| 单词 | inclined plane |
| 例句 | But Galileo saw a deeper truth in the inclined plane experiments. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He went on to consider what would happen if the second inclined plane were made shallower and shallower. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Lift with some danged pulley system involving fulcrums and levers and inclined planes, or, better yet, just hire some dumb lunk. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: A few (end of) life hacks for the young geezers 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z To view “Bloodflames Revisited,” an incendiary show of works by more than two dozen artists, you step up an inclined plane onto a wooden runway painted red. Phong Bui Curates ‘Bloodflames Revisited’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z An inclined plane will force your glutes and hamstrings to put in more work, said Leslie Stenger, assistant professor in the department of health and physical education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Five moves to get the most out of your elliptical workout 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Another very simple machine is the inclined plane. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Some were the remains of an inclined plane, or funicular, which was built where a slope was too steep for the early locomotives to travel up and down safely. Remnants of early railroad found in Hitchcock Woods 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Give it data about planetary motions and inclined planes, and it discovers Newton’s law of gravity. How Artificial Intelligence Will Revolutionize Our Lives 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Dip slip fault: An inclined plane along which subsurface plates move. Top Ten Insanely Great Science Terms 2014-03-13T19:42:20Z Observations and results Did the Slinky do the greatest number of flips on its walk down the inclined plane when it was at a 15-degree angle? Slinking Science: Take a Slinky Toy for a Walk 2012-12-06T15:15:06.130Z Also, if the object is on an inclined plane, the normal force will always be less than the full weight of the object. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z George helps us appreciate what Galileo did with inclined planes, Newton with prisms, Pavlov with dogs, Galvani with frogs, Millikan with oil drops, Faraday with a magnet and coil of wire. What Are Science's Ugliest Experiments? 2012-05-14T23:45:07.783Z Stevinus, now, easily derives from this principle the laws of equilibrium on the inclined plane and numerous other fruitful consequences. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z From two feet close to the water-line at the stem, and rising obliquely to the foot of the bridge, there was nothing left but an inclined plane of bent and perforated steel plates. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Gravity and its own momentum keep the Slinky moving down the inclined plane, and these forces are related to how the Slinky behaves when traveling at different angles. Slinking Science: Take a Slinky Toy for a Walk 2012-12-06T15:15:06.130Z A cylinder is given a push and then rolls up an inclined plane. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z It is an inclined plane on which, if individuals may stand, generations cannot. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z To verify his law he executed experiments with falling bodies on inclined planes, measuring the times of descent by the weights of the water which flowed out of a small orifice in a large vessel. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The only novelty to be noted among them was the engine "M. G. Bright," built for operating the inclined plane on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z Her deck was in consequence a slippery and dangerous inclined plane. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Recent excavations have laid bare the inclined planes by which the marbles were landed, and the projecting bars of stone with rings for mooring the marble vessels. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Blotting-paper Test.—It seems it is considered that the blotting-paper test for fluidity is more reliable, according to the writer of the article, than the inclined plane experiment. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It came from near the peak of 437 the mountain, leaping at first from a green clump of firs, and descending a smooth inclined plane, of perhaps two hundred feet. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z I see there's a ladder or inclined plane or whatever they call it on the dray. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z From there it was shot to the surface in the fast-moving skips, or ore elevators, that ran up an inclined plane. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z The berg was sloping, and up its inclined plane the vessel went, in successive jerks. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The valve is caused to rise in the up-stroke by means of the rocker n and its connections, through the inclined plane. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z He had now begun to descend the inclined plane which brought him down in the course of subsequent years to "the condition of a confirmed invalid, leading little more than a vegetative life." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Underneath the tank a tram-way, conducting by an inclined plane to the second story of the factory, is laid upon the wharf. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The shelf I had to cross was about six or seven feet wide and ten or twelve long, with a very little inclined plane towards the precipice, so that I thought it perfectly safe. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The land rises from the river, in a regularly inclined plane towards the woods, affording free courses for the streams, which discharge themselves into the bayou. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Inspired by the same idea, mechanics have endeavored, by curious combinations of levers and inclined planes, of wheels and cranks and shifting weights, to produce perpetual motion; but the wheels and levers wait for force. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z He recommended small canals and boats of little burden in a treatise on "Improvement of Canal Navigation," and inclined planes instead of locks, as a means of transporting canal boats from one level to another. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z The teamsters then drive up an inclined plane to a plank roadway. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Together they made the ascent of the broad, inclined plane that wound round and round up the tower. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Our way from this point was up the mountain by successive inclined planes. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z His body was shown set on an inclined plane, the foreshortening disfigured his poor face dreadfully, making his heavy moustache to look as if it were his eyebrows. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z With the same propriety, he might place a mass of water on an inclined plane, and then call upon heaven and earth to unite with him in astonishment at the downward flow of the fluid. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z One is what is called an inclined plane. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z He made his way upward, round and round the thick tower, along the inclined plane, till he had reached the top. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He would whittle a thing to a point, and then count the numberless inclined planes and their pitch making the point. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z A 100 or 200 lb. bale, with an inclined plane, or a pulley on side or aft of a good strong rack, and all this barbarism has succumbed to civilization. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z We see the sheet travelling up an inclined plane of this stretched flannel, which gradually absorbs its moisture. 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 Twice they were lifted over inclined planes, and the young folks, especially Dot and Tess, liked this very much. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z And soon she reached the last few feet of the inclined plane, and felt the very breath, hot and hostile, of her one-time worshippers rise about her. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The difference between the two things is not the difference between two distinct steps, but the difference between the higher and lower ends of an inclined plane. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z These outhouses are often built with two stories connected by an inclined plane of logs, up which the various vehicles of the farm are pulled to be housed during the winter months. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z It goes travelling up another inclined plane of flannel, and then passes through a second pair of pressing-rollers. 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 Perhaps the best representative model of a flying machine on the principles of inclined planes, was that of Mr. Stringfellow, exhibited in London, in 1868, and which occasionally could rise. Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences 2011-11-24T03:00:42.240Z Chariots had been wheeled up the inclined plane that led to the top of it, and orders were carried from gate to gate on horseback along the top. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z We can walk up the inclined plane without losing breath; and at each window of the stages there are lovely peeps of the city and the vast plain of the Guadalquivir. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Place the bug on an inclined plane, and it will promptly turn right side up, or the other side up, as long as the plane continues to incline. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z The side of the hill has been worked into a gently inclined plane, semicircular in form, and supported in some places by a wall of immense stones. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The inclined planes, in a greatly modified form, will by no means be discarded, as in fact no flying machine could be built otherwise. Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences 2011-11-24T03:00:42.240Z Thousands of willing hands pushed it on rollers up an inclined plane to the front of the temple where it was designed to stand. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z The brute was so large and heavy that it took fourteen villagers to drag and push it up an inclined plane of planks into my big native sailing-boat. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The scenery seemed but little changed from that of the latter part of our previous line of travel down the inclined plane of the opposite side of the lake that we had crossed. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z An inclined plane of plain deal boards was hastily constructed to reach from the tender vestibule platform to the pit, and upon this a ladder was rested. