| 单词 | anvil |
| 例句 | In the middle of the square there was a heavy stone with an anvil on it, and a fine new sword was stuck through the anvil. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving her lips rapidly, she held her rosary tightly and recited each Hail Mary with a desperate gravity, as though she were flinging anvils at the gates of Heaven. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go on, do,” said Kay, for the King had come to a halt “Go on,” said Sir Ector, “what do these words on this sword in this anvil in this stone outside this church, say?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Other times it felt like an anvil, as if the river god Achelous was sending out bad thoughts, trying to punish her for taking his horn. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z An enormous anvil cloud is out over the Atlantic. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It looked as if an anvil had fallen on the desk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Multicolored tattoos—of eight-pointed stars, lush-leafed vines, a hammer and anvil, a bird, a woman's eyes, scales—run from his wrists up his arms and into a black leather jerkin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Lyra sat close to the anvil, where the knife lay cooling, and Iorek told her to bank the fire up and not let it burn down: there was a final operation yet. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Piles of metal scrap sat here and there, with three anvils positioned around the forge itself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z If ’twere on the ground, it might only have fallen — but it was on the anvil. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He was a jack-of-all-trades, breaking the sturdy little cow ponies, treating their injuries and illnesses, trimming their hooves, and bending over an anvil to forge their shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z South strode Éomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Instead he walked through the front door like a defeated athlete—head low, shoulders hunched, a sack of disappointment sitting on his chest like an anvil. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was as if a blacksmith had an anvil in my head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The inn beneath the sign of the broken anvil stood within sight of those walls, near the Gate of the Gods where they had entered that morning. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This was a little little town, a general store under a tree and a blacksmith shop and a bench in front on which to sit and listen to the clang of hammer on anvil. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a farrier, a certified maker of horseshoes, and his trailer carried all the tools of his trade, including nearly one thousand pounds of horseshoes, a gas forge, and a 150-pound anvil. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It screamed its way into the cave and rang like a blacksmith’s anvil against the rock walls. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Kin the blacksmith had his back to her, hammering out a sheet of glowing red metal on his anvil. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Around the perimeter were rows of shops easily identified by the crests over their doors: a cleaver and a pig for the butcher, an anvil for the blacksmith, crossed wooden peels for the baker. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t turn to the anvil because there was no way to surpass his father’s talent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I could do without the crown,” she said, touching the golden circlet on her head, weighty as the anvil on which the blacksmith hammered the horseshoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He was bent over an anvil, hammering a red-hot sword blade. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Each day his hammer rang on bronze until his rock anvil broke, or his tongs bent, or he ran out of firewood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I felt a hand as big as an anvil clamp on my shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship bucked on swells, dove and slammed into anvils of water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, near sunset, the clouds thickened and boiled up into an anvil thun- derhead that flickered with silent lightning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Well, it did not skewer me, I am glad to say,’ said Frodo; ‘though I feel as if I had been caught between a hammer and an anvil.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Kin set the long object down on top of an anvil and crossed his arms as she approached. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Thinking that, I bent my bead, and saw, lying on the anvil, a miracle: that sprig of hawthorn — from his cloak, on the anvil. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seen of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Born of necessity and virtue, between the hammer...and the anvil...Are you there, Homer?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He saw Hodor, the simple giant from the stables, carrying an anvil to Mikken's forge, hefting it onto his shoulder as easily as another man might heft a bale of hay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘We must have a look and see what the hammer and the anvil have done to you. I still marvel that you are alive at all.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Lester bolted out from the right and flew into the water, making a splash like an anvil hurled over the side. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At the center was a huge platform with all sorts of machines, cauldrons, forges, and the largest anvil I’d ever seen—a block of iron the size of a house. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When he went to close the door, Jon saw that Ghost was stretched out beneath the anvil, gnawing on the bone of an ox. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And so it was that the golden godson swore his oath on a blacksmith’s anvil instead of the angel’s emerald. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He dropped like an anvil, his finger still pointing at the fish. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He had to lean in to be heard amid the constant hammering of the anvils. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He took the envelope by a tiny corner and put it on the anvil, and then he scrubbed his hands in the half-barrel of black water into which he plunged hot iron. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A hammer lies on an anvil, but the other tools hang neatly from pegs on the walls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z From nowhere, as it seemed, piles of dry brushwood for fuel, a little anvil, hammers, tongs, and bellows were produced. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z By the time the chestnut tree was in sight, they felt like tiny anvils weighing me down. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the engine room below, it sounded like Leo and the others were doing an Irish line dance with anvils tied to their feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ron passed the bag to Griphook, and the goblin pulled out a number of small metal instruments that when shaken made a loud, ringing noise like miniature hammers on anvils. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The smile fell off Rachel’s face like an anvil. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He stepped up to the rock again, and lightly touched with his staff the silver star in the middle beneath the sign of the anvil. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Aureliano wrote the name on a piece of paper that he pasted to the base of the small anvil: stake. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There was still no answer, and Wart turned back to the anvil. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls rang with the sound of hammers, and burly men in leather aprons stood sweating in the sullen heat as they bent over bel-lows and anvils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Johnny’s eyes flew about the shop, taking in the fine anvils, the hood upon the annealing furnace, the neat nests of crucibles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Like an anvil falling out of the sky, directly onto my skull. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He took the red straps to his anvil and punched screw holes in them and bent the angles with his hammer and the forked sparks leaped out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The one with the face like an anvil shrugged his shoulders and, without even rolling up his sleeves, shoved his arms into the dung with a squelch. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He found a large rock he could use as an anvil base, and he pulled nails from his tool belt until he had enough to melt into a plate for a hammering surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Veech’s garage had been the blacksmith shop, and they still kept the anvil inside. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind them stood two large, strong, stupid-looking men—one with a black unibrow running over his dull eyes, the other with a face like an anvil. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A walking anvil with a happy gappy smile that lit every doorway he darkened. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Mount Elgon brooded over the town and the trees, rising to an undefined height, its profile buried in an anvil thunderhead, bathed in golden light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the air whooshing into the big bellows in the forge and the practice tap for range of hammer on anvil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There mightily he armed his anvil block and hammered out a chain whose tempered links could not be sprung or bent; he meant that they should hold. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One day he was looking for the small anvil that he used for laminating metals and he could not remember its name. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I would sooner swear an oath on an anvil and do honest work than dupe the world with make-believe.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The pitted iron hardware deep lilac in color, smeltered in some bloomery in Cadiz or Bristol and beaten out on a blackened anvil, good to last three hundred years against the sea. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She gripped the naked stems, the iron wires the blacksmith had drawn out on the anvil last week, just for her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “You are a fine boy, but this twice- tough glass was made by my own hands. Broad-shouldered Cammar could not break it with an anvil hammer.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The horror of it struck Mark like an anvil to his chest, and the rage he’d grown all too familiar with came boiling back up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I wear wooden jeans, sandpaper socks, and anvil shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The sound of the blacksmiths hammer on his anvil reminded me of Polly, our tardy serving girl. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Jackson’s class started, his eyelids felt heavy as anvils. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The anvil serves many functions, more than just bashing metal, as blacksmiths use them also for bending, cutting, punching holes, etc. Fourth of July: Building the ultimate BBQ fork (and more) with a modern-day blacksmith 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z On an end table in a waiting room near Jemal’s office, the developer keeps a metal vise the size of an anvil. Inside an eccentric mogul’s quest to save D.C.’s most distinctive buildings 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z I think "Call The Midwife" does a great job of letting the characters' faith be a key element of the plot, but without being it being an anvil constantly dropped on the viewers' heads. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z “What did any one person matter,” one character asks, “when pounded against the anvil of history?” Books of The Times: ‘A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,’ by Anthony Marra 2013-05-07T20:50:26Z But founding guitarists Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell remain, and their anvil riffs and thick textures anchor the attack. Trouble returns to swing metal 2013-08-06T05:00:00Z But whatever reprieve the fan recognition and free booze each new city on his first big tour provided ended when he got home, an awakening thud he compares to an anvil dropping to the ground. Sub Pop rapper Porter Ray breaks out of personal, creative lull with vivid new album 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z When you think of a blacksmith, you probably think back to colonial times, a rugged, Founding Father-type with rolled-up sleeves, hammering away on an anvil. Fourth of July: Building the ultimate BBQ fork (and more) with a modern-day blacksmith 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Purdom pauses, waiting for her audience to be hit by that rhetorical anvil. My Creation Museum quest: A skeptic’s genuine search for faith, science and humanity in a most unlikely place 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The cuíca, a Brazilian friction drum with a rosined stick fastened to its head, repeatedly yawns like a distant lion, while sirens and clanking anvils evoke an urban jungle. Into The Music: The Clout of Edgard Var?se?s ?Ionisation? 2010-07-16T14:55:00Z Traditional tools, including hammers, anvils and chisels, are still used to shape the heated metal, along with modern welders, plasma cutters and grinders. Blacksmithing roars back as homeowners seek out unique furnishings 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “Breezeblocks,” one of the best-received songs of the set, featured a twinkling verse punctuated by a visceral four-beat interjection: a rapping on the door, or a hammer on an anvil, or maybe something more sinister. Music Review: Alt-J, From England, Makes Its Brooklyn Debut at Glasslands 2012-08-08T22:14:11Z For almost 50 years, he’s been employing a tool set that includes shears, surgical scissors, pliers, a rubber mallet, an anvil and a butane torch. A Lifelike Version of Nature, but Not to Scale 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z “And it’s about the bigger ghosts that haunt us, that are part of our lives, that we are carrying around like an anvil.” ‘Piano Lesson’ With Samuel L. Jackson Plans Fall Broadway Bow 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z "Larkin definitely hardened the horseshoe of his mind by whacking it on that anvil," Motion says. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Their songs hit like an anvil to the face in the best possible way. Capitol Hill Block Party 2010: the preview 2010-07-20T18:37:00Z But in the tradition of classic animation, the viewer is always aware that an anvil could drop on Kimmy’s life at any moment. Still unbreakable: The education of Kimmy Schmidt continues in Season 3 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z This one, sources say, will involve a “really heavy anvil.” Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Little touches — pools of space between tables, sheepskin stools for purses, miniature anvils with your party’s name written on it — make big impressions. Review | Discovering big things in a quaint package at a new Virginia dining destination 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Because Wagner wanted the anvils to emit specific pitches, no hardware-store model would do. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Wagner was no fan of industrialisation: his depiction, to the sound of 18 anvils, of Alberich’s enslaved dwarves mining more gold, is terrifying. Getting into Valhalla 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z What the animal, a product of "hammer", "chain", "furnace" and "anvil", really represents is the industrial revolution. Technology and the novel, from Blake to Ballard 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z When he walks the streets of Boerum Hill, it’s hard for locals to miss him, in part because of his trademark horizontal beard, its architecture seemingly inspired by the horn of an anvil. Up Close: The Bearded Dandy of Brooklyn 2011-01-05T01:17:06Z Late last Tuesday afternoon, the village was so quiet that the sound of metal clanging against anvil in the blacksmith shop rung out across the village green. Does Naperville have it all? 2011-05-12T14:13:00Z This litany spins in an even more bizarre direction, concluding with Ms. Bamford shouting “Hammer, anvil!” three times and bending down in orgasmic exhaustion. Maria Bamford’s New Special Is a Kind of Inspired Gibberish 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Now I understood: sometimes, when you try to drop an anvil on somebody, you drag yourself down with it and crash through the pavement, and your enemy still eats the birdseed. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Trump was like the Roadrunner, Conway said, always outmaneuvering Democrats as they blundered off cliffs or found themselves under falling anvils. ‘THIS IS AN ASSAULT’: History collides with Trump 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z When I visited San Lorenzo de El Escorial it was a gray day, unseasonably cold; all afternoon the sun hammered out corrugated sheets of cloud on the anvil of the sky. Spanish capital en ruinas 2013-02-19T16:42:00Z This seems a good moment to bring up Partridge's summary of the artistic benefits of living in Swindon: that it's "the anvil you get to harden stuff up on". Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z The volleying structure comes with one giant, regrettable flaw: The movie withholds a crucial bit of back story in early scenes only to drop it like an anvil later on. ‘The Way Back’ Review: Seeking Redemption on the Basketball Court 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The announcement dropped with anvil force on the traditionally hard-edged, not-particularly-gay-friendly worlds of mainstream hip-hop and R&B. Ocean is easily the highest-profile performer in those genres to publicly come out. Album review: Frank Ocean, 'Channel Orange' 2012-07-13T16:35:00Z "She was the anvil on which I was forged," said Seeger. Radio review: Peggy Seeger ? In Her Prime 2010-10-20T07:00:00Z Or suffer the crash of anvils on their heads when they give wrong answers. They’re Tiny, They’re Toony, They’re Packing Off to Uni 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z A block away, I spotted a waffle sign hanging above the doorbell of Clearing, like a colonial-era blacksmith shop’s anvil. Brussels emerges as Europe’s epicenter of contemporary art 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The brothers' workshop, where all kinds of hammers are piled high near a furnace and anvil, will continue to supply swords, locks, gates and other items to customers including theaters and private collectors. Austrian blacksmiths produce armor for Vatican's Swiss Guards 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Then it drops it on you over the closing credits of the season finale and the weight of recognition hits you like an anvil. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Finale: Case Closed 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Here be spoilers … and the world’s softest anvil. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: The Battle at Castle Black 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Eventually, she expanded into the carriage house, where an anvil takes center stage. A Jeweler and Sculptor Who Takes Inspiration From the Walls of Her Studio 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Jackson’s entire body seems to have been hammered on the anvil of the gods. Film: Quinton Jackson of ?A-Team,? A Mr. T for Our Times 2010-06-03T19:58:00Z Advertisement Advertisement He proved so dexterous that in the 1980s he was asked to make the covert “anvils” heard in the Met’s productions of “Das Rheingold.” Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Two near-naked blacksmiths hammer an anvil in Eadweard Muybridge’s famous photographic sequence. Exhibition Review: The World as America Dreamed It 2011-07-27T22:13:47Z Feeling like I’d had seven cups of coffee, I marched around the flat getting ready for work, singing loudly to drown out the cartoon anvil whistling down towards my head. Snooping in a dead man's house: my uneasy inheritance 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z “Without the right flow you strike the metal on the anvil, and nothing happens.” A Blacksmith?s Touch Makes Music Light 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z Partway through “A Life,” it can now be told, its main character dies, an event we almost aren’t sure is happening until its emotional force hits us belatedly like an anvil from the sky. On Adjacent Stages, Two Haunted Houses, Circa 1882 and 2019 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The old “Looney Tunes” violence is here, too: the sticks of dynamite, the intricate booby traps, the anvils and bank safes dropped on unsuspecting heads. Bugs Bunny Is Back, and So Is the ‘Looney Tunes’ Mayhem 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z With aching sincerity, the president kept extending his hand in bipartisan fellowship, only to have an anvil dropped on it. Where has this Barack Obama been? If Obama had governed like this in 2009, he’d be a transformational, historic president 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z It has often been noted that while the American union was established by the Revolution, the American nation was forged only upon the awful anvil of the Civil War. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z Rachel Cusk may have written "childbirth and motherhood are the anvil upon which sexual inequality was forged" but using personal experience is still controversial. Jane Martinson: 10 lessons I've learned from being Guardian women's editor 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z But starting in elementary school Gorman began to teach herself to grasp, form and wield words just as a blacksmith brings heat, an anvil, and a hammer to iron. Review | Amanda Gorman’s ‘Call Us What We Carry’ is as powerful as ‘The Hill We Climb’ 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The anvil may appear like any big chunk of metal. Fourth of July: Building the ultimate BBQ fork (and more) with a modern-day blacksmith 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “Crack was kind of like the hammer on the anvil,” Singleton says. With FX’s ‘Snowfall,’ John Singleton returns to 1980s South Central L.A. 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Phil went all-out, using five harps, a quartet of Wagner tubas and a set of tuned anvils bonging away in the descent into Nibelheim from the first “Ring” opera, “Das Rheingold.” A Wagner 'Ring' sampler: Short, but still so much to savor 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z It offers up its metaphors — that paper bird, the heart of a whale — with a hand as heavy as an anvil. ‘Letters of Suresh’ Review: Returning to the Fold 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Granted, those plans were made by people who work in the world of breakfast television which is as damaging to the mind as taking an anvil to the skull – but nevertheless, they aren’t bloopers. The irrepressible joy of Australian news bloopers: from distressingly human to extremely bird 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The spy proved as blunt as an anvil on Wile E. Coyote’s head, but the casting of Mr. Connery obliterated any notion that Bond could be wholly dull. Review: In ‘Spectre,’ Daniel Craig Returns as James Bond 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z An anvil sits in the center of the space near a grooved swage block for shaping metal and a power hammer for pounding it. Blacksmithing roars back as homeowners seek out unique furnishings 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Not serve as a mirror but an anvil. What Do You Want From Your Local Theater? Readers Respond 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Like her previous work, “Purge”, it features the history of Estonia at the moment when it was caught between Stalin’s hammer and Hitler’s anvil in the second world war. A singular voice 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Blotchy, heavy clouds are stacked like anvils above a purple horizon. On Small Ship, Ocean Life (and Other Passengers) Are Up Close 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z During the scene in which Wagner’s enslaved metalsmiths toil at their anvils — mere stage props — a team of percussionists, concealed offstage, hammers away on the tubing. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Every part of the anvil is essential and I keep learning new ways to use it to shape metal. Fourth of July: Building the ultimate BBQ fork (and more) with a modern-day blacksmith 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z He sounds like a man in a cartoon who’s been hit by an anvil, birds tweeting over his head. Mark E. Smith Shows His Staying Power 2010-04-30T19:55:00Z Like Bugs Bunny, who can deflect bullets and survive falling anvils, characters like Snooki can curse, get drunk, have promiscuous sex and buy a stripper pole, and never get seriously hurt. ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: 'Skins,' Sex and Foreign Affairs 2011-02-01T11:38:24Z The smack of a hammer hitting an anvil was added to the ambient sound. Books of The Times: ‘The Friedkin Connection’ a Memoir by William Friedkin 2013-05-08T21:18:02Z But the show's worst sin isn't technical ineptitude, it's the laziness of the jokes and the anvil touch with which Armstrong and Miller deploy them. Armstrong and Miller 2010-09-28T21:30:00Z “Serpentine Prison” is sparer by comparison, more of a weighted blanket than an anvil on the chest. Matt Berninger, king of melancholy music, is doing just fine 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Soon I had anvils of snow frozen to the bottoms of my skis. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z When I am at my anvil, it is exactly where I want to be. Fourth of July: Building the ultimate BBQ fork (and more) with a modern-day blacksmith 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Everything in this show is about as subtle as an anvil dropping from a 30,000 feet in the air. HBO Max's "Gossip Girl" reboot introduces a new class treading the same tired path 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Other times, mass stupefaction can hit an audience like an anvil in a Chuck Jones cartoon, as it did Sunday after the first screening of another 2011 contender for the Palme d'Or, "House of Tolerance." Cannes: Malick's cosmic film debuts — at last — to boos, cheers 2011-05-16T14:17:20Z As I looked out toward a red anvil mesa, patched white with snow from an overnight storm, it struck me that the quirky dream machine had not kicked over for some time. T Magazine: Dream Weaver 2012-05-14T14:00:44Z From the outside, it doesn’t look like much — a simple structure once used for housing sheep — but inside it’s a fully functioning atelier with workbenches, tools, anvils, lathes and forges. T Magazine: The Restoration of a French Country Estate, 20 Years in the Making 2013-09-13T19:05:15Z How and when did we come to find anvils not only funny, but the truest test of the Earth’s gravitational pull? ‘American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,’ by Christopher Miller 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z I walk along a bleak corridor on the top floor of a dilapidated building, to a crisscrossing rhythm of unseen hammers, beating on anvils. Manifesta 9: a rich seam of art in a disused mine 2012-08-06T17:37:05Z The canal’s water power, channeled through a mill wheel, drives a gigantic hammer inside the building punching down on the anvil. AP PHOTOS: Bavarian hammersmith forges wrought-iron pans at a mill more than 500 years old 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z All that's missing is someone dropping an anvil on someone's head — even odds that if that happens, Marjorie Taylor Greene will be involved in some fashion. Trump vs. Biden 2024 will be all-time ugly — and the media's making it worse 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z He also conceived the sounds that are produced by the giant beskar anvil — struck by a “Time Grappler” in a high bell tower — which Britell created by striking the pipes in Gilroy’s basement in Manhattan. Nicholas Britell finds the themes for outsized stories in this world and others 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z It was as if an anvil had been lifted from their cartoon lives. LOVERRO: Dan Snyder’s looney tunes reign over Commanders nears an end 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “Previous stuff was only stable at a million atmospheres, so you couldn’t really take it out of the diamond anvil” cell, he says. Controversy Surrounds Blockbuster Superconductivity Claim 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The oldest described stone tools—consisting of flaked stones and anvils—date to 3.3 million years ago. Monkey rock bashing resembles tools made by early human ancestors 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In a memoir, Mr. Hébras recalled the sounds of his town as it had been in his youth — “the church bells and the anvil of the blacksmith shoeing cows and hobnailing our clogs.” Robert Hébras, last survivor of infamous massacre in France, dies at 97 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z You can also kill somebody by dropping an anvil on them from the 10th floor. As the mass shootings mount, so does the numb avoidance 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z No Hungarian, he said, should be caught “between the Ukrainian anvil and the Russian sledgehammer.” For Ukraine, Hungary’s Orban is another problematic strongman next door 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Because this measurement must be made while the superconducting hydride is in a diamond anvil cell, results contain background noise. Controversy Surrounds Blockbuster Superconductivity Claim 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z It figures to become one of those sports fates that takes up lodging like some anvil in the mind and sits around in there for decades. With the clang of a post, Croatia silences Brazil at the World Cup 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z They even used the rock as an anvil to sharpen their knives. Minerals discovered in Somalian meteorite are new to science 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z What are you going to do, ban anvils? As the mass shootings mount, so does the numb avoidance 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “Don’t you want to know how it works?” he would ask, before setting fruit on his makeshift anvil and smashing it to bits. Gallagher, hammer-wielding comic whose routine was a smash, dies at 76 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z In fact, he was swinging the anvil at Lucas Oil Stadium on Oct. Saturday faces daunting task in preparing Colts for Raiders 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Adding other elements to the hydrogen—creating a hydride structure—can increase the “chemical pressure,” reducing the need for external pressure and making superconductivity reachable in small laboratory vises called diamond anvil cells. ‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z “No one looks at you, no one assesses you. It lifts the tiny anvil of self-consciousness. You can go anywhere, unimpeded by the microaggressions of strangers, the obligatory, waterlogged civilities of friends and acquaintances.” Review | Ling Ma’s surreal stories explore the absurdity of labels 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Each stroke Wednesday night seemed a little harder until, by the end of the match, she was delivering hammers and anvils. Perspective | Serena Williams, master of her mind and body, summons a champion’s resolve 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “Can you pay $20 for a loaf of bread? No. We are really squished between the hammer and the anvil.” $10 bread is the new $5 gas as prices soar, demand wanes for basics 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The three ossicles are the malleus, incus, and stapes, which are Latin names that roughly translate to hammer, anvil, and stirrup. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z For the 2020 Nature paper, Dias and colleagues added carbon, crushed the mix in a diamond anvil cell, and heated it with a laser to create a new substance. ‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Still, inflation has pulled on the stock market like an anvil, depressing consumer and business sentiment and forcing political leaders to scramble, while a compounding array of geopolitical tensions added to the volatility. Stocks slide, with Wall Street closing out its worst first half since 1970 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z “There is no doubt that the White House gave the vice president a portfolio of issues that she is in charge of which have been nothing but anvils,” Mr. Levesque said. Shovel-ready presidential campaign? Buttigieg ‘24 buzz grows amid Biden doubts 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z But a decade ago, researchers found, using diamond anvils at outer core conditions, that iron conducts heat at least twice as fast as previously thought. Scientists are probing the secrets of Earth’s inner core—and how it saved life on our planet 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “Not a single Hungarian can be left between the Ukrainian anvil and the Russian hammer.” War in Ukraine is center stage at Hungary’s election rallies 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Measuring that effect in a diamond anvil cell is impractical, so experimentalists working with hydrides often measure a related quantity called “magnetic susceptibility.” ‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z But the legal action dropped like an anvil on the news media in Peru, with many saying it is sure to have a chilling effect on future reporting. In Peru, Courts ‘Used Like Whips’ to Silence Journalists 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Normal people, who might want to toss anvils to progressives drowning in their jargon, should modify George Orwell’s axiom that “the great enemy of clear language is insincerity.” Opinion | Farewell, 2021, year of weird speaking 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z One strategy is to press and heat iron in diamond anvil cells, as before—but to glimpse its structure, quickly, before it is contaminated with carbon. Scientists are probing the secrets of Earth’s inner core—and how it saved life on our planet 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z New Zealand and Italy have already introduced climate change studies into the secondary school curriculum and Britain said at November's COP26 summit that a climate change teaching strategy was on the anvil. How should we teach children about climate change? 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z They carefully select a flat rock to act as an anvil and place a nut on top. Artificial intelligence helps scientists spy on chimp behavior in the wild 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z A lot is the dregs of victory in World War II. Kansas and Iowa grew wheat and corn for the war effort; Los Angeles became the forge and anvil for knocking off the Nazis. You thought the oil spill was bad? In L.A., toxic waste is everywhere 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z And this in a honey-lit, wood-bound dining room that factors in sheepskin stools for purses, local rocks to ferry the bread and tiny anvils with your party’s name written on it. 2021 Fall Dining Guide If researchers can ease the pressure a bit more, to below 10 GPa, they can ditch the diamond anvil cells. Thanks to a bit of diamond smashing, practical superconductivity could be close to reality 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z To test this theory, Jeanloz and his colleagues first used diamond anvils to create “pre-compressed” samples possessing varying ratios of hydrogen to helium. Massive Machines Are Bringing Giant Exoplanets Down to Earth 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z USA Today described the tops of the clouds as looking like anvils. An Oregon wildfire is so intense it is literally creating its own weather system 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The temperature readings were made by satellites peering down from above at the anvil clouds of thunderstorms. Weather satellite detects record-cold cloud temperature of minus-168 degrees 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Ben Perkins is forging a reputation as an up-and-coming blacksmith after asking for an anvil for his 16th birthday. Teenage blacksmith forges social media following 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Mirrors on the table steer laser light through windows into the diamond anvil cell. Thanks to a bit of diamond smashing, practical superconductivity could be close to reality 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Most teenagers probably ask for video games for Christmas - but Ben Perkins asked for an anvil. The 17-year-old blacksmith going viral online 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Breathtaking in its otherworldliness with massive anvils sitting in a sewing circle atop felled tree stumps. Louisville blacksmith has made 1,000s of works of art 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z “We are between hammer and anvil. It attacks the Republic, society, peace and the very essence of religion, which is about togetherness.” French police arrest nine after teacher beheaded in street 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Numerous groups have claimed to make such metallic hydrogen, using diamond anvil cells, palm-size devices in which a target substance gets crushed to enormous pressure between the tips of two diamonds. After decades, room temperature superconductivity achieved 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z When the pandemic hit America’s restaurants, it was as if an anvil dropped — on a bubble. Opinion | How to Save Restaurants 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Then I used an old piece of fence and an old chopping board as an anvil. The 17-year-old blacksmith going viral online 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z But he tweeted an obscure maxim that appeared to declare his innocence: “A good anvil does not fear the hammer.” Chinese Ambassador ‘Likes’ an X-Rated Video. Awkward. 