| 单词 | perpendicularly |
| 例句 | A few columns of smoke mounted perpendicularly into the windless air and were lost. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Their guide halted at the foot of a ladder, raised his hand perpendicularly, then darted it horizontally forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A half mile farther on, the trail descended very steeply, almost perpendicularly, more than 600 feet to a high, nameless valley. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It assumes that the well in Syene was sunk perpendicularly to the surface of the earth. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z This was a military model, loud, with a great fan anchored perpendicularly to the rear. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Milo’s hand soared up perpendicularly like an eagle and arrested Vittorio’s shaving brush. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Piper had flown perpendicularly across the flight path of a jet plane that had just passed through the area. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z This selection includes “Holding Pattern,” which is mounted perpendicularly to the wall, and “The Mildly High Club,” which hangs well above an average person’s eye level. Review | In the galleries: Renaissance influences synchronize with Magic Realism 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Starting from the age of nine, I helped my mom bake brownies in the narrow kitchen of our Victorian flat, creating towers of pans stacked perpendicularly to cool. I grew up in an underground cannabis bakery during the AIDS epidemic. Yes, it is essential medicine 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z “Square Waves” is mounted perpendicularly to the wall, with its back to the door. Review | In the galleries: Art 101, a sampling event for beginners 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Similarly, protruding planes of quartzite extend perpendicularly from the house into the surrounding meadow in a literal embrace of nature. Take in an Aspen Home's Spectacular View 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Polarization describes light waves oscillating perpendicularly to the direction it is traveling. Researchers find gravitational lensing has significant effect on cosmic birefringence 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Figure 27.34 shows two glass slides illuminated by pure- wavelength light incident perpendicularly. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Because the structure of the district is largely made of long, parallel roads, the traboules allowed residents to access the River Saône more quickly and perpendicularly, essentially serving as a system to ease circulation. In Lyon’s network of hidden passageways, footfalls of the past 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The outer edge of the gear contains a ring of pillars—little fingers that stick up perpendicularly, with shoulders and pierced ends that were clearly intended to carry plates. An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Typically, the photons’ own magnetic and electric fields oscillate perpendicularly to their path, but in random directions. NASA telescope to study how extreme cosmic objects sculpt x-ray light 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Shoot a charged particle like a proton perpendicularly through a magnetic field, and the field will push it sideways so it circles at a frequency that reveals the particle’s mass. Particle drag race leads to most precise estimate yet of the proton’s mass 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z If the object is a conductor, the electric field is perpendicular to the surface, tending to bring the drops in perpendicularly. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Razor wire, steel barricades and perpendicularly parked armored vehicles blocked streets and roads in the city as officials anticipated anti-India protests after weekly congregational Friday prayers. Kashmir still under lockdown after anti-India leader’s death 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Five rivers — the Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, Tennessee, Colorado — “flow diagonally rather than perpendicularly, drawing the country together into a natural geographical unit.” Opinion | Is the America of today even capable of performing great building feats? 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Some roads are blocked by perpendicularly parked armored vehicles or private buses. Kashmir’s main city a maze of razor wire and steel barriers 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Some roads are blocked by perpendicularly parked armored vehicles or private buses. Kashmir’s main city a maze of razor wire and steel barriers 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z When Loomo isn’t going anywhere, the monitor rotates perpendicularly, displaying icons such as hearts or smiling eyes. Learning to Love Robots 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z A gravitational force was applied to the masses at the ends of the dumb-bell, acting perpendicularly to the bar of the dumb-bell and to the axis of the fibre. Gravity measured with record precision 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z He’ll zip around a neighboring park and adjoining side streets, stacking scooters perpendicularly on the one he’s riding. The cutthroat turf war behind the race to charge Bay Area electric scooters 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z This whale rose perpendicularly through the water to peer at us. 'Barnacled angels': the whales of Stellwagen Bank – a photo essay 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In some experiments, the arm’s movement was stopped by short DNA strands sticking up perpendicularly from the platform. Watch a robot made of DNA swing its arm 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Bundles of collagen in each layer run perpendicularly to those above and below—a tough criss-cross arrangement similar to patterns seen in rhinoceros hides. This baby hunter may be the world’s toughest snake 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z A broken bracket at the top of the disc indicates it was likely suspended to align it perpendicularly to the horizon. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z But the technique breaks down for peering directly across the galaxy, where objects do not move toward or away from us at all but rather purely perpendicularly to our line of sight. Astronomers Are Finally Mapping the “Dark Side” of the Milky Way 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Whether equinoxes carry any great cultural significance here on Earth, these celestial alignments link us with the rest of the planets in our solar system—except Mercury, which tilts pretty much perpendicularly to the sun. The Autumn Equinox is Here! Wait, What's the Autumn Equinox? 