monuments which in form developed out of the round barrows, and that Stonehenge is therefore much later than some at least of the round barrows around it. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders She made them perch about her in a great circle, some on the lower branches of the trees, some on the bushes, and some on the ground among the grass and flowers. The Curious Book of Birds Meridians are imaginary great circles, and we are always on one of them. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Far up in the blue sky Kee-you the Red-shouldered Hawk wheeled slowly about in great circles. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends Islam then swept on south in a great circle, skirted the Great Lakes, and then curled back to Somaliland, completely isolating Abyssinia. The Negro Within this circle were two pairs of concentric circles with their centres slightly east of the north-and-south diameter of the great circle. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders They're beating the forest in a great circle, soldiers and police and customs men. The Man with the Clubfoot One of the great circles extending through the poles is called the prime meridian; and any one may be selected, though that of Greenwich has been almost universally adopted. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Here, in a great circle, there was not a vestige of grass, shrub, or tree, nothing save brown rock and sand. The Wings of the Morning Henry nodded, and the three sped on in their great circle about the camp, not coming in until a little before day, when they slept briefly before one of the fires. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky With what purpose were these great circles erected? Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It must have been a vast and imposing edifice, much more important than Stonehenge, and the area within this great circle exceeds twenty-eight acres, with a diameter of twelve hundred feet. Vanishing England She was, however, restored to health; the great circles beneath her eyes had disappeared and a tinge of colour shewed beneath her ivory cheek. Jaffery "I ain't denyin' of it," was the reply of that individual, who was now sculling the boat about the whale in a great circle. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 The woman is still quite young, and must have been very pretty; but her cheeks are hollow and there are great circles round her eyes; her face is very pale and bloodless. Five Little Plays Against the slope of the Dome the Saddle leans like a gigantic slab, and from the top of this slab, one thousand feet in length, curves the great circle to the summit of the Dome. Dutch Courage and Other Stories Douglas gave a quick glance around the hall—at Judith, swooping in great circles with Scott Parsons, at Inez dancing with his father. Judith of the Godless Valley On the ground he traces a great circle and commands his two companions to step inside it. Là-bas The fires in the ravine always were surrounded by great circles of men, eagerly discussing the coming battle. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Then a hurried conference was held, and orders given to cut the underbrush in a great circle around the fire. Buffalo Roost Why, there on the lawn, was a great circle of white, gleaming like frosted silver. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 It was going in great circles now, cautious as a cat, climbing, climbing, punctuating the ascent with cry after cry, searching the blind air for dangers. Lord of the World Hard by, the natives sat, keen as lynxes, in a great circle just outside the white taboo-line, where, with serried spears, they kept watch and ward over the persons of their doubtful gods or victims. The Great Taboo Women were bringing water from the river at the edge of the great circle. Blackfeet Indian Stories I think we were about half-way up, when some one noticed an immense black bird, swinging in great circles, high in the air. Buffalo Roost He scarcely knew when he was lifted at last and borne forward into the great circle of light cast by one of the fires. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories And in one life's span, great circles may be traversed, eternal good be done. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II He is, however, principally celebrated as the first astronomer who measured a degree of a great circle, and thus approximated towards the real diameter of the earth. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson At the time appointed all the tribe came together and pitched their lodges in a great circle, and within this circle the Medicine Lodge was built. Blackfeet Indian Stories There is nothing any more but a great circle on the water…. Pélléas and Mélisande Thus did he Enter himself, and take me in with him, Into the first great circle's mystery That winds the deep abyss about the brim. Emerson and Other Essays When I had looked around on the great circle bounded by the visible horizon, and could perceive no friendly port in which I might lay my shattered vessel, behold it was close at hand! Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer But 7° 12' is equal to the fiftieth part of a great circle; and this, therefore, was the measure of the celestial arc contained between the zeniths of Syene and Alexandria. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson In olden times, when large numbers of people were together, the lodges of the camp were pitched in a great circle, the opening toward the southeast. Blackfeet Indian Stories Vast numbers of vultures were wheeling round and round in great circles through the blue sky overhead. The Rough Riders That night the half moon that shone dimly through the scudding clouds lay on her back, with a great circle of light around her, betokening stormy weather. The Thirsty Sword We now have a multitude of unrelated circles; then there was one great circle including the sympathetic whole. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment It was on the same road that we disappeared: into the same great circles of blackness that we sank. Light When properly set it will describe a great circle. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do For take a segment of a great circle especially, and you shall doubt whether it be straight or no. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 471, January 15, 1831 His mind kept travelling the round of a great circle that began and ended in humiliation. The Penalty Rational Horizon, a great circle parallel to the horizon, the centre of which is the centre of the earth. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The bundles were laid in a great circle on the floor, and, at a given signal, they were opened. The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales Bishop McLaren and Eleen crossed the ocean for the occasion, and a warm welcome was given them by the great circle of friends. The Mystery of Monastery Farm Nothing approaches the great circle of solid coolness thrown by a big chenar. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Clean as though drawn by a crayon on a freshly washed blackboard, the unbroken horizon line stretched out in a great circle before her eyes. Where the Trail Divides Meridian, an imaginary great circle passing through the poles at right angles to the equator. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge A great circle of flame was gathering round her. The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young From my vantage-point on the ridge I had an unobstructed view of the encampment, a great circle of tepees and tents three miles in circumference, cradled in a sag of the timberless hills. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories The great circle of Maumbury Rings was the original stadium or coliseum of the Roman town; the tiers of seats when filled are estimated to have held over twelve thousand spectators. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter So, with drills and scrubbings and breakfasts and schools, the great circles of childhood's days and nights went by, each distinguished from another only by the dinner and the Sunday services. Essays in Rebellion The eyes of the coffin merchant grew larger and larger, till they blended in one great circle of fire. The Ghost Ship This light first made a great circle, then dropped slowly downward and suddenly was extinguished, leaving everything before them black as ink. The Scarecrow of Oz There were two persons in the odd machine, which was slowly flying along, moving in a great circle, with the Swift house for its center. Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record The same writer asserts that within the great circle were two other separate rings consisting of thirty stones, and each containing an inner circle of twelve stones. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Back and forth they cruised, around in great circles, with the powerful searchlight focused to disclose the sunken treasure ship. Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure After the dancing was over, the whole party formed a great circle on the ground, and the boiled rice and sugar was distributed, to the delight of all. The Voyage of the Beagle After a while I slunk away out of the great circle of firelight into the thick darkness beyond. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest Man is a little circle or world composed of the infinitesimal atoms thrown off from the great circle or parent world, and fitting into his place in the zone of life. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition He had been recently injured in a petrol explosion and hobbled out on crutches to make his cross-Channel attempt; he made two great circles in the air to try the machine, and then alighted. A History of Aeronautics Copernicus is comprised in the series of ringed mountains of the first order, in the division of great circles. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The others had gone upon errands he could not imagine, beyond the compass of that great circle of earth and sky. The War in the Air At length as darkness settled upon the jungle the apes commenced to bestir themselves, and soon they formed a great circle about the earthen drum. Tarzan of the Apes The mind receives education from communing with the dream composition in the great circle. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition In the evening, Farman and Latham went out and up in great circles, Farman cleaving his way upward in what at the time counted for a huge machine, on circles of about a mile diameter. A History of Aeronautics Leaving the reservation, the Apaches would commit some outrage, and then, swinging on the arc of a great circle, would be back to camp and settled long before the soldiers could overtake them. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama It was crisscrossed in every direction with long straight lines, sometimes running parallel and sometimes converging toward some great circle. A Princess of Mars Finally the clouds parted and he saw a great circle of ghost-people with large and ugly heads. Indian Why Stories Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire Beneath the glaring noonday sun, in the sweltering heat of the mesa-top, the huge, hairy creatures leaped in a great circle. Pellucidar The word "belt" seems fairly to answer to the two great circles or four meridians which he describes. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars With shouts and pistol-shots they turn the leaders to one side, gradually at first, and then into the arc of a great circle. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama Then, swinging his axe in a great circle to right and left before him, he advanced upon the gate, and the others followed him without hesitation. The Marvelous Land of Oz So they all joined hands and made a great circle round the high grass. The Story of Doctor Dolittle Selma had great circles under her eyes and her expression was despair struggling to conceal itself. The Conflict The great circle of sea-birds that come wanderingly around him on the night of his arrival, strikes at once the note of his pre-eminence and isolation. Familiar Studies of Men and Books But to uprear the stones of that great circle would be beyond all our art, and much more would it be impossible to-day, to transport them from their distant quarries across the rugged mountains. The Lost Continent Then on and on through The Mexicos, all through the Southwest, then back again in a great circle by Chihuahua and Aldama to Laredo, to Torreon, and Albuquerque. The Octopus : A story of California The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea To the beating of tom-toms, a lone warrior, crouched half doubled, leaped into the firelight in the center of a great circle of other warriors, behind whom stood or squatted the women and the children. Jungle Tales of Tarzan In crazy flight, she barely missed one of her own squadron, then rounded back in a great circle for the English line. The Cruise of the Dry Dock But a few began to shout that Phorenice stood for all the Gods now in Atlantis, and that cry was taken up till the stones of the great circle rang with it. The Lost Continent He stood astonished; and, his eyes opening wide, showed a great circle of white in his black face. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 We were floating in the great circle of the systems and the suns. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 "Bonjour, madame!" cried the old raven, and began to wheel in great circles over the moor. Tales of Two Countries Then taking out a small but powerful galvanic battery, he arranged it and placed wires into the hands of the two men nearest to him in the great circle. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War A meridian is a great circle of the earth cut out by a plane passing through the axis. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Then, again, all eyes strain to the west, and the three little ships in that great circle of water steer swiftly on their unknown course to unknown lands. Ten Great Events in History These, by examination of any good globe, will be found on a belt forming one and the same great circle of the earth. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 In their place, an eagle swings in great circles over the valley. Look Back on Happiness A little while ago I stood by the grave of the old Napoleon, a magnificent tomb, fit for a dead deity almost, and gazed into the great circle at the bottom of it. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest In the 1877 opposition Schiaparelli revived interest in the planet by the discovery of canals, uniformly about sixty miles wide, running generally on great circles, some of them being three or four thousand miles long. History of Astronomy The big ox-carts were placed in a great circle and chained one to another. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories All those who thus died are graveless and monumentless, the great circle of the heavens is the dome of their sepulchre, and the recurring blossoms of springtime their only epitaph. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Slowly, slowly, the light figure went round the great circle of gazers, ministering obediently to their pleasure, waiting patiently till their curiosity was satisfied. Hide and Seek The Taubes could be heard on all sides, as if they were climbing in great circles around the Little Peace Maker. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War Americans are the western pilgrims, who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigour and industry which began long since in the East; they will finish the great circle. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Up the broad, gentle grade they sped, curving in and out among the clumps of trees and shrubbery, then on a level, sweeping in a great circle up to the steps of the inn. The Fighting Chance The Indian took us in, and the situation, too; and conducted us into the presence of Satanta, who stood in the middle of the great circle, facing the dancers. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway They dropped a hundred feet or more, in a wild embrace, their great wings fanning the air, then separated and mounted aloft, tracing their great circles against the clouds. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Twice within the records of history has the human race traversed the great circle of its entire destiny, and twice has the rudeness of barbarism been followed by a higher degree of refinement. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation The bushes and flowering weeds ran in great circles among the little grasses. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories The raft turned in a great circle and plunged for the rollers straight before the breeze. The Devil's Admiral The great circle of the world had dwarfed them to a bitter insignificance: a team of crickets, they seemed, driven by a gnome. Hidden Creek A silence now ensued between the companions; for they had quitted Evil-budget, and arrived at the ninth great circle of hell, on the mound of which they passed along, looking quietly and steadily before them. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 |
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