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z "A good anvil does not fear the hammer," he wrote Wednesday on Twitter, quote-tweeting the embassy's release. Chinese diplomat blames Twitter hack for sex video turmoil 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z They loaded their diamond anvil cell with tiny solid particles of carbon and sulfur milled together, and then piped in three gases: hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and methane. After decades, room temperature superconductivity achieved 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z But some lightning originates in the anvil or top region of the thunderstorm, which is positively charged. How a Pacific storm fueled lightning that sparked California's biggest-ever fire season 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z "I was 13 when I started - I even asked my parents for an anvil that Christmas - and I practised a lot." The 17-year-old blacksmith going viral online 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z A good anvil does not fear the hammer. Chinese embassy demands Twitter probe after ambassador account likes porn tweet 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z He says there was no comparison between the Russia investigation and the email inquiry, which the Republicans had used as an anvil to damage Mrs. Clinton’s election chances. Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z He disapproves of it, considers it violent and abusive: A coyote must always be bonked by an anvil so a roadrunner can laugh. This Profile of Charlie Kaufman Has Changed 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Thus it is called positive lighting or anvil lightning. How a Pacific storm fueled lightning that sparked California's biggest-ever fire season 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Of particular concern are cumulus clouds and anvil clouds, which are highly charged. The Air Force weather team that keeps canceling your rocket launches 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z He wrote, “A good anvil does not fear the hammer.” Chinese embassy demands Twitter probe after ambassador account likes porn tweet 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The report also recommends that NSF invest up to $3 million to build a new anvil press. NSF pushed to boost funding for dating and squeezing rocks 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z There’s the fever, the loss of smell and taste, the cough, the loss of energy, the feeling that an anvil is sitting upon your chest and several more. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The air in the anvil is cooler than the stratosphere. How a Pacific storm fueled lightning that sparked California's biggest-ever fire season 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z I felt like there was an anvil sitting on my chest. ‘An Anvil Sitting on My Chest’: What It’s Like to Have Covid-19 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z We used a keyboard to make a smashing sound, like an anvil in a foundry. How we made: XTC on Making Plans for Nigel 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “Is the General Assembly going to throw them a life raft or an anvil?” she asked. Virginia lawmakers freeze spending plan as uncertainties of pandemic continue 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z To much of the rest of the country, South Dakota’s governor looks awfully like an ideologue sacrificing lives on the anvil of Trumpology. 'I believe in our freedoms': South Dakota governor stresses liberty and resists lockdown 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Then he opened a local shop about 20 years ago with forges, anvils and a creative itch. Indiana blacksmith shows off skills in blacksmithing classes 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z "You know, he wants to hold court in the street. And so we have the anvil and we're ready." Dog the Bounty Hunter vows latest bond is for late wife Beth Chapman: ‘My tears have turned to blood’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z It is common practice to use a device called a diamond anvil cell to achieve ultrahigh compression of a material and to study changes in the material’s physical properties at high density. A milestone in the hunt for metallic hydrogen 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Women can flex their muscles in the skillet throw and men can chuck anvils. Coachella, Art Basel, Comic-Con: The country’s big annual events are, well, big. Check out these lesser-known alternatives. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z She is heavy and light, old and young, an anvil that’s fluid. My changemaker of the decade, by Amal Clooney, Solange Knowles, Caitlyn Jenner and more 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s not just that you can sometimes see the flames and watch the towering cumulus clouds they create, hanging like anvils over the ridges and darkening the landscape. Opinion | Can You Still #Resist When Your State’s on Fire? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Root for the Nats and wait for the anvil to fall on your foot. Opinion | The Nationals’ thrilling, improbable World Series victory 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z This device compresses a sample of the material, which is confined to a microscopic chamber in a thin metal foil, between two diamond anvils. A milestone in the hunt for metallic hydrogen 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z It goes without saying that there are myriad cartoon-sized anvils dangling over Trump’s head. Mystery wrapped in nasty: If there's a Senate trial ahead, what evil will Mitch do? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z This is about half the pressure that hydrogen can be subjected to in diamond anvil cells, and is not high enough to study some of the element’s most exotic phases, such as the mixed phase. X-rays glimpse solid hydrogen’s structure 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z That carried a positive charge a decent distance from the updraft, producing bolts farther away and allowing “anvil crawlers,” which is a particular form of lightning, to ripple along the underside of the high clouds. Analysis | Wicked light show dazzles D.C.’s Virginia suburbs. Here’s how it happened. 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z You might just shrug if the anvil of these plays’ shared desire weren’t so obvious: Cry. Endgames in “Sea Wall/A Life” and “Coriolanus” 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Moreover, the shape of the anvils helps to confine dense hydrogen samples that are suitable for optical measurements. A milestone in the hunt for metallic hydrogen 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Democrats need only begin to gnaw at the ropes in order for Trump to ejector-seat himself out of the White House before one or more of those anvils fall. Mystery wrapped in nasty: If there's a Senate trial ahead, what evil will Mitch do? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z When I was a kid, I slept in a manger, an anvil for a pillow, a mat of bark and fire ants for a blanket. Perspective | The nightmare scenario: Imagine a bed so squeaky it makes sleep nigh impossible 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z That’s also evident in the shape of the clouds: notice the downwind anvil is already there while a new plume immediately goes over the volcano. This volcano just erupted after nearly a century of silence. Astronauts captured the breathtaking scene from 254 miles above. 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The ‘diamond anvil’ — used by mineral physicists to subject substances to deep-Earth temperatures and pressures — is described at length. An ode to carbon 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Although most thunderheads rise only to the top of the troposphere and then spread into the familiar anvil shape, some especially powerful storms overshoot, injecting moist air into the stratosphere. Into the overworld: Ex–spy plane to see whether towering storms pose new threat to ozone layer 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Then he got into such big seas that he likened it to an anvil slamming into the hull. British sailor to mark 50th anniversary of circumnavigation 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z “My head felt the most incredible pressure, like lava and sulfur coming out of my ears. It was like someone was hitting me with an anvil. I wanted to die. I thought I was dying.” A Giant Laid Low by Too Many Blows to the Head 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The marriage of American air power and a tough local militia on the ground—dubbed the “hammer and anvil” strategy—succeeded. How Trump Betrayed the General Who Defeated ISIS 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan was the anvil on which the Soviet Union forged its nuclear arsenal. Daily briefing: A fossil snapshot of the last day of the dinosaurs 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The Semipalatinsk Test Site, about 150 kilometres west of Semey, was the anvil on which the Soviet Union forged its nuclear arsenal. The nuclear sins of the Soviet Union live on in Kazakhstan 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z He tries to drop an anvil on her. The Meaning of the Scene: When Pelosi Clapped at Trump 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Use anvils, hammers and fire to make your very own bottle openers, knives, chopsticks/wasabi bowls or garden art. 13 fun places to go for team-building experiences in the Seattle area | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z In their experiment, Hemley and his collaborators placed a diamond anvil in a synchrotron beamline at the Argonne National Laboratory, outside Chicago in Illinois. First hint of near-room-temperature superconductor tantalizes physicists 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, for example, archaeologists on a remote Scottish island found a stone anvil from the mysterious ancient Pictish people. Medieval whisky still discovered at Scottish abbey may be the world’s oldest 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z What’s up with the maid wearing a welding helmet hitting a rubber anvil placed on a sawhorse? Review: As L.A. voted, John Cage's anarchic 'Europeras 1 & 2' set the tone for election day - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z We care about the nation’s health, but we seem to enjoy the anvil business even more. The Meaning of the Scene: When Pelosi Clapped at Trump 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Today, Ghomari points to the anvil on which he beats missiles into daggers. Yemeni smiths beat missiles into knives, not ploughshares 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z One discovery at Swandro this summer was a rock anvil used 1,500 years ago by a Pictish coppersmith, still smudged with the carbon grime of the forge. Rising seas threaten to wash away Scotland’s heritage 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Looking like a fluid stroke of ink on paper rendered from a brush more than white-hot iron hammered on a resistant anvil, the silhouettes taper at the ends to impossibly delicate finials. Review: 'Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths' shows the delicate artistry of clever metalworkers 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z This seems to land with the weight of an anvil on the assembled youth, as Brown’s words are met with silence. Seattle students take part in summer school to unlearn racism 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z But look up: The forecast calls for anvils. The Meaning of the Scene: When Pelosi Clapped at Trump 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Others, like Tottenham and Manchester United, have left major personnel issues hanging like cartoon anvils. Decoding the various (and very British) oddities of the Premier League - Golf Digest 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z His clubs became his hammer, the practice tee his anvil. The Problem with Hogan - Golf Digest 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Humans and our hominin cousins have been using stones as hammers and anvils for least 3 million years. ‘We were stunned’: Researchers find capuchin monkeys using rocks to crack nuts, snails, in Panama 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Of course, sports also offers escapism; not just from cancer treatments but also from relationship and professional troubles, commuting, parenting or any of the other anvils of adult life. Perspective | I was sick. D.C. sports helped me push through. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Once collected, Wilson tells me, the wire is cut using heavy-duty pliers and shaped flat with a metal hammer and an industrial anvil. These Artists Are Making Jewelry to Help Protect Their Country's Wildlife 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z To work on props, he also frequently uses an anvil and a forge. Alabama man crafts swords, shields and other Hollywood props 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z When that happens, the ligament “acts like a hammer and the celiac axis acts like an anvil, squeezing the nerves in between,” according to the Cleveland Clinic website. After years, Virginia woman finds answer to mystery illness 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The monkeys were captured collecting large, heavy cobbles from streams and shorelines and carrying them to broad, flat rocks or logs that could be used as “anvils.” ‘We were stunned’: Researchers find capuchin monkeys using rocks to crack nuts, snails, in Panama 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Students spent the late morning making their hooks - heating the metal and then hammering it against the anvil until it cooled. Alberton blacksmith passes on tools of the trade 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z In the school, the equipment - from anvils to mechanical hammers - will be used as creative tools for both local folks looking to experiment with a new craft to world-class artists honing their skills. Historic blacksmith shop in Johnstown to reopen as school 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Scott Jennings, a former McConnell strategist who remains close to the Senate leader, said Moore would be a “brand anvil” weighing down Republicans nationally. In Alabama, Republicans fear a lose-lose in Roy Moore Senate race 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Many use a device called a diamond anvil cell. The labs that forge distant planets here on Earth They jumped on their own, flying like sparks from an anvil. The palimpsest planet Little is left except for her husband’s 360-pound anvil from his time as a blacksmith. 'Rebuild!' echoes across fire-scarred Santa Rosa, but toxic hazards and red tape could slow efforts 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z As he stepped off the bridge, Jones said an unnatural calm came upon him "like an anvil had been lifted from my shoulders." Editor's Letter: A Pocketful of Miracles - Golf Digest 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z There’s only a 40 percent chance that conditions will be favorable for launch, with a concern of anvil and cumulus clouds forming near Cape Canaveral. Watch SpaceX launch its third Falcon 9 rocket in less than two weeks 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z But Ms. Lui said that these accomplishments — and the pressure to serve as a model of Aboriginal success — weigh on her like an anvil. Australia Through American Eyes 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z But the anvil was shaken this past week when dozens of Islamic State fighters penetrated police lines in a well-planned counterattack, briefly taking ground. Mosul’s Old City waits for salvation amid ‘death, death, death’ 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z “I call it the legal anvil falling from the sky,” said Hallatt. 'It was a great run': rebel grocer Pirate Joe's closes after lengthy legal battle 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Or Brazilian capuchin monkeys that use heavy stones to smash hard nuts against flat boulders that serve as anvils. Fishes Use Problem-Solving and Invent Tools 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Police say the 18-inch-tall anvil was being used as a decorative object in the front yard garden near Main Street when it was stolen sometime between May 21 and Sunday. Police investigate theft of 250-pound anvil from garden 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z This year, however, anxiety lurks in the anvil chorus. 2018 Northwest Folklife Festival in danger of being canceled 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z “They are the hammer, and we are the anvil — be a strong anvil,” Lt. Mosul’s Old City waits for salvation amid ‘death, death, death’ 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s about as subtle as an anvil landing on your foot. Review | Fourth ‘Wimpy Kid’ film mixes fitful laughs with frequent groans 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Andrew Shanks’ “ACME” lets the audience in to the famous company that supplied anvils and invisible paint in the old “Looney Tunes” ’toons. Review: Meep, meep! Annex makes way for some cartoonish capitalist commentary 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z They bore marks you'd expect to see on a hammer and anvil. Archaeology shocker: Study claims humans reached the Americas 130,000 years ago 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z They conclude that these represent hammerstones and anvils - two types of stone tool used by prehistoric cultures across the world. First Americans claim sparks controversy - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The bones looked as though they had been set on by a large ‘anvil’ stone and struck with a ‘hammer’ rock. Controversial study claims humans reached Americas 100,000 years earlier than thought 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z And the bones and stones were found in two areas, each roughly centered on what’s thought to be an anvil. Neanderthals in California? Maybe so, provocative study says 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The cobbles that served as hammerstones and anvils, then, could not have entered the layer by natural means. Did Humans Arrive in America a Hundred Thousand Years Earlier Than We Thought? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Then anvil clouds form—the thunderstorm cells from which tornadoes would touch down on Moore. Take that, Europe. Computer modeler aims to give U.S. lead in weather predictions 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The forge, anvil and scalding oil tank speak to his craft. Living by the sword: Carving a niche making warrior blades 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z He’s also a blunt-talking anvil of a populist who preaches patriotism, strict immigration controls, friendlier relations with Moscow and, above all, the need to “sweep away the garbage” of a corrupt political establishment. In Bulgaria, a Businessman Who Talks (and Acts) Like Trump 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z It allows researchers to send beams of light, from X-ray to infrared, through the anvil cell to probe the material inside. Forget the ring: Lab-grown diamonds are a scientist’s best friend 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z For instance, he found it strange that the hammerstones and anvils weren’t accompanied by the smaller, sharper stone tools also typically found at prehistoric butchery sites. Did Humans Arrive in America a Hundred Thousand Years Earlier Than We Thought? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Dias and Silvera report that this state became obvious to them when the material in the diamond anvil cell developed a lustrous surface. Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material' - BBC News 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The scientists created this force using synthetic diamonds mounted opposite each other in a device known as a diamond anvil cell. U.S. scientists create metallic hydrogen, a possible superconductor, ending quest 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z When squeezed with enough pressure inside an anvil, hydrogen should be able to conduct electricity, the hallmark of a metallic state. Physicists doubt bold report of metallic hydrogen 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Traditional diamonds often contain flaws, and those of any significant size are far too expensive — especially because Boehler's lab breaks so many of its anvils. Forget the ring: Lab-grown diamonds are a scientist’s best friend 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z This is boxing code for saying that Taylor keeps coming at you, takes a punch to give a punch, and has fists that hit like anvils. Fight 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z With respect to the tiny sample amount: Such experiments are performed in small diamond anvil cells. Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material' - BBC News 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Kerry’s poll numbers were surging into Election Day, and the exit polls predicted a win, but the 9 p.m. hour dropped like an anvil on his campaign. What time will this election finally be over? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Club also covered the episode by saying its writers were “about as subtle as an anvil.” ‘Supergirl’ turns political before election, blasts ‘xenophobic right’ with immigration allegory 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z It gave the Cubs a 3-0 advantage in the second inning, but it carried even greater heft: an anvil blow to Bumgarner’s aura of invincibility. Giants Prevail in a Marathon Thriller and Prevent a Sweep by the Cubs 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson figures Mrs. Clinton and her affiliated Super Pacs will spend about $50 million dropping anvils on him. The Libertarians Make Their Case 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He liked to watch his grandfather work metal on the anvil in his shop. Traverse City welder, 95, still works in shed nearly daily 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z If that force is high enough, the head of the shoulder blade acts as an anvil, shattering and compressing the components of the proximal humerus, or top of the upper arm bone. Lucy, our hominid cousin, may have died in a tragic fall from a tree 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z In the small towns of America’s heartland boys shouted from perches atop trees and blacksmiths pounded their anvils, all to announce the arrival of the cowboys. The Race of the Century that Marked the End of the Wild West 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z "I found myself between a hammer and an anvil," said the young Nile Delta cleric, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being penalized for criticizing the government. Uproar over Egypt's policy of state-dictated Friday sermons 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The storm was particularly striking at this stage due to the eruption of mammatus cloud from the anvil that was constantly being lit up with lightning. In pictures: Weather Photographer of the Year - BBC News 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z “If you get through your speech, it’s like they lift an anvil off your shoulder,’’ he said. Griffey gets that the Hall of Fame honor is forever 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z But this inexplicable, invisible anvil was burdening her mind. Olympic diver Katrina Young: ‘I want an Olympic gold medal and I believe I can do that’ 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z “It’s like needing a life preserver and getting an anvil,” said Roy Cooper, the North Carolina attorney general. How Private Equity Found Power and Profit in State Capitols 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z As observations first revealed about a decade ago, capuchin monkeys use stone hammers and anvils to break into the cashew nuts - placing a cashew on a large stone anvil and hitting with a hammer. Monkey archaeology: Ancient evidence of tool use found - BBC News 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z This is especially vital for Republicans who, in many races, find that their party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, may be more of an anvil than a rocket booster to their own fortunes. Congress’s Look-Good Season: Republicans Pursue Bills to Show Voters 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z An archaeological site in the Brazilian savanna has revealed the oldest record of non-human stone tool use found outside of Africa: centuries-old stone hammers and anvils wielded by hungry capuchin monkeys. Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys Initially dismissed as a minor bureaucratic issue overblown by her Republican enemies, the emails became an anvil that some of her close allies say she tied to her own neck. Email controversy not over for Clinton, Republicans warn 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z This is followed by the Anvil Chorus from Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” which recreates the sound of multiple Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn. Music to Hear Jackhammers By 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z For Nyquist, however, bad luck and black magic landed on him like an anvil in the Preakness. A Year After American Pharoah’s Triumph, an Exciting Belmont Is a Letdown 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z As my father’s campervan climbed the roads from the airport, I thought, here I am in the city that was the forge of my father’s youth, the anvil on which his character was struck. Susan Faludi: getting to know my father, the woman 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The tools—worn-down hammers four times bigger than the average rock in the area, and pockmarked anvils four times bigger than the hammers—matched the form of modern capuchins’ tools. Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys Even so, a loss that lopsided was a little like watching the anvil actually hit the roadrunner. Storm’s Breanna Stewart is learning from tough early losses in WNBA 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z They argued it’s too much to ask fans to scrape their flattened hopes off the sidewalk, when they know another anvil is about to fall. Caps didn’t lose because of their past, but it makes losing more painful 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Shares of the tech companies LinkedIn Corp. and Tableau Software Inc. dropped like an anvil from a cliff early this month after the firms reported disappointing growth forecasts. Are tech stocks a bubble about to pop? So far, they're defying predictions 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z In the center, away from the saws and the towering machinery, sharpened slabs of steel lie on top of anvils. Coquille swordsmith Michael Bell is known for katanas 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z It is filled with dust and charcoal smoke, tools, tongs, anvils and branding irons. Kansas blacksmith forges legacy in centuries-old profession 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Mrs. Clinton will conceal her true ambitions if that’s what it takes to win, and she’ll drop on her opponents any political anvils that happen to be handy. Honest and Dishonest Socialism 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The group used a set-up called a diamond anvil cell to compress its sample of molecular hydrogen. Diamond squeeze hints at metallic hydrogen - BBC News 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z When ultrapowerful lasers struck a diamond anvil, they instantly vaporized the diamond—but that was just a side effect of the experiment pictured above. Top 10 images of 2015 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Founded in 1857, Baum Iron sold products like horseshoes and anvils, wagon spokes and buckboards, to settlers moving west. Love letters to the Omaha’s past 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Then they shot the laser through one end of the diamond anvil cell—vaporizing the diamond instantly and sending in shock waves that further compressed the mixture. Physicists find new evidence for helium ‘rain’ on Saturn 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The migraine eventually hit him like an anvil late in last week’s game against the Giants. ‘You Can’t Put Ice Over a Migraine,’ a Lurking Malady in the N.F.L. 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Outside the door is a battered stump and a few anvils where hammering and shaping takes place. Western Nebraska metal artist hammers out winning designs 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Even in an agency notorious for its toughness, Abu Haytham stood apart, a man with a burly street fighter’s physique and the personality of an anvil. The king demanded vengeance and ‘Zarqawi’s woman’ was sent to the gallows 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Hammering at an anvil in the campus blacksmith’s hut, one student, Alexander Fredriksen, 20, noted that Vikings had many talents beyond spreading mayhem. Norway Again Embraces the Vikings, Minus the Violence 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Bush said it “hung like an anvil” around Romney’s candidacy after his widely ridiculed assertion that millions of undocumented immigrants would “self-deport”. Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric could lose Republicans the 2016 election 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Those who, all day long, work here at the anvil or carpenter's bench, soon lose any sense of being invalids and are filled with fresh hope for the future.” Care of the Severely Wounded, 1915 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Many are twists on traditional fairground rides - such as a coconut shy featuring anvils, instead of coconuts. Dismaland: First come-first served queue at Banksy show - BBC News 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z In other words, it’s a carrot hanging over them, not an anvil. Miller no longer in NFL’s drug program 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z He and Nickels each used iron tongs to hold the pieces, orange end atop orange end, against an anvil. Traverse City area man forges useful, indestructible art 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Shedding that feeling of isolation was an anvil off my chest. More Men Need to Talk About Miscarriage 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Her cure for any potential psychological vulnerability was simply to play like a hammer beating an anvil. Finding success at All-England club, where everyone is strung a little tight 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z But another agreement on the anvil for Modi’s Dhaka visit will be a transit agreement, which will vastly enhance economic connectivity. With Little Fanfare, India Makes Big Security Advances Toward The East 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The tools, made from volcanic rock, include sharp-edged flakes of various sizes, the rocks from which these flakes were struck, larger rectangular blocks that served as anvils and smaller, harder stones that served as hammers. Human ancestors made stone tools earlier than previously known 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The space is packed with metal work tables, anvils, giant vises, racks of tongs and huge machines. Traverse City area man forges useful, indestructible art 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Hammers and anvils were also excavated, some of which were huge in size. Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans - BBC News 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Other stones were used as anvils, upon which the cores were placed while striking. Stone tools found in Kenya are the oldest ever discovered 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z That interview came Monday, when he was the first player to speak after the Wizard’s season ended with the subtlety of a dropped anvil. Wizards’ Marcin Gortat: This season ‘was pretty much the toughest one’ 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z There was an allegorical manufacturer, armed with a mallet and anvil, over whose left shoulder a gear wheel rose like the sun. Restoring a Bit of Old English Flair to a Skyscraper on 42nd Street 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z "Launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching anvil cloud," SpaceX CEOElon Musk wrote in a Twitter post after the launch delay. Thunderstorm Delays SpaceX Rocket Landing Attempt 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z An anvil in a haystack Interest from governments in screening cargo for nuclear material increased dramatically after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. Gamma-Ray Method Used to Flag Nuclear Stashes 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z On a nearby chair, a black tote bag, stuffed to the point that it resembled an anvil, held folders filled with hundreds of nearly identical designs. An Artist with Amnesia 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Pham says that the extra 8,700 African Union troops will make a good hammer to the Nigerian military’s anvil, but whether or not they will prove successful by March 28, is unclear. Nigeria's Military Quails When Faced With Boko Haram 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The “Gang of Five” plan landed like a bag of anvils. 6 Days That Felled Sheldon Silver, the Speaker Who Ruled Albany for Decades 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The adversarial nature of reader and writer is compacted between the hammer that is “ethics in game journalism” and the anvil that is “SJWism.” What #GamerGate Is Actually About 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Value investing is the anvil on which character is forged. Guy Spier's The Education Of A Value Investor 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Today’s news dropped on Wall like an anvil. John Wall helps win one for Miyah on emotional night 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The shop includes nine work stations with coal-fired forges and anvils. Wisconsin man shares passion for blacksmithing 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z "You have to be about eight years old we find, to be able to reach the anvil," he says. Can geeks rescue science education? 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Similar wit can be seen in Roger Cutler’s “Scale of Archimedes,” which balances a feather and an anvil at opposite ends of a long wooden beam. Art review: ‘Gedankenexperiment’ at American Association for the Advancement of Science Except the ones they don’t have — and somehow snuffed out, tied to an anvil and thrown into the ocean. An arrogant and lawless IRS But Watch Dogs isn’t concerned with being politically insightful, and the rare moments it tries feel more like anvils dropped on your head. Watch Dogs Review: City of Interest 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z When Gibson turned left toward the baseline, Gooden brought his right arm down like an anvil, stripping the ball from a guy who has been killing the Wizards on the offensive glass. Wise: 2014 NBA playoffs: Sense of urgency helps Wizards take 3-1 series lead 2014-04-28T00:14:00Z Masters champion Billy Casper famously said: "Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities—patience, poise, restraint—to the flame." Land Grab 2014-03-28T04:00:00Z As we approach the anvil, someone flips a hidden switch that loosens the sword. Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney 2014-03-07T16:11:44Z First, diamond anvil cell experiments and structural studies at extreme pressures and temperatures are difficult. Earth science: Crystallography's journey to the deep Earth 2014-02-26T18:21:20.042Z With the long climb Griffin is facing, he doesn’t need an anvil on his back. Reid: Robert Griffin III is the most important concern for the next Washington Redskins head coach 2013-12-30T02:17:00Z “The people are between the hammer and anvil,” he said. Archbishop and Imam Are United Across Battle Lines in Central African Republic 2013-12-24T02:18:17Z With the diamond anvils at the Carnegie Institution, the pressure reaches 50 million pounds per square inch. The Big Squeeze 2013-12-16T22:28:17Z Owen looks evenly at his brother and Merlin, and then steps to the anvil and lifts the sword true. Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney 2014-03-07T16:11:44Z New ways of supporting the anvils in the diamond cell expand the angular access for X-rays to get good coverage of the mineral structure without sacrificing pressure. Earth science: Crystallography's journey to the deep Earth 2014-02-26T18:21:20.042Z Exceptionally clearly developed single-cell Cumulonimbus incus displaying the classic anvil shape; gusts will happen near and under it. Faux Cloud And Missed Opportunities - Government Cloud Done Wrong 2013-12-06T16:35:00Z "The hammer is the air strikes and actions of the Syrian regime and the anvil is radical Islam," he said. France suggests it is ready to give weapons to Syria rebels 2013-09-19T23:40:09Z Within an anvil, he and his collaborators managed to create a single ruby crystal of oxygen, off which they bounced X-rays to determine the structure. The Big Squeeze 2013-12-16T22:28:17Z Chunks of concrete fell from the sky like cartoon anvils, through smoke and clouds of shredded insulation sucked out of attics by the shock wave. West, Texas: The Town That Blew Up 2013-07-03T18:25:25Z Here ‘anvils’ are used to squeeze tiny samples to tremendous pressures. Some facets of the geology of diamonds 2013-05-09T13:15:00.553Z Saariaho, who has written chamber music, orchestral works and operas, was praised as "a modern maestro who opens up our ears and causes their anvils and stirrups to fall in love". Youssou N'Dour awarded Polar Prize 2013-05-07T11:00:27Z Bearded capuchins open nutshells by placing them on a log or a stone and smashing down on them with a rock, as if using a hammer and an anvil. Video: Capuchins Are Nutcracking Masters 2013-02-27T22:00:00Z In appearance, the anvils used at Carnegie and other laboratories around the world are rather unremarkable. The Big Squeeze 2013-12-16T22:28:17Z Either way, Falk picked an odd time to drop an anvil on a third-year player who’s been tearing it up lately. Agent David Falk slams John Wall, Washington Wizards 2013-02-14T15:07:24Z The cuticle plate plays the same role as the tiny hammer, anvil and stirrup of mammalian ears, but in miniature. Bug-Eared: Human and Insect Ears Share Similar Structures 2012-11-19T17:15:05.337Z It’s a scene from one of those Chuck Jones cartoons: Roadrunner hitting the anvil. How Youth Sports Warp Common Sense 2012-11-07T06:35:00Z Baseball is a gently floating leaf to football’s anvil from the sky. Davey Johnson manages Washington Nationals with nuanced authority 2012-10-06T23:37:16Z This is a story about ambition forged on the anvil of desperation. Viewpoint: India's first Playboy model 2012-08-14T23:53:19Z In most cases, the updrafts stop at a boundary layer between the lower atmosphere and the stratosphere called the tropopause, often producing flat-topped clouds that resemble anvils. Strong Storms Threaten Ozone Layer Over U.S., Study Says 2012-07-26T18:55:00Z Successful nut-cracking involves selecting an appropriate surface to serve as the anvil. For Chimps, Tool Choice Is A Weighty Matter 2012-07-19T11:45:00.190Z Much of today’s work, however, is less concrete than hammering an anvil or cutting a bolt of fabric; it’s social, emotional and intellectual labor, often carried on inside a person’s own mind. Can You Learn Everything “On The Job”? 2012-06-28T11:45:14Z Their apparatus, known as a diamond anvil cell, is a standard fixture in high-pressure research labs. Metallic hydrogen: Hard pressed 2012-06-13T17:20:27.127Z "The Polish police are going to come down on troublemakers like a bag full of anvils, and you don't want to be there when it happens," warned an editorial in that country's Krakow Post. They're taking a bite out of crime — literally | Sideline Chatter 2012-06-10T01:32:04Z It's a huge towering dark cloud, shaped at the top like a blacksmith's anvil, and responsible for sudden downpours. How can you talk interestingly about the weather? 2012-06-06T08:45:05Z In the first one, they provided the nuts and the anvil along with three different hammers of equal size and shape. For Chimps, Tool Choice Is A Weighty Matter 2012-07-19T11:45:00.190Z The latter consisted of four paddles, three pebbles used as anvils, yellow pigment, two samples of potter's clay, one of clay pounded small, and a sample of fine-crushed rock for tempering. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z Two men pull these ropes, and the weight rises, and then falls, acting as a rammer upon the anvil of iron below. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The picture of him and his admirers delights me: hero with anvil and hammer. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z In the meantime Captain Crouch, seated on the stern seat of the last boat to leave the ship, found himself--as the saying goes--between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla and Charybdis. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He had prepared no overture, so the opera began with a chorus, accompanied by strokes on an anvil tuned in the proper key. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z These sounds follow each other without any cessation, and are only to be compared to the noise produced by a series of blows from a hammer falling on an anvil. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z This was evidently the arsenal, for here were tools and instruments of all descriptions—files, hammers, anvils, &c. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Again, we have the three orders forging the constitution with great ardor, the blacksmith holding the book on the anvil, while the priest and noble swing the sledge-hammer. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z How insignificant, however, was that sound when compared with that of the steam-hammer and the anvil, and the din of the work now to be heard on the banks of the Clyde. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z For the spirit of many generations of stalwart Smiths and fighting Pictons was in him, and perhaps also a spark from the ancestral anvil of the first Smith had put iron into his boyish blood. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z "Any news from the worldt above?" asked the smith, as he rested his ponderous hammer on the anvil. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He now found himself between the hammer and the anvil. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z About half the length of the specimen is placed upon the anvil and the hammer-head pressed firmly down upon it, as in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z You are between the hammer and the anvil, M. le Comte! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z If you entered the workshop of a blacksmith, you would not dare to find fault with his bellows, anvils and hammers. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Max Stirner, least understood of social philosophers, wrote, "Mind your own business," and he forged on the anvil of experience a mighty leading motive for the conduct of life. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The sides were sheathed with long cedar shingles, and fastened with nails patiently wrought out on an anvil, and the interior was finished with beaded and panelled Jersey pine.... Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z An improvement upon this is to place a cress on the anvil, as shown at Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z He was accustomed to study while taking his meals, and to have an open book placed upon the anvil, while he worked. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z All through the ages living creatures have as it were been passing over a series of anvils on which the hammers of external forces play, with tunes of ever-increasing complexity. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z The intense impression annihilated itself, as a white, dazzling fire struck from a smith's anvil dies without ashy sign. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z The researchers squeezed a single crystal of the material, measuring 100 micrometers in diameter and 50 micrometers thick, between two diamond-tipped anvils. Superconductor Breaks High-Temperature Record 2012-02-22T22:15:22.920Z This lateral adjustment is accomplished by set-screws r, passing through the sides of the bed v, with their inner ends resting against the anvil which holds it rigid at any lateral adjustment. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z I grabbed tongs, lying spread out by the anvil, clamped hold of the mould, and ran with them to about ten feet from number two door of the furnace. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z I’ve seen him swing an anvil Fifty feet, Break a bough in two, And tear a twisted sheet. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z She was between the hammer and the anvil. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z To the poet, passing daily on the way between his home and the college, the "mighty man" at his anvil in the shaded smithy was long a familiar vision. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z By this arrangement the anvil is accommodated to all and any class of work or shape of dies. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z I brought it out and held it on the anvil, end-wise, with the tongs, while Nick flattened in the top slightly on both edges, to make it break easily. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z The sock on the anvil, the thread in the loom, The Host on the altar, the child in the womb. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z Among the survivals is the chapel—now a local museum, inaugurated by Collyer—where our "blacksmith" was converted and where he labored at the spiritual anvil as a local preacher. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z One has a suspicion that in these degenerate times, were a family dinner-party interrupted by such an avalanche of daggers, cudgels, and anvils, some one would be hurt. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The frames are bolted to the anvil base and the ram for the top die is guided by vertical slides on the inner face of the frame. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Pikeheads are being hammered out of hours on hundreds of village anvils.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z He engaged mysterious premises, decayed warehouses in back slums, from out of which came by-and-by the hum of many voices, the clang of many anvils. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z He had "got wise" young, with the wisdom of the gutter, which says that you must be either a hammer or an anvil, preyed upon or preying. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z At the period which occupies us, the blowing of the forge-bellows and the welding of iron on the anvil were in curious contrast to the surrounding calm. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Using a brass anvil and iron ball the duration of the blow was greater than when both were of iron, but less than when both were of brass. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z I want the shield of my country above every anvil, above every furnace, above every cunning head and above every deft hand of American labor. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Humiliation hung over these Orlando Magic like an anvil, and somehow Dwight Howard still didn’t understand these are the moments everyone judges him. Off the Dribble: Howard Strikes Wrong Note in Magic Slide 2012-01-31T19:32:34Z Taking such a bar, the forger heats one end of it to the proper forging temperature, and then dexterously fashions it upon his anvil, giving it roughly the required form, edge and concavity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z One day as she sat listless, wondering at the emptiness of life, No-Kami strode into her bower to claim admiration for a new and wondrous sword, fresh from Sanjo's anvil. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Moderate blow 0.00027 Harder blow 0.00019 Striking the blacksmith’s anvil with a common carpenter’s hammer, the duration appeared to be nearly constant. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The taps came quickly, three or four together, then were spaced, then streamed swiftly again like sparks from an anvil. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The ideals of a Nation lay upon his anvil; the national temper was being forged beneath his hand. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z The east wind whistled a pretty note as it was split by the swaying thread, and the anvil by the smith's forge rang out in unison, clear as a well-toned bell. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z It is softer, works, both on the anvil and in the lathe, more easily, and will bear heating to a higher temperature without deteriorating. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Incus, in′kus, n. one of the bones in the tympanum or middle ear, so called from its fancied resemblance to an anvil:—pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z They met with a crash like thunder, and the noise which arose from the clash of swords upon armour was like that of a thousand hammers upon as many anvils. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z It was forged upon a well-worn anvil, under mighty strokes, and at a fervent heat. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z There was the blacksmith’s shop, there was the anvil, there were the bellows and the other tools of the smithy, but there was no smith there. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z Obviously such swages are employed when the part to be swaged is less in length than the width of the hammer or of the anvil face. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Afterward, Sigurd clove in two Regin's anvil down to the stock with the sword. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Two hard flat stones do duty, the one as anvil, and the other as hammer. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Vulcan, with his anvils in �tna, is a feeble instrument by the side of the steam-hammer that forges an anchor, or the hydraulic press that lifts a bridge. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z While the latter was engaged in the work, a spark flew from the anvil against the body of one of his children playing near by, burning him slightly. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z If the hammer and anvil face is rounded as in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z There will be a ladder, an anvil, a horse, a lily, a broom, a fountain,—anything likely to be of use for a symbol. