| 单词 | lodestone |
| 例句 | The Chevalier Tialys had received a message on his lodestone resonator, ordering him and the Lady Salmakia to smuggle themselves aboard. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She couldn’t remember what he’d said, and out of the corner of her eye, she could see Tialys quickly preparing the lodestone resonator, busy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Learn from Hamlet’s example that madness, like a lodestone, draws danger to itself!” he said as loudly as he dared in our secret room. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Lady’s companion, the Chevalier, was opening the case of the lodestone resonator, and, curiosity overcoming resentment, Lyra watched to see what he did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Cesi writes, ‘We know by daily experiments that the power of the lodestone is weakened by garlic.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Apart from the lodestone resonator, the most important items were a pair of insect larvae, and their food. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “If I rub the needle with the lodestone, I’ll magnetize it. Basically I’ll turn it into a compass needle. If we can get it to float on the water without breaking the surface tension...” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Tialys continued to pack the lodestone resonator away, and as he did so, the Lady Salmakia woke up nearby, sitting up graceful and slow from the little hollow she’d made in the soft sand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But for now, he was sending a message on the lodestone resonator, and his attention was fully occupied with the movement of the bow and his fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “This rock—it’s a lodestone, magnetic iron ore. There was a pile of them back in my pit. I kept one in my pocket just in case,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The Chevalier returned to the College of St. Jerome and began to compose the message he would send to Lord Roke on the lodestone resonator. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This lodestone of longing, this certainty, drew him to lead his companions ever westward through wild and unknown country, as unerringly as a carrier pigeon released from an alien loft. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z While he and Lyra lay down where they were, exhausted, the Lady Salmakia kept watch, and the Chevalier opened his lodestone resonator and began to play a message into the dark. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He slipped off the dragonfly’s back and tethered it safely, and then took out the lodestone resonator. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If Kaz was their leader, then Inej had been their lodestone, pulling them together when they seemed most likely to drift apart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Debussy served as a stylistic lodestone for much of the solo portion of the evening; though not a note of his music was played, his evocative genius and timbral resourcefulness were everywhere. Music Review: Hues of Debussy in a Program Without Him 2011-01-06T22:09:12Z In a magnificent malapropism, a woman of my acquaintance once described a man’s wife as “a lodestone ’round his neck.” Ballet Theater’s Met Season, a Mix of Sparkling Moments and Familiar War Horses 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z In this “Twelfth Night” the spiritual lodestone is less Viola than the clown Feste. All Over London, Love Hurts 2011-02-23T10:27:47Z He is the lodestone of radio stations that should have had their licenses immediately yanked after they shot the sheriff, but not the deputy, for the four-million-and-first time. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z And the longer we drifted in that limbo, the more the idea of America solidified in my mind, drawing me like a lodestone. Explaining America to Americans: Why don’t you get the allure of your country for refugees — that no matter how horrible life is now, perhaps it’ll be better there? 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The contrast between the two served as a lodestone for the rest of the evening and a marker of things to come, as the Obama presidency officially begins its last year running the country. “I believe in change, because I believe in you”: Obama brings his Jed Bartlet game to his final State of the Union 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Ali Catterall Last in this series of the lodestone of all reality TV. TV highlights 28/05/2012 2012-05-27T19:00:02Z Do you see it as a lodestone for the book? Neil Gaiman on making art, mistakes and his 'View from the Cheap Seats' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z In its own fashion, "McCartney III" functions as the logical extension of its precursors, each acting as lodestones of sorts for signal moments across his long career. Paul McCartney's spectacular return to form: New solo album "McCartney III" sizzles and soars 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z It sort of worked separately, almost outside of me, and guided my life like a lodestone or magnetic north. Janet Baker: A life in music 2012-07-13T21:54:02Z Though the general public loved the show, critics hated it, with Lawrence Alloway complaining that “the junction of art and technology does not result in cultural lodestones, but in an art of mostly trivial effects.” Review | Looking back at a Bauhaus artist who tried to bridge