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z These bodies are laid on an inclined plane, in a space partitioned off by glass doors and windows, stript of part of their clothes, which are hung up over their heads. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z “The inclined plane of unfortunate infants would be handed over to the prosiest and worst of all the teachers of good intentions, whom nobody older would endure.” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Topographically, Kansas is an inclined plane having an elevation of about 4100 feet in the northwest and about 700 feet in the southeast. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z His guest could not, or would not, mount steps, so that great inclined plane, up which a state coach and its horses might go, was built. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z His theory of the inclined plane, combined with his satisfactory definition of “momentum,” led him towards the third law of motion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z His chest was forced against the water like an inclined plane, and he was thus raised an inch or so. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z For then an inclined plane of unfortunate infants would be handed over to the prosiest and worst of all the teachers with good intentions, whom nobody older would endure. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z They beat the water with their wings when they rise, showering the spray on either side, for a short distance, and then, ascending on an inclined plane, fly heavily, but with some strength. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z By teaching that "moderation is an inclined plane, polished as marble, and slippery as glass, on which whoever sets his foot, slips down into perdition," they destroy moderation by making it a terror. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z By the use of rollers, an inclined plane and levers, the boat was safely hoisted upon the wagon. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Its path may be a circular road formed of the inclined planes. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The ball may be rolled down an inclined plane and the acceleration of its speed observed. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z All find a refuge in the houses, up to which a sort of inclined plane is arranged for their convenience. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z In one building he saw flour sliding down an inclined plane into a mixing machine. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z According to Achilles Tatius, Xenophanes gave to the earth the shape of an immense inclined plane, which stretched out to infinity. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Fatehpur therefore consists of two inclined planes, the one 5 m. broad, sloping down rapidly to the Ganges, and the other from 15 to 20 m. broad, falling gradually to the Jumna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Some of the way cars were hauled by horses up hills and inclined planes. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z A level snow-covered surface was rising up in inclined planes or rudely undulating curves. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z We came, presently, to a place called Jacob’s Ladder, where the path ceased to be an inclined plane and became a series of huge steps, each about as high as an ordinary table. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z A ball held in the hand presses downward; if dropped, it descends vertically; if placed on an inclined plane, it rolls down, in doing which it presses the plane with a part of its weight. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z It will of its own accord dispose itself as an inclined plane, and receiving obliquely the reaction of the air, it transfers into tractile force a part of the vertical impulsion it has received. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z At the latter, the river is two thousand eight hundred and forty yards wide, and plunges down an inclined plane about three miles long, making a fall equal to forty feet in vertical height. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z They were not pieces of thunder but huge boulders, which had been rolled over and over for generations to batter the cliffs, and then fall back down an inclined plane. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z The ends of the coagulum are drawn up and finished on these inclined planes. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z Since free fall was too fast to measure directly, Galileo decided to dilute the motion by studying bodies placed on an inclined plane. Gravity, by George Gamow [Special Archive Article] 2011-03-04T13:45:00.433Z The machine, fully prepared for flight, was started from the top of an inclined plane, in descending which it attained a velocity necessary to sustain it in its further progress. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z She next made Balfour try whether it might not be possible to have a sort of inclined plane to lie upon. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z They were put into place by building up huge mounds of earth beneath them, and allowing them to slide into position, as if from an inclined plane. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z From the base of this structure commences an inclined plane gradually ascending to its summit, on which is a small watch tower. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Galileo also observed that a massive iron ball and a much lighter wooden ball roll down side by side if released simultaneously from the same height on the same inclined plane. Gravity, by George Gamow [Special Archive Article] 2011-03-04T13:45:00.433Z The string and the hand are to the kite what the weight of the flying creature is to the inclined planes formed by its wings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z As usual, wherever long inclined planes were cut in the steep sides of lofty clay banks, the condition of the roadway hereabout was, after rain, indescribably bad. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Then he was laid upon an inclined plane, feet downward. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z Even the circular inclined plane by which one may ride or drive to the top of the great tower suggested some sort of temporary structure at an amusement park rather than a convenience for kings. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z I here observed, as at Webster Stream, that the river was a smooth and regularly inclined plane down which we coasted. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z Borelli was of opinion that flight resulted from the application of an inclined plane, which beats the air, and which has a wedge 511 action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Its western face is an inclined plane, lying at an angle of about thirty degrees with the sea-level. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z But how on earth," he exclaimed, "could a quiet, sensible man like yourself ever dream of venturing on this 'inclined plane'? Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z He never slid as on an inclined plane, but he sank like a scale weighed down by something unsuspected. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z Because of it, most people think physics is all about inclined planes and force-vector diagrams. A Conversation With Sean Carroll (the Physicist): Sean Carroll Talks School Science and Time Travel 2010-04-19T19:56:00Z In this process the weight of the body performs an important part, by acting upon the inclined planes formed by the wings in the plane of progression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z After dipping the sheep or lambs, the liquor should be pressed out from the wool, upon an inclined plane, so arranged as again to run into the vessel. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. On the farther side of the pillar, two boards, slightly raised as an inclined plane, and covered with dried rushes, marked what had been the bed of the Solitary. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Think of any force the Romans could summon rolling a three-million-pound square stone up an inclined plane. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The earliest example is that of the mosque of Tulun, which is of unusual shape, and has winding round it an inclined plane or staircase of easy ascent which can be made on horseback. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Suddenly these gave way and the raft began to tilt into an inclined plane. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies The ascent to the top of the pile was easy, but whether it was a staircase or an inclined plane is not mentioned by Captain King. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The hogsheads are set on open frames, under which are copper receivers, on an inclined plane, to catch and carry off the drippings from the hogsheads. To Cuba and Back One writer suggests that such stones were "rolled up an inclined plane of earth prepared for the purpose." The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The lavas of this eruption covered nearly a third of the whole island, often forming on slightly inclined planes great horizontal sheets several square leagues in area, resembling very much the basaltic platforms of Auvergne. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The steps of this staircase are nearly all fallen, and the ascent is as on an inclined plane. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. A still greater economy of water can be effected by the use of inclined planes or vertical lifts in place of locks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The wells were on the wheel and inclined plane system; but he objected to the incline, and said that it would be much better for the bullocks if they walked on level ground. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Cloven hooves scraped the wooden inclined plane, and Moe stopped with front feet in the first tier of the stands. Thy Rocks and Rills Never has been such a gently inclined plane set up, for weak and unsteady feet, against the hill of legal knowledge. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 To save the beams, we constructed an inclined plane two or three feet above them, resting against the inner wall, which caught the stones and carried them off. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. A stairway, or rather an inclined plane, suited to the weakness of Charles's limbs, led from the gallery of his house to the gardens below. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Its escarpment, completely perpendicular at the southern extremity, curved a little towards the north, like a bent sheet of iron, presenting the steep slippery face of an inclined plane. Toilers of the Sea An inclined plane—except in bed—is my abhorrence. Methods of Authors But, after fording torrents swollen by the rain, crossing narrow, treacherous bridges, sliding down inclined planes, and whole flights of stairs, the guides informed us that we should reach a dangerous place presently! An American Girl Abroad That history does not present itself to the eye of the observer under the guise of an inclined plane; it resembles rather a staircase, every step of which rises abruptly above that which precedes it. The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism If the beds are unequal in height, use firm pillows or folded blankets to make an inclined plane. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick In attempting to reach the plateau of the peaked rock from the shore, it was necessary to follow an inclined plane, the ascent of which was here and there somewhat steep. Toilers of the Sea How combat an inclined plane which has blind caprices? The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The coffins lay on an inclined plane and the edges were so concealed by a mass of flowers and greenery that the ghastly company looked as if half rising to hold a reception. Ancestors A Novel At some other part of their circuit, the inner ends of the pins are carried over a roller or an inclined plane which pushes them out again ready for business the next night. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" As we approached the Sutton inclined plane the Duke’s car passed us again at a most rapid rate—it appeared rapid even to us who were travelling then at, probably, fifteen miles an hour. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years These openings had roofs in the form of inclined planes, and at angles more or less acute. Toilers of the Sea And we have proceeded much farther on the inclined plane since then. The History of Freedom The objection to this form of roads, founded on the increase of draught required in ascending one side of the inclined plane, has no validity. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew For this purpose, inclined planes having moving canvas or similar ramps will be extensively brought into use. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast The carriage was set in motion by a mere push, and, having received this impetus, rolled with us down an inclined plane into a tunnel, which forms the entrance to the railroad. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years It should be about three feet square of any sort of boards and propped up at one side so that it forms an inclined plane. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Dickens seemed suddenly to be possessed with the spirit of mischief; he threw his arm around me, and ran me down the inclined plane to the end of the jetty till we reached the toll-post. Home Life of Great Authors The most important characteristics of the gift are: introduction of diagonal line and triangular form; division into thirds, ninths, and twenty-sevenths; illustration of the inclined plane and cube-root. Froebel's Gifts The steps here had been broken in places, leaving a rough, inclined plane, with loose stones and mortar. A Castle in Spain A Novel Without it, there would be nothing accomplished; all human plans would be unstable as water on an inclined plane. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 He successfully negotiated the descent of the inclined plane, and rapidly rose in the air, until he reached an altitude of nearly 3 miles. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign The inclined plane and rollers, the simplest of all contrivances, were about the only inventions. History of Human Society The heads and shoulders alone were visible, and on the brows of the dead trickled icy water, dispensed sparingly but regularly by duck-billed taps that overhung the inclined plane. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales If the opportunity were allowed to pass by unimproved, Canada would be forced into the American union by violence; or would be placed upon an inclined plane which would carry it there insensibly. George Brown On these blades, the water falls down an inclined plane of about eight or ten feet in perpendicular height. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha It was started by descending an inclined plane, the impetus from which caused it to rise in the air, when the steam engine was put in action, to continue its motion. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Its upper surface thus forms an inclined plane, sloping from the left downward and to the right, and on this sloping surface lies the pregnant womb. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Then their two hearts and souls rushed together like two streams of water down an inclined plane. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Toby has a perfect set of properties and appliances for his performance, including a chair, a diving platform, an inclined plane leading thereunto, and a sort of plank isthmus leading to the chair. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The turning of the lower set of inclined planes against the fixed set above raises the upper ring and the fork resting on it. The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology The materials, quarried and laden on cars by the convicts, were sent down an inclined plane and out to the appointed place, where they were emptied into the sea. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The statue has now been drawn to the upper part of the inclined plane. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries Some romantic historians have slid down this inclined plane to the level of the "historical novel." Introduction to the Study of History He shuffles up the inclined plane for more fish, amid the sniggers of spectators, for Toby's march has no claim to magnificence. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Into the opposing surfaces of these rings are cut a series of small inclined planes, appertinent to each other. The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology "Individuals may stand, but generations will slip" on such an inclined plane of life. Rural Life and the Rural School Plate 6 represents the opening made, and the inclined plane, the lower part of which only reaches to the shoulder of the statue, which is seen in the bottom of the excavation. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries The trains were drawn up an inclined plane by stationary engines and were moved down by their own weight. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Another would go up an inclined plane, and then down a string to get bird seed. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The worst form it can have is that of a vertical plane or upright flat, and next to this the worst form is an inclined plane. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families She rolled on to a steeply inclined plane. A Nest of Spies Its depth is known by comparing the height of the Indian standing near the statue, and the one who is placed at a third part of the inclined plane. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries Its power with them has never been extended beyond that of raising a small stream of water up an inclined plane, from one reservoir to another, to serve the purposes of irrigation. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton The inclined plane is to be next considered. Practical Education, Volume II He passed along the kind of inclined plane which conducted to one of the long corridors, whose arches seemed to banish daylight from beneath their heavy springings. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The only access to the town itself is by a steep inclined plane, with slopes and steps cut in the rock. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The inclined plane on which it was drawn to the surface is visible, as are some of the ten Indian laborers, in working costume. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries This is best treated by pegging the tuberosity in position, and fixing the extended limb on an inclined plane to relax the quadriceps muscle. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. But the hour quickly passed; the donkeys resigned their load; and we slid, as safely as could be expected, down the inclined plane that conducted us to the York. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 When the season of thawing came, they would only have to slide her down an inclined plane, to launch her, in a word, in the once more open sea. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The surface forms an inclined plane of smooth unsullied snow, the beauty and brightness of which render it a conspicuous landmark on that inhospitable shore. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In This could only be obtained by long flights of steps or by gently inclined planes. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The spot where the harpoon had been sticking was in the side of the cachalot, and, as the carcass lay, a broad space around the weapon presented an inclined plane, sloping abruptly towards the water. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea The water seemed gliding down an inclined plane, so rapidly was it sweeping him on; and beyond this, directly before him, he could hear the roaring of a cataract! The Giraffe Hunters Cautiously, step by step, he climbs his inclined plane. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles In 1793, he engaged in the project of improving inland navigation, and in 1796, obtained patents for a double inclined plane, and for machines for spinning flax and making ropes. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements By one great final effort it has been dragged up an inclined plane to the summit of the mound and has been set upon its feet. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 By this time Latham was a little unsteady, he slipped p. 52from his chair as if it had been an inclined plane and lay on the carpet. George Borrow in East Anglia Yes, education enables man even to tax the gentle breeze to urge a proud ship, heavily laden, up an inclined plane, thousands of miles, against the current of a mighty river. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes This mouth is continued by an inclined plane, kept free of all rubbish. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The massive stones which were used in the construction of some of the ancient edifices, were evidently raised by inclined planes. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements The crossing of certain of the streets of Liverpool was also avoided, and the entrance contrived by means of a tunnel and an inclined plane. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In these mines a gutter is made in the inclined plane which carries off the water, thus dispensing with the necessity of a pump and the requisites to operate it. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 It is at the latter that the two superposed lines are connected by the circular inclined plane. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 R�aumur has complacently described how the quilt moves forward from the tail to the head by wriggling along inclined planes, making so many dips in the undulating back. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Hence the State is divided into two unequal inclined planes, the longest of which slopes towards the Ohio, and the shortest towards the lake. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West With the view of economising labour, Stephenson laid down inclined planes where the nature of the ground would admit of this expedient. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In a paper read before the National Institute in 1844, I showed why the bottom of the Gulf Stream ought, theoretically, to be an inclined plane, running upwards. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Each of the sides is provided internally with a projecting piece, and an inclined plane as a wedge. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Upon arriving upon the hill near Frankfort the passenger trains were sent down an inclined plane drawn by horses. A Pioneer Railway of the West Ox mills on an inclined plane, and horse mills by draught, are common through the country. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Between the wall and the house an opening leading to an invisible inclined plane that descends to the Nile, the water and opposite bank of which are visible. Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux But Millard, even after this preparation, provided an inclined plane for approaching his proposition. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York The Company's coal waggons descend the hill from the pit, by an inclined plane, on iron rails, the descending waggon dragging up the empty one. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. At the farther end of the cavern was an inclined plane, very much like the chutes at Coney Island. The Magic Soap Bubble The galleries were reached by inclined planes, cut like steps. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter We all, scientists and non-scientists, live on some inclined plane of credulity. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy It was a railroad down one inclined plane, and up another, and back over the same track, a ride costing a few skillings. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark I wonder Gladstone should not have the feeling of moving on an inclined plane, or that of sitting down among ruins, as if he were settled in a well-stored house.” Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities The river had therefore formed for itself an inclined plane, and the great fall had been converted into a rapid of equally astonishing character. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. An inclined plane of wood now replaces the steps. The Care of Books On such occasions time doesn't fly, but slides noiselessly down an inclined plane, and one is in a state of perpetual surprise. Happy-Thought Hall There were no stairs, but an inclined plane, gradual in its rise, permitted the tourists to ascend to the summit with very little labor. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Jimmy and two confidential assistants hauled up the machine to the top of the inclined plane that gave it its impetus. The Bill-Toppers But their great engines were multitudes of laborers, aided by such natural expedients as the lever, the roller, and the inclined plane, which can scarcely be called machines. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Modern science is the daughter of astronomy; it has come down from heaven to earth along the inclined plane of Galileo, for it is through Galileo that Newton and his successors are connected with Kepler. Creative Evolution In ship-carpentry, is to hance or bevel the end of anything, so as to fay upon an inclined plane: it is also designated flinch. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They sometimes go faster than ever I went in England, then at others they creep like snails, and stop at the least inclined plane to put on the scarpa. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I But, on the stage, we have no room to acquire speed: we shall get it from an inclined plane, as at the start of ‘Looping the Loop.’ The Bill-Toppers Less, probably, than one-sixth, but we got far more than would seem credible to one who has been led up a graciously inclined plane of learning. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood In his effort to help me he either miscalculated his step, or the coal gave way beneath him, for he slid over the inclined plane and fell head first into the black waters. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille An inclined plane of planks, on one or both sides of a ship, to communicate internally; a stage-gangway for the accommodation of the shipwrights, in conveying plank, timber, and weighty articles on board. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The negroes led all the horses down an inclined plane into the cellar. A Lieutenant at Eighteen Marco watched the first log, as it came slowly up, and then he wanted to go down the inclined plane to the water below. Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge These blocks are short, thick timbers, arranged in graduated piles, so that they form an inclined plane of over one in twenty, from which the completed hull can slide slowly into the water, stern first. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways When hauled up thus to their position the boats are held fast on the inclined plane on which they rest by a stern chain rove through a hole in the keel called the 'ruffles.' Heroes of the Goodwin Sands An inclined plane by the water side, on which a ship may be built. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There is no standing still upon the inclined plane. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Marco accordingly returned down the inclined plane, telling Forester that they could have the boat. Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge Then the hull has to be transferred from the inclined plane of block piles, on which it was built, to a cradle, on which it moves down the sliding-ways into the water. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways The next day we made an inclined plane of cotton-wood sticks, upon which to run the wagon down upon level ground. Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer It was nothing but an inclined plane, with a round thing rolling down it. Cricket at the Seashore In this narrow inclined plane, I not only had to encounter sand-flies, and every variety of vermin in Egypt, but I was afraid of serpents. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 This is drawn up an inclined plane over the tops of the furnaces, and from thence emptied through hoppers, 3½ to 4½ tons at a time, into the large calcining furnace. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 The ascent is most easy—no tiresome steps, but simply inclined planes with brick-work flooring. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta By this time the board had been tilted against the tree and Ruth was scrambling up the unsteady inclined plane, too absorbed and scared in her adventure to reply. The Governess It would be impossible for him to lower the box into the grave; and, from one end, he dug out an inclined plane, down which he could roll the corpse to its final resting-place. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise On the right is an inclined plane which serves as a stairway to reach the ramparts where the cannon were placed. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas The railway over the mountains consisted of inclined planes mounted by the use of stationary engines. History of the United States, Volume 3 The boats were taken from the water like amphibious monsters and hauled up the ten inclined planes by stationary engines. A Short History of Pittsburgh My reply was this: 'You will observe his system shows the earth traverses round the sun on an inclined plane; the consequence is, there are four powers required to make his system complete: 1st. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Those who follow it obey the same laws as a body on an inclined plane. The Simple Life Outside of it was a heap of mortar reaching to the edge, forming an inclined plane, while inside a similar structure had been raised with the loose plaster. Stories of Animal Sagacity So he might, if he had possessed legs instead of fins or flappers, the latter only enabling him to twist and turn and slide down the inclined plane on which we stood into the sea. Old Jack This herbaceous plant seems to thrive best on an inclined plane, for nearly all the wild hemp which I have seen has been found on mountain slopes, even far away down the ravines. The Philippine Islands The power of ascending the inclined plane. 4thly. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Immediately on crossing this viaduct, you come on an inclined plane two thousand eight hundred and five feet long: this struck me as being admirably contrived. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. In the ancient world we find the invention of such simple machines as the pulley, the use of rope, and the inclined plane. Human Traits and their Social Significance Some of these devices are, the wedge, the screw, the pulley and the inclined plane. Practical Mechanics for Boys The surface of Virginia of that day is divided into two unequally inclined planes and a centrally located valley. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 We then returned to Carson City, ascended, by rail, an inclined plane of high grade, to Virginia City. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. We will suppose that from drop to drop we allow 10°; if the lock is 1½° then the actual lift by means of the inclined planes on teeth and pallets will be 8½°. An Analysis of the Lever Escapement In its front was a meadow and a gradually inclined plane, and behind a wall which skirted the crest, was the rebel line. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 The cradles on which ships are launched are wooden frameworks, so constructed as to slide down an inclined plane, called the ways, bearing their burdens along with them into the water. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Besides horizontal screws, it is proposed to furnish additional guiding power to the locomotive by means of inclined planes. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages A trap-door is therefore opened in the pavement, and a yawning abyss displayed which communicates by an inclined plane with the newspaper regions below. Post Haste It was a dangerous proceeding; there being an inclined plane at the edge, his weight appeared to move the body of the bear on. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins For the bed rose slowly and began to glide gently down an inclined plane toward one corner of the room, sweeping out through the wall, and then rising and giving quite a plunge once more. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai The ship rested on two gigantic cradles, and was forced sideways down the inclined plane, until she floated on the river. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Probably it might be answered in reply that a parachute attached to the machine, or the inclined planes acting as a parachute, would moderate the descent. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages The ascent is made in these days by a very remarkable inclined plane. The Bibliotaph and Other People Then it struck me that, as the floor was an inclined plane, they had probably slipped down over the smooth surface without meeting anything to stop them. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins He would whittle things to a point, and then count the numberless inclined planes, and their pitch, making the point. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings That huge inclined plane slides down out of it, you remember. The Girl in the Golden Atom The jolly-boat won’t give us half the trouble to float that the raft will, for the deck forms an inclined plane with the water and we can run her in when we please.” The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land The Sacramento runs through a great inclined plane, sloping from the hill-country to the sea. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 A steep inclined plane leads to a low, rickety, trestle bridge, and a similar inclined plane is cut in the opposite bank. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Near him a couple of oxen on an inclined plane worked the rude mechanism that drew up water to the fields. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story At this, we walked out into the square, and were about to ascend the inclined plane when the sentinel came up and stopped us. A Jolly Fellowship Primarily, in the form of a wedge, a pulley, a wheel and axle, an inclined plane, a screw or a lever. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns Children are naturally obedient and truthful; but in their attempts to find outlets for healthy activities which are wantonly repressed, they will go far down the inclined plane of disobedience and deceit. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular He had toiled, calculated, triumphed, just as a round body rolls over an inclined plane by the force of acquired motion. The Argonauts When we take a survey of animal behaviour we see a long inclined plane. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The lever, the wedge, the inclined plane—Father—and here we come to further consider the application of this principle, my dear Charles, to what is known as the differential wheel and axle. The Drone A Play in Three Acts It also applies to those on an inclined plane, as in Rule 8. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Descending an inclined plane, Captain Vindex stopped and pointed out an object which they had not hitherto perceived. The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean The deck was a steep inclined plane, steady, but swept constantly with waves, as an incoming tide sweeps a beach. The Mermaid A Love Tale The higher reaches of the inclined plane of behaviour show intelligence in the strict sense. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told And so with many a merry joke they took their places for what Jimmy Jackson called the "inclined plane of social enjoyment." Queer Stories for Boys and Girls The two portions of this inclined plane which cast the shadow are first the side fbd, and second the farther end abcd. The Theory and Practice of Perspective From these yards to the third story of the house there is an inclined plane, up which a procession of the animals march slowly to their doom from morning until evening. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 The six ladies kneel at equal distances on the inclined plane. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants It was moving out of the hangar, down an inclined plane that bridged the beach as far as the water's edge. The Guests Of Hercules We went in a body to the marionettes, and Madame screamed as we climbed the inclined plane to enter, and scrambled down the frail scaffolding to the “reserved seats.” Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls First find the vanishing point P of the inclined plane and draw horizontal PF to meet vertical raised from L, the luminary. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Then she was saved by a young man—a Mr. Wallace Richardson—in the recent accident on the inclined plane. His Heart's Queen The six gentlemen take position on the opposite inclined plane. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants It is simplicity itself to drive an inclined plane against the air with such force that the impact will produce a lifting power. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Above it stands the celebrated circular fort of Staigue, built of dry stone, and with an inclined plane inside like those at West Cove and Ballycarbery. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Then F will be the vanishing point of the shadows on the inclined plane. The Theory and Practice of Perspective In descending such an inclined plane, if it should be found that the velocity is greater than 30 miles per hour, it should be reduced by gently applying the break. Practical Rules for the Management of a Locomotive Engine in the Station, on the Road, and in cases of Accident To make the river show to advantage, it will be necessary to arrange it in the form of an inclined plane. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Whoso sought this oracle must descend head foremost over an inclined plane, bearing a honey cake in his hand. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Additional depression may also be obtained by placing inclined planes for the front trucks to recoil upon, or by raising the breech by means of a wooden toggle placed vertically under it. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Note the reflection of the steps and the sloping bank, and the application of the inclined plane ascending and descending. The Theory and Practice of Perspective By affixing the tube to a vessel of water, and laying it on an inclined plane, the water ran through it in an equable current, making circulation with pulsation. Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History The stage must be formed like an inclined plane, beginning at the footlights, and rising towards the background, and covered with green bocking. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Behind, the angle of one of the four broad entrances to the square, rises a high, cone-roofed building, circular and dark, with an entrance down an inclined plane, through a low door. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy On the contrary, the difficulty is to move so great a weight up the inclined plane. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. I saw some men unloading molasses-hogsheads from a truck at a depot the other day, rolling them up an inclined plane. The Last Harvest It would have been a far more correct and appropriate expression, had he said, "let us slide," for we were going down an inclined plane with perfect ease. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth The latter are of the Moorish square shape, but some, if not all, are ascended by steps, instead of by inclined planes. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond I was on an inclined plane, tending ever downward, with all surrounding influences calculated to render my descent every day more rapid. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Papa then went in a sort of open car down an inclined plane, contrived to save the fatigue of a long stair. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 Thus if we approach the Rocky Mountains from the Mississippi Valley, we begin to mount up an inclined plane from the time we pass westward from the Mississippi River. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography We still continued to follow the gallery of lava, a perfect natural pathway, as easy of descent as some of those inclined planes which, in very old German houses, serve the purpose of staircases. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth I observed the prevailing winds in the formation of these mounds; for there is always an inclined plane towards the quarter whence the wind blows; whilst to where it blows the mounds are scarped. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Down this inclined plane I gradually slid, till I reached at length the land of doubt and unbelief. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Suddenly we saw on the right bank the black silhouette of a house, standing high and lone in its clearing, and we made fast to a good landing-place, an inclined plane of corduroy. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative How is one to cope with the caprices of an inclined plane? Great Sea Stories How were we to prevent ourselves from slipping down the steeply inclined plane? A Journey to the Centre of the Earth After three months' labor with 800 men, the obelisk was removed on an inclined plane into the vessel, through a hole made in the end for the purpose. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Thus he goes down, parachute fashion, on an inclined plane. Some Summer Days in Iowa Sometimes a primitive doorway forms the entrance, and the people descend either by steps or an inclined plane, whilst at the opposite end a window is inserted. Roumania Past and Present But with Doris the inevitable was happening: she was sliding gracefully down the inclined plane which others had arranged for her. The Shield of Silence Close at their heels is a pale, poetic youth, lightly skimming over the inclined plane upon a delicate craft that looks like himself, and which he calls the "Mystery." Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way An inclined plane of solid masonry was then constructed, leading from the river up to a platform, also of rough masonry, level with the top of the pedestal. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) The railroad line was not completed over the Allegheny Mountains at that time, and I had to pass over the inclined planes which made the journey a remarkable one to me. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Perry Phelps carried a sand toy which was a little car that ran up and down an inclined plane when filled with sand. Sunny Boy and His Playmates At the north end, a stack of hay piled against the wall formed a sort of inclined plane, and making a detour he began to climb. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Moral cowardice is the inclined plane that leads to the first step in sin. Infelice The upper surface is formed by two inclined planes meeting in the center. Throwing-sticks in the National Museum Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1890, pages 279-289 "An inclined plane is a slope up, you know," answered the mischievous bride elect. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life They taper rapidly and form a strongly inclined plane, up which the lobsters must climb in their search for the bait. The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 With a snort, the head went high in air, tossing the grain about like seed, and down the inclined plane of the neck thus formed the long-legged Benjamin slid to the slippery back. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Thus, by alternately opening and shutting the two sets of lateral wings, M. Pétin proposes to make his ship sail forward on a series of inclined planes, upwards and downwards. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 There was a long inclined plane that was the cause of many accidents, for there was a sharp turn at the bottom and our chariots would get out of control. "Over There" with the Australians "In that case, Basil," said Miss Halbert, "you would be like an inclined plane." Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Also, look out for your footing, for we dive on an inclined plane. The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis It was as though they were sliding down an inclined plane. The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat On the 16th of August, 1836, it was drawn up an inclined plane to the top of the pedestal where it now stands. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business The upward stroke is vertical, the downward an inclined plane. Art Yet, many of them tell us, after putting men on this inclined plane of smooth ice, that it is the only place where they can be secure against tumbling into infidelity, Atheism, Pantheism, Scepticism. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Gradually, and often unconsciously, men glided down an inclined plane, until at last the spiritual nucleus of Christianity had largely disappeared and little more than the husks remained. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy The stream then acting on them, as on an inclined plane, forces them across the current in the portion of a circle, of which the rope is the radius. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The water's surface is an inclined plane as it flows over the ledge of rock. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 The box-plow buckled and groaned with fine cracklings as of hard-strained timbers, and an avalanche of snow thrown up from its inclined plane buried engine and cab and tender in a smothering drift. Empire Builders Such an arrangement is called an inclined plane. General Science We know that the lever and the inclined plane were employed during this period: implying that there was a qualitative prevision of their effects, though not a quantitative one. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library The carriage was set in motion by a mere push, and, having received, this impetus, rolled with us down an inclined plane into a tunnel, which forms the entrance to the railroad. Records of a Girlhood The door, which is hinged, is provided with a handle, which, when the stove is closed, slides over an inclined plane fixed to the cylinder. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Nothing was to be seen but these two walls, and the inclined plane which terminated the observer's view. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. The advantage of an inclined plane can be seen by the following experiment. General Science The sixteen bodies on the central inclined planes, marked b, break away, their central globe, with its four contained globes, remaining unchanged. Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements The wind was fresh, and she was heeled over on the starboard side, so that her decks formed a pretty steep inclined plane. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat These heights, cleft at intervals by green smiling valleys and deep ravines, are only the front of table-land stretching away like an inclined plane, and dotted with scattered houses and cloistering villages. Scenes in Switzerland With a little help it now slides down the inclined plane to the bottom. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Prop the board so that the end A is 2 feet above the table level; that is, arrange the inclined plane in such a way that its length is twice as great as its height. General Science In 1906 the Indian National Congress, which they had founded twenty years before, was sliding rapidly down the inclined plane which was to lead first to open and violent discord and later on to disruption. India, Old and New Impelled by Him, I move as directed, like water along an inclined plane. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 But whether the 'scale of perfection' is a ladder or an inclined plane, new categories are necessary as we ascend it. Outspoken Essays A wide inclined plane slanted down to the ground floor, and on it were bumps of various sizes and shapes, all of a shining smoothness. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories On an inclined plane whose length is ten times its height, the lifting force is reduced to one tenth the weight of the load. General Science Besides these, he invented a number of improvements in canals, aqueducts, inclined planes, boats, and guns, which yielded him considerable credit, but very little profit. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made Half a dozen irregularly formed steps brought him to a slope leading downward on an inclined plane of six or seven degrees. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds Embassies were no novelty; but they had always moved on an inclined plane, either coming up laden with tribute, or going down bearing commands. The Awakening of China It is a true inclined plane, which the boats pass over by means of a cradle carried by trucks and drawn by a cable actuated by the fall furnished by the other branch. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 If an inclined plane is pushed underneath or within an object, it serves as a wedge. General Science A perpendicular has more force in forming the sublime, than an inclined plane, and the effects of a rugged and broken surface seem stronger than where it is smooth and polished. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) They were approached by a winding inclined plane, which at once facilitated the entrance of friends, and exposed comers with hostile intentions to the concentrated attacks of the garrison. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 This must be a common practice of the boys of the village, as the effigy is worn almost to an inclined plane. Vanishing England It is proposed to utilize a portion of it, at the point of bifurcation and at the top of the inclined plane, in a hydraulic installation that will drive electric machines. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Another valuable and indispensable form of the inclined plane is the screw. General Science It was a big cavern hollowed out by nature in the frozen crystals, and leading to it was a smooth inclined plane of ice. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch The warriors now resumed their burden, and a procession was formed towards the pyre, on which the litter-bearers, mounting by an inclined plane, placed the doomed youth. The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century We believe that a good deal of the contrariety of opinion which prevails on this subject, arises from anglers and other men confounding an inclined plane with a perpendicular height. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 The steps were for the haulers, the mummies and sarcophagi being dragged up the inclined plane. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt They are commonly in the form of inclined planes; and, to a person a little conversant in this subject, they are extremely distinguishable in the external form of the hill. Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) It was responded to, and then, a few seconds later, a dark object loomed up at the opening at the top of the inclined plane. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch The launch was off and once more the chimney with the steps, the inclined plane beyond, and the plateau halfway up the cliff were all examined with patient scrutiny. The Red Redmaynes I have no clinometer by which to measure how steep is the inclined plane you are descending, but I know it is very steep. New Tabernacle Sermons In order to build these, they formed inclined planes, the slopes of which were lengthened as the structure rose in height. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt It has been generally believed that inclined planes of earth were used to enable the workmen to raise the huge stones to their places, the earth being cleared away afterward. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 It is a smooth stone, placed on an inclined plane, upon which the grain is spread, which is made into meal by rubbing another stone up and down upon it. Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer The surface of the ground slopes slightly upwards, and the entrance, from north to south, is by a broad inclined plane, of gentle fall at first, which rapidly becomes steep enough to require zigzags. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland An inclined plane was laid from the top of the hill, and the dirt-cars slid down, emptying their loads into the water at the foot and drawing the empty cars upward. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 The idea of slipping off an inclined plane gives me the same sensation. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women If a man is upon an inclined plane, unless he is straining his muscles to go upwards, gravitation will make short work of him, and bring him down. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) The wide timberlands, the broken low hills of the green prairie at length began to give place to a steadily rising inclined plane. The Covered Wagon It is chiefly worthy of mention, from the ascent to the upper apartments, being by an inclined plane, sufficiently spacious to admit a carriage to drive up to them. A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium In a few moments thus he had forced the mass of logs before him toward an inclined plane leading to the second story of the mill. The Rules of the Game The inclined plane leading to the citadel is 500 feet. Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic I cannot speak with certainty of the extent of this acclivity, but, taking the eye for a guide, I should think there is quite a league of the inclined plane in view from the town. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland Stretched out in one long inclined plane from the back of his chair down to the brass fender, he contemplated the fire, while picking his teeth with a certain impatience, and still sniffing actively. The Price of Love Two inclined planes lead out of every man's path. Quiet Talks about Jesus To the east great inclined planes of snow marked out the wide slopes of Radipole. The Man Who Laughs I only see clearly that we are rushing down an inclined plane, but to what, the devil knows. Note-Book of Anton Chekhov The Giesbach is a succession of falls, whose water comes from a glacier, and which are produced by the sinuosities of the leaps and inclined planes of a mountain side, aided by rocks and precipices. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland Mechanical Powers, the lever, inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw, pulley, and wedge, the elementary contrivances of which all machines are composed. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge He did not talk in pious cant, he did not display his piety, and he never addressed a sinner down an inclined plane. The Mystery of Metropolisville Conjecture is an inclined plane, on which we slip too far to be to our own advantage. The Man Who Laughs Then suddenly we heard a splash in the water beneath us—he had lost his balance, slid down the inclined plane, and been drowned. Bred in the Bone A girl will cheerfully start a man rushing down an inclined plane and then complain because he continues rushing till he reaches the bottom. Sex and Common-Sense It is over a fourth of a mile in length, and built upon an inclined plane, at a cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. If at that time an ascent of more than 1 in 200 was required, it was thought necessary to have inclined planes and stationary power. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 The angles were formed by strongly marked red lines, and the inclined planes in blood-like streams of light. The Man Who Laughs It consists of a small steel roller, situated within the angle formed by an inclined plane and the flange of the wheel, and constantly pulled into the angle by a spiral spring. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 For the service of the same excavation two simple acting inclined planes were installed that were moved by a four-horse wheel. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 The diagram of numerals which I usually see has roughly the shape of a horse-shoe, lying on a slightly inclined plane, with the open end towards me. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development The road was, I believe, the first successful passenger railway in America, and was sixteen miles long, with two inclined planes up which the trains were drawn, and down which they were lowered by cables. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I From the summit an inclined plane of masonry descends the mountain nine hundred feet, broken every one hundred and fifty feet by perpendicular descents. Views a-foot It consists of a miniature inclined plane, of the same height at one end as the rail, tapering off regularly by degrees toward the other end. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 The extraction of sand was effected here by an inclined plane moved by a Gramme machine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Every phenomenon is within our reach if we treat it as an inclined plane, which is of easy ascent, though the thick end of the wedge may be steep and inaccessible. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The pavement of the inclined plane in the Hotel de Ville, by which we gain the arduous ascent that conducts to the Passport office, is a curiosity of its kind, and perhaps unique. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829 Thence they are pushed down an inclined plane into a trough containing a thousand gallons of boiling water, and broad enough to take in piggy lengthways. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada No cars, no motive power of any sort, except at the inclined planes, were to be supplied. A School History of the United States It is simple, but it gives the learner just what he wants--an endless series of inclined planes. A Project for Flying In Earnest at Last! There is the Town Hall, in which, for the convenience of notables carried in litters, the upper stories were reached by an inclined plane instead of a staircase. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 The go-cart slid down an inclined plane to the river, the Penobscot. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 One ascending feels the inclination every step he takes, and, when he reaches the top and perceives that that which should be horizontal is an inclined plane, the sensation is truly startling. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. They are next furnished with clean garments and accommodated with a lodging on an inclined plane of planks, a little raised from the floor, and divided into proper compartments by strips of board. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America His experiments were conducted on the principle of the inclined plane. Wonderful Balloon Ascents For then, an inclined plane of unfortunate infants would be handed over to the prosiest and worst of all the teachers with good intentions, whom nobody older would endure. Our Mutual Friend After going a few yards it slid back as if coming down an inclined plane, at such an angle that the point of the tail struck the ground and was broken. A History of Aeronautics She must be in the house, thought Nina, as she ran lightly up the inclined plane of shaky planks leading to the back door of the narrow passage dividing the house in two. Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river All at once, one night, coming to a slope of very hard rock, they began to ascend along the inclined plane of its surface. The Princess and the Goblin Our car advanced majestically in a long inclined plane. Wonderful Balloon Ascents Thus, a heavy load of passengers, sitting in no less heavy cars, if put on a smooth inclined plane must slide down faster and faster to the bottom, or Vulcan would be confounded. Stories from Everybody's Magazine These cards are placed on an inclined plane of marble, called a talon. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) A few minutes, and it was being drawn up the inclined plane toward the lofty hilltops. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise To this platform I saw the company begin to ascend, apparently by an inclined plane or gentle slope. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women The part of the apparatus which contains the sensitive surface is an independent frame, and it slides from a dark box into an opening on the side of the inclined plane. History and Practice of the Art of Photography One day, however, I do not know why, being drawn diagonally by means of the inclined planes, it touched the bed of the sea. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Throughout the length of this narrow and irksome inclined plane not a sign of life was visible on this garish afternoon. Far from the Madding Crowd When it was fired it ran up an inclined plane to take off the recoil, rushing up and then turning and rattling down again upon the gunners who were used to its ways. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 From the remote interior, its current conducts him by broad and easy steps, or by one gentle inclined plane, to the sea. Excursions This is obtained by means founded upon the principle of the fall of bodies sliding down an inclined plane. History and Practice of the Art of Photography But just then the inclined planes drew the Nautilus down to a great depth, and I could see nothing of the high coral walls. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Girding up its aching loins, the procession allowed itself to be led by me and my dragoman down inclined planes into dark, mysteriously warm passages where our lights were wandering red stars. It Happened in Egypt The lower one of these is carried by rollers that run over a special track laid for this purpose on the inclined plane. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 To the inclined plane was bound a swathed, rigid figure. The End of Her Honeymoon With gathering rapidity, we went sliding, to all appearance, down the inclined plane of disgrace. The Vicar's Daughter Several times they made use of the inclined planes, which certain internal levers placed obliquely to the waterline. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The Kaaba stands upon a base two feet in height, which presents a sharp inclined plane; its roof being flat, it has at a distance the appearance of a perfect cube. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred The operation, which is facilitated by the current of the Danube, consists in receiving the ships upon frames beneath the water and at the extremity of inclined planes running at right angles with them. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 There came a harsh rumbling sound, and then there was wheeled out into the open yard an inclined plane hitched up on huge iron wheels. The End of Her Honeymoon I believe the county people round considered our family far gone on the inclined plane of degeneracy. The Vicar's Daughter The Nautilus, by the action of its crew, slid down the inclined planes and buried itself in the lowest depths of the sea. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea In a car, moving on an inclined plane, we descended to the water's edge. By Water to the Columbian Exposition Sir Henry Dryden thought that when the upright stones were set on end, earth or small stones were piled around them until a large inclined plane was formed, on which “skids” or sliding-pieces were placed. English Villages When he stepped on the inclined plane of dishonesty he believed himself only engaging in "legitimate speculation;" but he was at once affected by the atmosphere about him. The Elect Lady The question was an inclined plane leading to unknown depths of argument! Home Again For two days the desert and deep waters were visited by means of the inclined planes. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The tower of the temple was ascended on the outside by an inclined plane carried around the four sides. Outline of Universal History In fact, physics teaches us that the hand is a combination of the six mechanical powers--the lever, the wedge, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the screw, and the inclined plane. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece We saw a model of a locomotive engine traveling on a circular railroad with immense velocity, and rapidly ascending an inclined plane of far greater elevation than any hitherto ascended by steam-power. Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Louis steps forward from the shadow of the pine branches, to the edge of the inclined plane in the foreground. Canadian Crusoes And to find herself in any way a less object in Hesper's eyes, would be to find herself on the inclined plane of loss, and probable ruin. Mary Marston Possibly, this represents the length of the inclined plane. Outline of Universal History With the first thrill of the gripping tires Winton leaned from the window to watch the derailed trucks climb by half-inches up the inclined planes of the frogs. A Fool for Love All evil is an inclined plane, a steady, downward progress. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Whosoever sets his foot upon that slippery inclined plane of wrongdoing, after he has gone a little way, gravitation is too much for him and away he goes down the hill. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The principle of the round arch was known in Babylonia at a remote period The transportation of colossal stone monuments exhibits a knowledge of the lever, pulley, and inclined plane. Early European History On the edge of the bank we piled up an inclined plane, wetting down the snow and building a mound perhaps five feet high. My Friends at Brook Farm The ground floor of this tower will show a stately entrance to the halls of Assembly of both branches of the Legislature, accessible through two semicircular inclined planes. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present In descending inclined planes an extra supply of water may be introduced into the boiler, and the fire may be fed, as there, is at such times a superfluity of steam. A Catechism of the Steam Engine A slide of smooth alabaster about twenty feet long, on an inclined plane, was constructed in one of his bath-houses. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán The path led through its centre, always ascending on an inclined plane, and disappeared through a narrow gorge around the brow of a beetling cliff. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons As pillar after pillar gave way, she bounded up an inclined plane, with the gulf yawning after her. Men, Women, and Ghosts But many a rude lesson was still required before she came to perceive her true position, as on the lower side of an inclined plane. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents In descending inclined planes the regulator must be partially closed, and it should be entirely closed if the plane be very steep. A Catechism of the Steam Engine On one side, they were hauling the logs up an inclined plane by water-power; on the other, passing out the boards, planks, and sawed timber, and forming them into rafts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 The wharves are commodious, and a broad inclined plane, from the city to the water's edge, gives the former a fine appearance, as it rests majestically in the background. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States How fight an inclined plane subject to caprices? International Short Stories: French Beneath them was the smooth face of a rock already covered with snow, while they could not see far enough in advance to ascertain in what this inclined plane terminated. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers But the images are so much one at the root, that they slide gracefully into each other, and there is no confusion or incongruity: the result is an inclined plane of development. England's Antiphon Of this, fourteen hundred are achieved by inclined planes. Domestic Manners of the Americans The other five, putting on their veils, scampered up the inclined plane to the roof, much like children released from table or from tasks. Across the Zodiac There is no stair-case within the tower; one goes up by a spiral inclined plane. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement The road was unlike the long inclined plane cut in the side of Pine Mountain. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 This sea of ice lies on an inclined plane, and all the blocks have a general downward curve. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 We spent a delightful day in New Jersey, in visiting, with a most agreeable party, the inclined planes, which are used instead of locks on the Morris canal. Domestic Manners of the Americans In front of these, two inclined planes of the same material as the walls of the house led up to the several parts of the roof. Across the Zodiac There his baggage would be piled on the roof of a car, which was drawn by horses to the foot of an inclined plane on the bank of the Schuylkill. A Brief History of the United States Louis steps forward from the shadow of the pine branches to the edge of the inclined plane in the foreground. Lost in the Backwoods The starting speed naturally let down with the machine ascending an inclined plane. Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane This inclined plane was extended by a movable platform about six feet wide, which swung horizontally up and down, like a great trap-door. Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People Besides this erosion, the ice had carried the whole mass of mud and stones up the inclined planes, from the central depths to the lower outlets of the lakes and sometimes far beyond them. The Antiquity of Man The mountains were crossed by the Portage Railroad, a series of inclined planes and levels somewhat like a flight of steps. A Brief History of the United States The inclined plane of the mist-clouds again reflects a grey light, and, as if swept up by the fierce gale, a beam of sunshine comes. The Life of the Fields He rode up an inclined plane and down four steps without falling off, repeating for an encore,—but here he became peeved about something. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations For his life had only been a heavy pathway of toil up an inclined plane of manifold resistances. The Midnight Passenger : a novel An inclined plane of light comes accurately through each window, purple and yellow even in its most diffused dust, while, where it breaks upon stone, that stone is softly chalked red, yellow, and purple. Jacob's Room There was one such inclined plane at Albany; another at Belmont, now in Philadelphia; a third on the Paterson and Hudson Railroad near Paterson; and a fourth on the Baltimore and Ohio. A Brief History of the United States Leaving his sword behind him, he took a leap from the step above the inclined plane and landed at the bottom, and at once threw himself down outside. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus In very quick time the toads recognized the possibilities of the inclined plane and hopped upward to liberty. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations They swarmed with greater ease now over the covered waggons, across the mangled and writhing bodies of their fellows; for the dead outside made an inclined plane for the living to mount by. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose They slipped and slid in his direction as helplessly as if an inclined plane had opened under their feet. Angel Island At first no cars or motive power, except at the inclined planes, were supplied. A Brief History of the United States He ascended three steps, and then, as he placed his foot upon the sharply inclined plane of the door, which he had not noticed, he stumbled forward. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus Stage properties: a suit of clothes, shoes, chair, table, bed, bureau, hatrack, candle, cigarette, match, cuspidor, roller skates, bottles, flag, inclined plane and steps; plate, napkin, cup, spoon, teapot. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations She felt like one at the beginning of an inclined plane that was slippery as ice. In the Wilderness Let us suppose a flatbottomed boat, whose bow forms an inclined plane with the bottom, at rest in still water. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Aeroplanes, which are merely inclined planes like kites, but towed or driven by screws. Robur the Conqueror We were still following the gallery of lava, a real natural staircase, and as gently sloping as those inclined planes which in some old houses are still found instead of flights of steps. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth This exercise consists of two varieties: exercise of the muscles against the resistance of an attendant, and exercise by walking on inclined planes or up hills. Disturbances of the Heart The most abrupt declivity of these mountains confronts the Zanzibar coast, but the western slopes are merely inclined planes. Five Weeks in a Balloon At Wheal Friendship mine in Cornwall, a different contrivance is employed: there is in that mine an inclined plane, passing underground about two-thirds of a mile in length. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures In 1842 we have the Englishman Henson, with his system of inclined planes and screws worked by steam. Robur the Conqueror After all, Violetta's sitting posture was, as Alison observed, an example of the inclined plane, but that was nothing to Rose, and the seance would have been indefinitely prolonged, but for considerations for Violetta's health. Clever Woman of the Family The wheel, flaring or reddening in all its spokes, was raised from the bonfire, and was driven down the smoothest piece of green sward, which formed an inclined plane towards the stream. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest This was accomplished by the building of five inclined planes on each slope, each plane averaging about 2300 feet in length and 200 feet in height. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway The trains consisted of a string of little cars, with the baggage piled on the roof, and when they reached a hill they sometimes had to be pulled up the inclined plane by a rope. The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states Many times I have thought that we must have reached the very bottom of the inclined plane of adversity, but always it proved to be only a break. The Great Hunger Unhinge the lower jaw, and the side view of this skull is as the side of a moderately inclined plane resting throughout on a level base. Moby Dick, or, the whale The captain adjusted Jehan's head upon an inclined plane of cabbage-stumps, and on the very instant, the scholar fell to snoring in a magnificent bass. Notre-Dame De Paris Unhinge the lower jaw, and the side view of this skull is as the side view of a moderately inclined plane resting throughout on a level base. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Then rails were secured and lashed between the trucks, taking the slack out of the coupling chains, thereby affording us a more steady run to the top of the inclined plane at Schenectady. The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states For some time it had been obvious to every impartial onlooker that Newman was slipping down an inclined plane at the bottom of which lay one thing, and one thing only—the Roman Catholic Church. Eminent Victorians Two fine boys are very clever in harnessing paper carts to the backs of beetles with gummed traces, so that eight of them draw a load of rice up an inclined plane. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan It is of astounding size, a fortress in itself, and contains, instead of a staircase, a wonderful inclined plane, so wide and gradual that a coach and four may be driven to the top. A Little Tour in France They made a little trench so that it might roll down the inclined plane. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad was originally constructed with inclined planes worked by stationary engines near each terminus, the inclinations being one foot in eighteen. The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states The narrow archway is flanked on either side by two inclined planes, hewn from the face of the rock, about eighteen feet high by twelve in width. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon We were lying on a very much inclined plane, with our heads downward. Rudder Grange The study of oblique forces was made by Stevinus with the aid of inclined planes. A History of Science — Volume 2 Others are struggling with slippery feet to ascend the inclined plane that leads to the world above. London's Underworld Hence, it is necessary, whenever the ascension of some inclined plane is declared impossible, to inquire whether the author of the declaration was himself there, or whether he had judged the thing at a distance. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students |
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