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z Charlie, give me the soldering iron—no, bring me the lap anvil—I'm as good a tinker as any of you. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z He heats it upon an anvil, till it becomes nearly thin enough for his purpose. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z With about 2% of moisture it can still be detonated on an anvil, but the action is generally confined to the piece struck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z In the case of trip hammers, steam hammers, &c., blocks fitted to the hammer and anvil block may take the place of detached swages and fullers. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The screw has a movement of one-half inch and a hardened anvil is placed in the end of the thimble in order to prevent undue wear at that point. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z When operations are planned, the other side is supposed to be responsible for "blocking" the escape route of any militants in a hammer and anvil action. Anatomy of a Deadly NATO Airstrike: The Pakistani Version 2011-11-30T15:20:00Z An expert blacksmith, for instance, will not strike one more blow upon the anvil than is necessary to produce the effect he desires. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z When quite dry guncotton is easily detonated by a blow on an anvil or hard surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The stem fits into the square hole of the anvil. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z If the micrometer is rotated one full turn the opening between the spindle and anvil will be .025 inch. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z The curse of the spirit of the dead father, the chains, the dogs, and the anvils were of course recognized as the work of ingenious fancy. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z As a matter of fact, the American envoys had been caught between the hammer and the anvil. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z And she tore the red-hot horse-shoe from the anvil, and bent it in shape with her bare hands. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z By the following means provision is made whereby the face of the hammer may be set out of parallel with that of the anvil block or lower die d′. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z But whether I recalled them from somewhere else, or whether they came hot from the anvil, I do not know. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Then gently beat it upon the anvil lest by chance some of that black may fly from it which the sulphur has burnt, because it is itself silver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z I had luckily saved all my tools, excepting the anvil and the bellows, which was attached to the forge, and from their weight had not been brought on shore. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z “Why, that is a mere trifle!” said the smith, took his smallest hammer, laid the nut on the anvil, and struck it; but the nut would not break. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Similar provision is made in the anvil block which is easier to set, providing the degree of taper is within the limit of its range, of movement, otherwise the hammer also may be set. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z As he said during Wednesday’s debate, he criticized Washington for dropping “yet another anvil on Michigan” with higher fuel mileage requirements. Was Mitt Romney consistent on the question of an auto bailout? 2011-11-11T11:00:00Z These pieces, after they have been re-heated in the blacksmith's forge and again placed on the anvil, are shaped by the smith into square bars or into ploughshares or tyres, but mainly into bars. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Those words hammered at my heart as though it were an anvil. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Then Murmur Goose-Egg went into the smithy himself, and forged himself a club of thirty hundred-weights, and it would have taken a hundred men just to turn it around on the anvil. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z This machine consists of a base or anvil, a hammer which moves up and down between two uprights, and a lifting device, which is secured to the top of the uprights. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The Basque provinces are famous for rural sports competitions that are rooted in ancient traditions and often rely on brute strength - wood chopping, stone lifting, sheep shearing, anvil lifting and donkey racing. Basque pelota: A painful sport eyes a wider niche 2011-10-24T19:30:11Z He might as well have tapped upon an anvil. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z His dissection of the Jets’ 24-6 victory over Miami on Monday night complete, Ryan professed that the Dolphins were “much better than their record,” which is 0-5 and falling as if freighted by an anvil. Despite Victory, Concerns About Jets Remain 2011-10-19T00:46:54Z And now the plates of gold and silver resound between the hammer and the anvil, and "the carpenters wield their tools." The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z The anvil or die c is oblong, as is also the anvil die d. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z I watched the workers in steel, The Pit-like glow of the furnace, The rivers of molten metal, The tremulous rumble of cranes, The throb of the Thor-like hammers On sullen and resonant anvils! Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z In front of him is a kind of anvil, in his hand a hammer. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z This Smetse did gladly, rolled him into the sack, leaving only his head thrust out, drew tight round his neck the stout cords, and placed the devil on an anvil. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z From Bilbilis the tempered steel was brought; Metal more tough the anvil ne'er did beat, Nor, from the forge, did hissing waters heat. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z The anvil o rests upon a separate foundation, in order to reduce the effect of concussion upon the frame. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z When they reached the beach he stumbled over a small anvil lying near high-water mark, and after another few steps trod upon a hammer. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z "Caught between the hammer of present reality and the stubborn anvil of Graves." The Way of Decision 2011-10-01T02:00:34.357Z This he did, and once again the good music of sledges beating, anvils ringing, bellows blowing, and workmen singing was heard in the forge of the good smith. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z The smiths made me turn round, seized my leg, and stretched it on the anvil. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z It consists of an oliver or foot hammer, having two hammers and an anvil; in the square hole at one end of the anvil fits a hardy or bottom chisel, such as shown in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The smith was busy at the anvil making horse-shoe nails, but he looked up as the wee bannock entered. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z This mansion contains a respectable collection of old portraits, amongst which is one of Richard Carew, the historian, with a device of a diamond on an anvil, with a hammer suspended over it. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Coming into the smithy she began to sprinkle with the palm her man and the workmen, and also the hammers, anvils, bellows, and other tools. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z For the development of the peasant industries the most Asiatic barber-robber of the lot set up a furnace, a lathe and an anvil.... The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The anvil is of cast iron, shaped as in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z About mid-day, however, she came to a little cottage, and beside the cottage there was a smithy, where an old smith was working at his anvil. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z The other bones are the incus, or anvil, the round bone, and the stapes, or stirrup—the latter so called from its resemblance to a stirrup-iron. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z For heavenly music give me my sledges beating, my anvils ringing, my bellows roaring, my good workmen singing and hammering.” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z O, smite and pulse On their anvil heads: The smithy is full, There are shoes to be made For the hoofs of the steeds Of the Valkyr girls.... King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z After one side is welded the anvil and the portable forge change places, and the second side of the weld is made. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The president of the line was a white-haired giant with a chin like an anvil and bright humorous eyes, like a kingfisher. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z The hammer of Asiatic invasion, clanging for a thousand years on the brown-yellow anvil, had tempered the iron of Europe into the finest steel. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z ‘I can better that,’ said the Youth, and went to the other anvil. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z As a smith standing by an anvil with tools in his hand. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Blacksmiths’ anvils are either of wrought iron steel faced, or of cast iron steel faced, the faces being hardened. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Then the slow, regular pant of the bellows fused with the clang of hammer on the anvil and seemed to him the very incarnation of energy—of a force that drives things along. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z The action and reaction of the brown and white worlds has, indeed, been a constant historic factor, the rôles of hammer and anvil being continually reversed through the ages. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Then the Youth took the axe and split the anvil with one blow, catching in the Old Man’s beard at the same time. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z The composer caught the clanging music of the hammer on the anvil. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z A better plan, however, is to make the block the same size as the anvil, and secure the latter by two bands of iron and straps, as shown in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z In the foreground are seen a dog, a large jug, an anvil, some shells, an overturned basket of wood, a cat, and a hen. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z For a while the hussars were invisible; then something thundered, and there was a sound as if in a thousand forges men were beating anvils with hammers. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Then he led him through numberless dark passages to a smithy, took an axe, and with one blow struck one of the anvils into the earth. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z The jolly old smith was singing at his work and beating a tune upon the anvil as he sang. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z The end of the work would act as a pivot, and the part on the anvil would move about. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z These flames rose in solemn stillness above a vast forge, whose anvil was the shining breast of the sea. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The main difference was that, in an age when a man must needs be hammer or anvil, our national character and organization, no doubt assisted also by fortune, enabled us to play the former part. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z On other cars men followed strenuously their callings; coopers hammered hoops upon their barrels; a blacksmith, with an infant forge at his command, made the sparks fly from his anvil as his float rumbled by. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Or else he would put in a nail, make it white hot, and hammer it into an arrowhead, using the wrought-iron fire-dog as an anvil. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It was also noticed that whenever the anvil gave out a sharp ringing sound, the duration of the blow was much shorter than when the sound was dull. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Nelson and Bob found themselves on their feet behind the anvil, although they afterwards had no recollection of having risen. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Our hero commenced his public career in a blacksmith's shop, where he gave assistance in the useful work done by his master on the anvil. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z |
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