the gap between science and art 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Those memories constituted a lodestone of evidence during the research process. The Beat at the Heart of ‘Lovers Rock’ 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z But more importantly, he’s the lodestone around which the entire plantation society revolves. Review | ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Putting R-Star into practice as a lodestone for policy has never been easy. Key Fed officials see low-rate world as likely to return one day 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Provincial leaders throughout November declared their commitment to “zero Covid,” often citing Mr. Xi as their lodestone. From Zero Covid to No Plan: Behind China’s Pandemic U-Turn 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z A common name for naturally magnetic iron oxide is lodestone. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lodestone in American politics right now … is the Hispanic vote,” Reed said. Emboldened by its wins, GOP goes all in on the culture wars 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z In fact, power proved to be his lodestone. The making of Vladimir Putin 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z But in the mid-1980s, a band of booksellers moved into the empty barns and transformed the place into a literary lodestone. This village was a book capital. What happens when people stop buying so many books? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The lodestone attracted an Australian company backed by Chinese investors that had hoped to blast an open-pit mine — until it ran into Ms. Paviasen. The World Wants Greenland’s Minerals, but Greenlanders Are Wary 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Chapek says that scene of poignant humanity was a narrative lodestone for “Black Widow.” Black Widow finally gets her own movie, one that poses the question: Who is she, really? 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In earlier work, he explore invisible forces of nature, zeroing in on lodestones, and making the Earth’s magnetic rays visible in a Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden installation. Six outdoor sculptures you might walk by without realizing they’re by famous artists 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z She became a reassuring lodestone, a reminder of what was and could be again. In San Bernardino, a legendary waitress gets a COVID-19-safe memorial, with tacos to go 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Boarding school and her many summers at an unelectrified camp in Maine are the lodestones of her formative years—not the usual route to stardom, outside of a Wes Anderson movie. Maggie Rogers Wants to Keep It Real 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Drag Race has become a cultural lodestone in gay communities with obsessive championing of favourite queens and endless rumination on tactics making ready-made topics of conversation among strangers. Rising camp: how an arch sensibility got political 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The hearing made it clear that the lodestone for Sessions is his abject deferral to what he sees as President Donald Trump’s “rights” but which might better be described as Trump’s demands, desires, and whims. Jeff Sessions and the Trail of Unanswered Questions 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z In his 1897 novel, “An Antarctic Mystery,” he saw fit to emend Poe, rescuing Pym from the boiling sea only to kill him off on a lodestone mountain. Literature’s Arctic Obsession 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Micrometeorites contain magnetite, a naturally magnetic form of iron oxide, commonly known as lodestone. Finding micrometeorites in city gutters 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z An earlier description quoted by hoodoo expert HM Hyatt said a mojo might contain particular roots, a lodestone and incense powder, and be sewn up in red flannel. The Vocabularist: Getting your mojo to work - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z It’s no wonder that Bowie made his escape – to Berlin, where he made the famous trilogy of albums which are the lodestone of his creativity. Bowie in America: how the US got under the singer's skin, and vice versa 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The move reflects thinking that traditional culture could be a lodestone for modern national identity.. The Future of Chinese Arts and Creative Industries 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Of the three polar features on Mercator’s sixteenth-century map—the mountain, the maelstrom, and the open polar sea—only the lodestone mountain turned out to be a myth. Literature’s Arctic Obsession 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Just look at the lodestone of all of Jony Ives’ designs, Dieter Rams of Braun. Finally, An iPhone 6 Rumor That Confirms That Jony Ive Is Not Losing It! 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Online video sites are extremely popular and at times act as a lodestone for comment on social issues. China party mouthpiece says no Internet freedom without order, as U.S. TV shows pulled 2014-04-28T06:53:18Z Build your hope and share it with others – it is the lodestone for our forthcoming adventures in sustainability. Drop the denial, embrace reality and accelerate sustainability 2013-07-29T13:43:40Z Confucius, China's cultural lodestone who has enjoyed a revival in popularity as leaders search for new sources of legitimacy, advocated the honoring of all old people. Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture 2013-05-31T04:47:10Z “She was a lodestone for the women’s movement nationally, and a center of trust, common sense and creativity,” Ms. Steinem said on Saturday. Mary Thom, a Chronicler of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 68 2013-04-28T16:10:43Z The Washington Post, a lodestone of Washington conventional wisdom, explains the political dilemma: Compromise is essential for political reasons; with Republicans controlling the House and Democrats the White House and Senate, there's no alternative. Fiscal cliff: Republicans disavow tax pledge as Congress returns – live updates 2012-11-26T16:12:01Z Poker is something of a lodestone in Silver's life. Nate Silver: it's the numbers, stupid 2012-11-17T19:01:01Z Have a school-wide conversation about how and why we should use the authentic achievement rubric as the lodestone for teaching and learning. Ten things teachers, students should expect this year 2012-08-20T10:00:00Z In just a few days, the Gila Wilderness had become a lodestone to a who’s who of ultramarathoners, athletes with loose limbs, lanky bodies and now a shared sense of dread. Caballo Blanco?s Last Run: The Micah True Story 2012-05-21T14:57:31Z It was Harry's ambition, the very lodestone of his life, to recover the Sunstone for his uncle. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Stealthily, fearing to be observed, she raised the corner of the nearest curtain and turned to look at Lady Anne's picture; the lodestone that had drawn her hither as the candle draws the moth. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z A person may hold a powerful lodestone in his hand and feel no influence different from that coming from a piece of sandstone. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z He carried out a number of experiments on magnetic induction, and found that lodestones, as well as pieces of iron, when heated and allowed to cool, became magnetized by the induction of the earth. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z At this time the magnet received the name of lodestone or “leading stone.” Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z It was called the lodestone or leading stone, because of its tendency, if arranged so it could be moved freely, of pointing one particular portion toward the north. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z People didn't understand them and many superstitions grew up about lodestones, as these rocks were called. Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 2011-11-18T03:00:30.487Z Left "loadstone" on page 2 although it's spelled "lodestone" everywhere else, because it's in a quote. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z These gentlemen stated that there was no theory accounting for the action of the lodestone, whereas Swedenborg had made it his study so early as in 1720. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z His second lodestone is function: trying to help people continue to do what they can do, whether it’s taking a walk with friends, navigating to the kitchen for breakfast or simply getting out of bed. The New Old Age: Two Words to Live By 2011-07-13T16:14:09Z The pure, strong Son of God is the lodestone of the Gospels and the Epistles. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z People even told Columbus not to sail out of sight of land because a giant lodestone was just over the horizon waiting to pull all the nails out of his ships. Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 2011-11-18T03:00:30.487Z There can be little doubt that Pliny assumed it to be the lodestone, and Agricola also. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z You believe in the power of electricity when it is fixed on the lodestone, but you deny it as emanating from the soul. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z She stitched on in the silence, and soon her thoughts drifted back to the man who had so strangely become the lodestone of her life. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z A lodestone has more attracting power than the same amount of ordinary substance. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z They found that if you hung a lodestone by a string, one end of the stone would always point in the direction of the North Star. Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 2011-11-18T03:00:30.487Z The idea is, that, as ships have their bolts drawn out by the lodestone and fall apart, so the senses fall apart as man sinks to slumber. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z "This is the lodestone that has always attracted him hither—he smelt his gold." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Beauty becomes irresistible when allied to this lodestone of attraction; plainness of features is overlooked by it; even positive homeliness is rendered agreeable by its influence. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z For three years he draws me to his parties as a lodestone draws baser metals. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z An artificial magnet can be made by stroking or gently rubbing a piece of steel with a lodestone. Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 2011-11-18T03:00:30.487Z So mariners attach an iron needle to a piece of cork and rub it with a black lodestone. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z There is no need to dwell upon the early crude theories of the action of amber and lodestone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z “For us to take on that same lodestone for Nascar die-cast is pretty comfortable for us.” With Merchandise Sales Down, Nascar Bets Big on Tiny Die-Cast Cars 2010-08-21T22:21:00Z She used no wiles, practised no arts—her subtle mesmerism was the unseen power of the lodestone. The Great Mogul In magnetism Dr William Gilbert applied the term to the piece of soft iron with which he “armed” or capped the lodestone in order to increase its power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" "Haven't you seen a lodestone or a bit of steel in the shape of a horseshoe that will pick up a needle of its own power?" The Nightrider's Feud Starting with careful and accurate observations on facts concerning the mysterious properties of amber and the lodestone, Gilbert laid the foundations of modern electric and magnetic science on the true experimental and inductive basis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z There is no doubt that the spelling lodestone would be etymologically more correct, since it means stone that leads not stone that carries a load. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments In the description of the lodestone we find the well-known popular belief about ships being drawn to their destruction. The Old English Herbals It is like the lodestone which attracts the iron. Marguerite de Valois Beyond a peradventure Frances was the lodestone that attracted him. A Top-Floor Idyl He quotes a passage on the polarity of the lodestone from a treatise translated by Albertus Magnus, attributed by the latter to Aristotle, but apparently only an Arabic compilation from the works of various philosophers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The ancient Persians and other "wise men of the East" used the lodestone as a talisman. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West He was the lodestone, drawing together the looser particles of iron. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It had formed a Chamber of Commerce which entered bravely upon its mission as a lodestone for the attraction of Eastern capital. Mystery Ranch Yet Fate has not been of too great kindness to us, for we could not uncover the so precious lodestone which drew us all to this desolate corner of the world. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The earliest allusion to the power of the lodestone in Chinese literature occurs in a Chinese dictionary, finished in A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" There were not lacking those who held that the lodestone which kept her there at the ranchhouse, when the gaieties of the season beckoned elsewhere, was in the breast of Major Cuvier King. The Rustler of Wind River Express companies joined their traffic to that of Uncle Sam, and he of the pick and shovel became the lodestone to popular convenience. Trail Tales She was the lodestone, being irresistably drawn to the magnet, which was apparently the rocks at the fountain. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska That ambergris would represent the profits of a score of seal-raids—and besides, there is you, Ruth, drawing him like a lodestone. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story I tried to close my eyes, but the weird, unnatural sight drew them as a lodestone. Uncanny Tales The "tour abroad" has ever been the lodestone which has drawn countless thousands of home-loving English and Americans to Continental Europe. The Automobilist Abroad Like a lodestone drawn to a magnet, the tiny golden statue leaped from his hand and darted toward its huge counterpart. Valley of the Croen But the sand was a lodestone and drew them down. Edge of the Jungle So have the alchemists made a philosophy out of a few experiments of the furnace; and Gilbertus, our countryman, hath made a philosophy out of the observations of a lodestone. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin "He carries lodestones of great power and divers subtle tools," Sid had explained for him. No Great Magic It was the lodestone which had served to draw this woman once more into the danger zone. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot Mesmer, an 18th century physician, believed that hypnosis occurred as a result of "vital fluids" drawn from a magnet or lodestone and which drew their unique qualities from the sun, moon and stars. A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis He left a hostage in the little community, a sort of living lodestone, which was sure to bring him back again and again, however far his wanderings might extend. The Prairie Chief The lodestone which will attract this grace is staunchness in the Covenant. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá You are the lodestone of my organization, the influence by which the various celebrities I chaperone are harmonized. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow The boat which brought me up-stream, madam, rounded into your wharf of its own motion, attracted by some lodestone or guiding star. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett A piece of lodestone,18 or even an ordinary toy magnet, is thought, in certain localities, to act as a safeguard against divers kinds of evil charms. 18B�-to b�-ni. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir This Revelation is endowed with such a power that it will act as the lodestone for all nations and kindreds of the earth. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas But those eyes were in his field of vision, and, even while speaking to the potentate, his glance continually wandered to the orbs which attracted him as the lodestone draws the magnet. The Land of Mystery Ere long you will exclaim with St. Augustine: "Love is my lodestone!" The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse "Here is my lodestone," I said, and I pressed Anna to my heart. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century Now he draws me like a lodestone, and now I feel Lucifer to his Michael! Foes These hosts are the lodestone of the hearts of men and the effective means for unlocking doors. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas Then how could I explain to Anne—Anne would be heavy dragging with that lodestone of a yacht in the harbor. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World He withdrew it as quickly as if he had received an electric shock, but the next moment, like a lodestone following a magnet, it traveled slowly back to hers. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories That name, in the days of peace, was a lodestone, attracting to itself a whole people's confidence, a whole people's love, and the whole world's respect. Washington's Birthday It was in the exciting days of '49 that gold became the lodestone to draw to California men from the oriental lands across the Pacific. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making Is the iron immodest when it creeps to the lodestone and clings to its side? Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Love leaped up to him from those sweet, tired eyes; leaped with the unerring force of an electric current that finds its lodestone in spite of mortal will. Truxton King A Story of Graustark A miniature, certain volatile essences, a compass, a lodestone and other properties are found in a room below that which appeared to be the source of the horrors. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance He took a lodestone out of his pocket and holding it near the compass moved it back and forth. The Light in the Clearing He had watched three humiliating rebuffs turn under his eye, as it were, to so many powerful lodestones. V. V.'s Eyes She seemed possessed of one of those assimilative intellects which extract by glances the substance from a book as the flash of lightning demagnetizes the lodestone. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs But the lodestone of the collection is the Primitives. Promenades of an Impressionist But there are two lodestones that will draw her if she is able to move. Out of the Ashes As we carried the bags to the attic room I thought of the lodestone and the compass and knew that Mr. Wright had foreseen what was likely to happen. The Light in the Clearing On his way back to France, the ship was attracted by the famous lodestone rock which appears in many mediaeval romances, and, all his companions having perished, Ogier wandered alone ashore. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art The early Chinese and Persians knew of the lodestone, and of the magnetic properties of amber after it has been rubbed briskly. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Therefore on this dear one dead, On this pallid corse laid low, Lying bathed in blood and snow, By this lifeless lodestone led, I such bitter tears shall shed, That my grief . The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome Again he noticed that wherever she was she was a lodestone for all eyes. Bambi "You see all ways are north when you put this lodestone near the needle," he went on. The Light in the Clearing They also brought countless valuable presents, among which were two huge eggs, which the giants said were priceless, as from them could be hatched magic toads with lodestones in their foreheads. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art They were fond of mounting a bit of iron on a cork floating in a basin of water and watch it follow the lodestone held in the hand. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Centuries ago the poet and philosopher entertained the idea of two persons far apart being able to correspond through the sympathetic property of the lodestone. Heroes of the Telegraph One genius felt sure that there must be huge mountains of lodestone near the North Pole. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers If it is to tell you the truth you must keep the lodestone away from the needle. The Light in the Clearing Romance attracted Stevenson, at least during the earlier part of his life, as a lodestone attracts the magnet. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial The Romans had discovered that the lodestone would attract iron, though a stone wall intervened. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty However this may be, we are told that Thales of Miletus attributed the attractive properties of the amber and the lodestone to a soul within them. Heroes of the Telegraph It seemed to him an unendurable thing that he should protect himself under the wing of such a man as Stanhope; and the thought of fierce action drew him like a lodestone. Captivating Mary Carstairs It preceded by about a year the discovery of gold in California, and gold, of course, was the lodestone that drew the greatest of west-bound migrations. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert Two bronzed men, of free gait, with that trick of carrying the hands back to front which singles out the sailor from the rest of humanity, drew him like a lodestone. The Wheel O' Fortune But these details were only secondary matters—his face was the lodestone that chained the eye. Roughing It, Part 7. One of their experiments was to float a needle on a piece of cork, and make it follow a lodestone held in the hand. Heroes of the Telegraph When he was out on a canvass, his name was a lodestone which drew the farmers to his stump from fifty miles around. Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. From time to time Paul's eyes would wander around the table; and from its dainty dishes and exquisite flowers return to their true lodestone, his hostess. The Ghost of Guir House The Chinese appear to have discovered that a needle, when rubbed with a lodestone, has the mysterious power of pointing to the north. Early European History To study the history of America after 1840 is to have our attention drawn as by a powerful lodestone to the Civil War. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived We are told that the Emperor Valerius, while at Antioch in 370 A.D., was shown a floating needle which pointed to the letters of the alphabet when guided by the directive force of a lodestone. Heroes of the Telegraph Not a year of my married life that 'ain't been a lodestone on my neck! Gaslight Sonatas He did not know that it would do much good, but that bracelet was a kind of a lodestone, and he felt that he would give a good deal to get it into his possession. The Boys of Bellwood School "Would not the lodestone be the more apposite simile?" asked Lord Cloverton. Princess Maritza She possessed that type of blonde beauty which seems to be a lodestone for mankind in general. Tales of Chinatown A Greek legend tells us that the lodestone was discovered by Magnes, a shepherd who found his crook attracted by the rock. Heroes of the Telegraph I tore myself away from London by a supreme effort; but I was on the point of returning like a needle to the lodestone when the outbreak of the war saved me. Getting Married I gave it up, and as Kennedy seemed indisposed to enlighten me, I went for a stroll about the campus, returning as if drawn back to him by a lodestone. The Ear in the Wall "An hour of ease which so seldom falls to me renews my strength to-night, Countess, and youth and beauty draw me like a lodestone," said the King. Princess Maritza If no lodestone had been framed to give that wonderful and useful direction to the needle, would human society and the human kind have been immediately extinguished? Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion This arrangement was perhaps copied from the compass of the Phoenician sailors, who buoyed a lodestone and observed it set towards the north. Heroes of the Telegraph The winged Mercury on passing tossed her two stones, most precious; the lodestone and a Blackstone. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales Fatal in force, yet gentle in will, Defeats, from her, are tender pacts, For, like the kindly lodestone, still She's drawn herself by what she attracts. Angel in the House It was then, perhaps, that he made the observation that bricks and tiles also acquire "magnetic alliciency"—one's whole house, one might fancy; as indeed, he holds the earth itself to be a vast lodestone. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style It required the lodestone of a great and thoroughly congenial responsibility to bring to light Marshall's real metal. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court These properties of amber and lodestone appear to have been widely known. Heroes of the Telegraph There, as always on the frontier, land had been a lodestone attracting both the speculator and the homeseeker. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty I still maintain that a lizard as big as a cow would prove a lodestone, the drawing powers of which the pocket-money of the small boy would be utterly unable to resist. A House-Boat on the Styx Yet an hour or two later you declared that the hearth was no lodestone. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair He only felt that she drew him with a vague force of feminine sovereignty — a charm which he could no more resist or explain, than the iron could the attraction of the lodestone. David Elginbrod During the dark ages the mystical virtues of the lodestone drew more attention than those of the more precious amber, and interesting experiments were made with it. Heroes of the Telegraph Her hair is an exquisite detail; so, you might say, is her nose, her foot, her voice; but viewed as a captivating whole, Egeria might be described epigrammatically as an animated lodestone. Penelope's Postscripts Is it a matter of wonder that the sun which has dazzled you has dazzled me; that the lodestone which has drawn you has drawn me? Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth While we stopped at Gornera we were at least not drifting upon lodestone, equator fire and chaos! 1492 They seemed to have the same magical attraction for his will as the lodestone for iron. A Voyage to Arcturus Native lodestones consist of this ore, and iron of the first quality is made in Europe from that with which Sweden and Norway are so abundantly supplied. The Mysterious Island He made accurate examination of it by the aid of some instruments, and came to the conclusion that it was carved from a lump of lodestone. Lair of the White Worm They have lodestone, so that no ship with iron can sail to them. 1492 |
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