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z From the Harvard plates, Shara calculated that the white dwarf was moving perpendicularly to Earth. Astronomers discover an ancient exploding star after a 30-year search 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The scientists signal each other with snaps and whistles and pivot directions frequently; they often cross trails perpendicularly instead of following them. When will yellow fever strike Brazil again? Monkeys and mosquitoes hold clues 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Steel joists were placed perpendicularly between the beams. A Humble Basement Boiler Gets a Penthouse, Above Flood Level 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The scene — a fire van parked perpendicularly behind, ceiling fans spinning above — had been prearranged at the request of the mayor’s office, acting, of course, at the behest of the mayor. No Need to Rise at a de Blasio News Conference: He Will Be Sitting, Too. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z I crossed the streetcar tracks perpendicularly, but my tire slipped on the metal. What cyclists told us about their streetcar-track crashes 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z He finds detailed research validating the use of jet engines and swept wings, angled back from the body of a plane rather than extending perpendicularly. From cloth to carbon fiber, a timeline of Boeing’s 100-year flight 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z For a gravitational wave signal to be counted as real, it must show up in both detectors, which are made of two sets of mirrors set perpendicularly to one another. Found! Gravitational Waves, or a Wrinkle in Spacetime 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z LIGO’s twin interferometers bounce laser beams between mirrors at the opposite ends of 4-kilometre-long vacuum pipes that are set perpendicularly to each other. Einstein's gravitational waves found at last 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z It also explained a bizarre population of worlds that orbit the sun perpendicularly to the plane of the solar system. Scientists Find Evidence for Ninth Planet in Solar System 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Price even suggested in her defence against the parking fine that the Smart website illustrates how to park perpendicularly to the kerb. The legal confusion over perpendicular parking 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z It consists of two high-intensity laser beams — beams that are roughly equivalent to 200,000 laser pointers — that are split using a beam splitter, and sent perpendicularly down two 40 meter arms. A physics experiment might soon tell us if we're living in a 2D hologram 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The dead give-away, besides the fairly obvious machine stamping, is that the some of the signatures are stacked perpendicularly to one other rather than vertically, as they are on genuine balls. Ask the Experts: How Much Is My Vintage Autographed Baseball Worth? 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z They then position themselves perpendicularly in the formation, with the smaller ants lodging between bigger ants to maximize efficiency of space. Scientists Believe Mystery Behind Balls of Ants May Inspire Robotic Designs 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z They also tended to orient themselves perpendicularly to one another, distributing their weight and creating a light, buoyant structure. Secrets of ant rafts revealed 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The shock wave damage propagated perpendicularly to the path of the rock. Hazardous asteroids may be more numerous than previously thought, scientists say 2013-11-06T18:00:00Z Finally, Farris derived a flat wallpaper pattern by restricting this coloring to the two-dimensional plane that cuts perpendicularly through the rotation axis at the origin. How to Make Impossible Wallpaper 2013-03-08T16:15:00.573Z From the obliquity in position and peculiar curvature of this membrane, most of the waves strike it nearly perpendicularly, and in the most advantageous direction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z It can be seen from the shore near Sligo, rising almost perpendicularly from the sea. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z This is owing to their pyramidal form, which, rising before the eye like the slope of a hill, does not strike the senses or the imagination as much as smaller masses which rise perpendicularly. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z So close are the tracks that the two parts of the loop a mile in length are not more than eighty feet apart, one being almost perpendicularly above the other. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z When the planes are at right angles the result is that for two55 perpendicularly intersecting planes, for which Fig. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Unless the sounding-line sinks perpendicularly, and the vessel remains stationary—to do which she may have to steam against wind and tide or current—it must be evident that the data obtained are not reliable. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z They are seven hundred feet in height, and will, therefore, average higher than the cliffs of Moher in the County Clare, but they do not rise perpendicularly from the sea as those of Moher do. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z A flower has been seen passing perpendicularly downward through a dining-room table. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z It is ten hundred and fifty feet wide, and the walls of basaltic rock rise perpendicularly a thousand feet. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Several hundred yards in circumference at the base, at the distance of thirty fathoms from the north bank of the river it rises perpendicularly about four or five hundred feet. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Three hundred paces from the sea the cliffs rise almost perpendicularly, with snow-clad summits, far beyond the average height. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z At the foot of the principal flight are slabs of granite, placed perpendicularly, upon which figures are boldly sculptured; and between is a semi-circular stone with simple mouldings let in the ground. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z The warp threads are stretched perpendicularly and about wide enough apart to admit a silver quarter passing edgeways between them. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; Ð said of the anchor. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The tides rise from six to eight feet, perpendicularly. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z In this are two chambers, placed perpendicularly, in which the spider reposes during the day, generally going out to hunt after nightfall. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Holding their staves between thumb and finger until perpendicularly poised, they let them fall, departing, the tradition avers, in the direction in which each pointed—Pepperell to Kittery, Gibbons to Muscongus. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z When they are seen to get to the vortex they are tipped up almost perpendicularly and then vanish from sight, at last released from their continually diminishing and circular imprisonment. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z The boards were nailed upon the building perpendicularly, and in some cases did not quite reach to the ground. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z The promontory of York Minster is a black irregularly-shaped rocky cliff, eight hundred feet in height, rising almost perpendicularly from the sea. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The fortress stands on a conical rock crowning a hill that rises almost perpendicularly from the plain to a height of some 600 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The hole is then sunk perpendicularly a foot deep, or more if the ground be not firm. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z The sides of the valley closed in rapidly, and in a few minutes they entered a ravine where the rocks rose perpendicularly on each side, the passage between being but seven or eight feet wide. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z These lofty towering bluffs that rise up so perpendicularly, projecting over the river, afford every convenience for forming natural shot towers. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Along the road, where the walls of the cutting descend perpendicularly, is the severely common-place hamlet of Hooley, formerly Howleigh, consisting of the “Star” inn and some twenty square brick cottages. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z These Indians used no oars, but a pair of broad-bladed paddles, which they held perpendicularly, grasping the staff with both hands and putting back the water by sheer strength, and with very quick, short strokes. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z These bars are fastened horizontally across two bars of steel set perpendicularly in a steel frame in the shape of a lyre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He bore a shield and spear, the latter held perpendicularly. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The way the miners dig the lead is to pierce down perpendicularly till they get to the bottom of the sheet—then take the base out and dig upwards. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Towards the N.W. the island becomes somewhat flattened when approaching the coast, whereas on the west side, as also on the S. and S.E. shores, the rocks descend perpendicularly into the sea. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z On either side the ground rises nearly perpendicularly to a height of about 800 feet, which probably is likewise the average height of the walls of the crater. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z At Harper’s Ferry the river cuts in so close under Maryland Heights that they stand almost perpendicularly over it. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The model consists of a series of wheels, rotating on axes fixed perpendicularly in a plane board, and connected together by India-rubber bands. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z A little farther on they stopped where the bank fell nearly perpendicularly for some distance below the outer edge of the road. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z As we approached the village the banks of the river rose perpendicularly in a wall of rock which was simply riddled with tombs. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z This line passes through the middle of the eye, taken perpendicularly, to the profile of the anterior surface. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Place the ruler perpendicularly on top of the pencil, with the end with the soap bar resting on the table and the end with the plastic bag dangling over the edge of the table. Heavy Lifting with a Lever 2011-12-15T15:15:00.230Z Here the swells are very high and grand, and our boat at one time seems to stand almost perpendicularly.” Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The waxed shape is now divided perpendicularly exactly in half, by a pencil line. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z When the head and neck have entirely yielded to the right, the man will draw equally on both reins to place the head perpendicularly. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z This distance is equivalent to the thickness of the head, P, Q, taken perpendicularly from the profile of the anterior surface, and passing at the level of the maxillary fissure and spine. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Considering that he was holding the pencil perpendicularly, the circumstance was not surprising. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z The most conspicuous feature of the sky-line was the three-peaked “Trident,” rising almost perpendicularly from a glittering field of glacial ice and impaling great masses of pendant cumulo-nimbi on its splintered prongs. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z We see directly that they will only raise the individual perpendicularly into the air. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Suddenly it descends perpendicularly into the water, making a perceptible splash, but scarcely disappearing. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z He knew that where a snow-field comes down nearly perpendicularly to a glacier one generally finds a tremendous crack. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Fresh camp was pitched that night under the shadow of a gigantic column of jagged rock that rose perpendicularly above the tableland of the peak. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Then from the lower tripod a weighted cord is let down perpendicularly to the earth, close to which cord a stake is fixed in the ground. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z O'Hoolohan raised the pistol still higher, turned its muzzle perpendicularly, and discharged it into the air, quietly saying, 'You are no coward; I am sorry for the expression!' Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z If there be any wind, he rises perpendicularly by bounds, and afterwards poises himself with breast opposed to it. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z This hill is within a league of the town, and rises perpendicularly from the cultivated plain. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z This plain is bounded above by the brow of the hill, cut down perpendicularly. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z More common still is the occurrence of a number of parallel lines meeting perpendicularly another lot of parallel lines without crossing them. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Whilst many of these cliffs rise perpendicularly from the ocean, many of them have sea terraces or steps at foot below the high-water mark. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z The fort was built on a knoll, which on three sides fell perpendicularly for two or three hundred feet in rocky precipices from ten to forty yards from the walls. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z This aperture was irregular in form, about the diameter of a well, and descended perpendicularly into the stony crust. 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 The surface has been cut perpendicularly smooth, perhaps eighty or a hundred feet high, and one hundred and fifty or two hundred feet in width, and excavations have been made within to an unknown extent. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Near the summit is a huge pinnacle of volcanic rock, standing up perpendicularly, and of impossible access. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Now and then it helps to bend the pleximeter finger at the second joint, hold it perpendicularly to the chest wall, and strike the joint directly in line of the finger. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z On one occasion he ventured upon a jam of logs just above a rolling dam, over which the spring freshets poured one vast sheet of water, plunging several feet perpendicularly into a boiling cauldron. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Above us towered cliff over cliff, almost perpendicularly; below us rolled the river. 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 At the Upper Falls, the river is precipitated perpendicularly ninety-six feet. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z It stands perpendicularly out of the ground at a great height, and it is of a rich dark-brown colour. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The Rock itself is about 2� m. in length, and at its northern end rises almost perpendicularly from the strip of flat sandy ground which connects it with the Spanish mainland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z In some places it falls twenty-five feet perpendicularly. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z In the last regard, we often noted from the ground that wolves urinated at the junction of newly formed human trails heading perpendicularly from roads they were following. Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota 2011-10-03T02:00:28.037Z This water is sent through sixty miles of mains, the pressure being such as to throw from the hydrants a stream one hundred and thirty feet perpendicularly. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The steps wound upward almost perpendicularly, and it was evident that they were rarely used, for in places the soft brick had crumbled, leaving wide gaps. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The cliffs are from 400 to nearly 600 ft., and some rise perpendicularly from the water. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Again, as to distance of the plane of the thowl perpendicularly from that of the front of the slide when full forward. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Presently, as the bells of Greux began to sound from afar, she listened to their chimes with rapture, wholly forgetful of the fact that the sun's rays beat down perpendicularly upon her head. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The dragoons remained below the summit, holding their horses; but the others pushed on to where the height descended in wall form, almost perpendicularly, to the valley. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z But immediately afterwards it began again with a frightful crackling; the weight of the snowy mass had uprooted the obstructing rock, and whirling down with it in dizzy rotations, plunged perpendicularly into the lake below. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The head striped perpendicularly down the brow, and the marks going swirling round the cheeks. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z The pool was surrounded by high rocks; on the opposite side they ran up quite perpendicularly to a good height. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z It had a most rugged appearance, which was heightened by its lonely position, the island rising almost perpendicularly on all sides, in some places of to the height of one thousand to twelve hundred feet. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z The eccentrically elliptical pierces the epidermis at right angles, and lies perpendicularly in the dermis. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z On three sides it was surrounded by a fourteen feet stockade of split trees standing perpendicularly. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Sometimes an immense rock would rise perpendicularly a thousand feet into the air, from the road along which we were marching. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The dragonfly refused to be caught, he rushed up into the air nearly perpendicularly; and seeing another squirrel some way ahead, they left the dragonfly and crept from beech trunk to beech trunk towards him. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z They were measured off by the four seconds, and at their signal Dan Blair and the prince took their positions, the revolvers raised perpendicularly in their right hands. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Behind the fountain the steep green wall of the coombe rises almost perpendicularly—so steep as not to be climbed without exertion. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z This decay really runs up the trunk perpendicularly: look, there are signs of it above at the knot-hole, thirty feet high, where more fungus is flourishing, as it always does in dead damp wood. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The Southern Cross which had set rose again, and at last Sirius shot down his rays perpendicularly upon us, and yet we had not reached the railway line. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z We must then remember that the great masses of air move horizontally, not perpendicularly. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z Five acres of ground were inclosed within the oval of its outer wall, which outside rises perpendicularly in tiers of arches one above another. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z His rick, when complete, did not rise perpendicularly, but each face or square side sloped a little outwards—including the ends—a method that certainly does give the rick a very shapely look. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z It went up and up until it had risen thirty feet above the surface and hung perpendicularly above the ship. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z The warp," he says, "was laid perpendicularly, the reed fell with the force of at least half a hundredweight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z He hovered round the circle for several minutes, and passed, this time perpendicularly, over our heads. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z It is not difficult to understand, that a weight may much more easily be rolled up a slope than it can be raised the same height perpendicularly. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The left knee should be kept as straight as possible, in order to give additional purchase, while lifting her perpendicularly and gracefully into the saddle. Graceful Riding A Pocket Manual for Equestrians 2011-07-12T02:00:27.770Z A few moments after it was seen some 60 feet elevated perpendicularly in the air by the chief officer and the following seamen:—Horatio Thompson, Owen Baker, Wm. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z But they dip at various angles with the plain, or sink perpendicularly into the rock. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z At many points its banks rise almost perpendicularly to heights of 300, 400, or 500 feet. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Observe that the two forces of projection and attraction do not act in opposition, but perpendicularly, or at a right angle to each other. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Far below, perpendicularly from the prison grating, the great wooden staircase projected into the castle court, from which, through a balcony, was the entrance into the vestibule of the upper story. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z At each breathing time this whale makes from sixty to seventy expirations, and remains, therefore, at the surface ten or eleven minutes, and then, raising its tail, it descends perpendicularly, head first. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z They could move in any direction along the plane, but they could not move perpendicularly to it, and would have no consciousness that such a motion was possible. 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 Parts of the loch were edged in by old lichen-covered rocks; while farther on a magnificent scaur of red stone rose perpendicularly from the water's edge to a very great height. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z I now hold this mirror, so that the ray shall fall perpendicularly upon it. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Next, the instrument is turned towards the sun, so that the solar rays fall perpendicularly upon it for five minutes; the augmentation of heat is now noted. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z It may be surprising to many to learn that the brightness of water, such as rivers, bays, and oceans, as viewed perpendicularly to its surface, is largely due to light diffused within it. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z From the region of the heart a tube or hollow sort of reed stood up perpendicularly in the air. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Crossing a small glacier, they turned up a couloir or gully terminating in a cave, above which the cliffs rose almost perpendicularly. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z For the earth being thicker at the equator, the attraction of gravity perpendicularly downwards must be stronger. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z To prepare the instrument for future observations, remove and hold it perpendicularly, with the bulb downward, and then shake it. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z That is, it is very apparent when viewed perpendicularly to the plane of the page, the latter being held vertically, but as the page is tilted backward the illusion decreases and finally disappears. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z In one part the ground is cut away perpendicularly for a few feet; this is the front of the homestead, the body of which lies burrowed in the slope of the hill. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Two half redoubts with ditches more than three yards deep cut perpendicularly in the solid rock, casemated traverses and bomb-proof blockhouses in the gorge, afforded protection to the defenders. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z You need only hold your hand perpendicularly over the candle, and then hold it sideways obliquely, to be sensible of the difference. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z For five and three-quarter miles these rocks rise perpendicularly from the water’s edge to the height of nearly twelve hundred feet. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z As Albrecht extended his hand from his chest, keeping his forearm close to his body, her arm was stretched out almost perpendicularly, when the curtsey which she made him had reached its lowest point. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z A line drawn from any point in the curve perpendicularly to the axis is an ordinate to the axis. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z At last the line ran perpendicularly down, and they were encouraged by the weight they had to lift. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z A fountain is conducted perpendicularly upwards, by the spout or adjutage A, through which it flows; and it will rise nearly as high as the reservoir B, from whence it proceeds. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Peering coldly and pointedly at him from across the room, their twin rows of pop-eyes perpendicularly placed, stood his patent leathers. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Its roof was tiled with glazed Dutch tiles, and ascended almost perpendicularly to a great height, where it met a second or super-roof, which was clapped over it like an extinguisher. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z "Och! your honour, there is something the matter with me!" he began; at the same time putting two of his fingers perpendicularly over his forehead to intimate that Mrs. Sullivan had played him false. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z On the starboard was observed the "Falls of Fyres," descending, perpendicularly, over a craggy precipice—most curious. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Mrs. B. They would be so to a flat mirror; but as this is spherical, no ray can fall perpendicularly upon it which is not directed towards the centre of the sphere. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z For if the earth were to be moved, neither an arrow shot straight up, nor a stone dropped from the top of a tower would fall perpendicularly, but either ahead or behind. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Oriole held up three of his fingers—pointing perpendicularly towards the ceiling of the room. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The sun had reached the top of heaven, whence he showered upon p. 25us perpendicularly his brightest and fiercest rays. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z It is unique as being the only known instance in which a tributary falls perpendicularly into the main stream. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z But if the sun were immediately over our heads, its rays, falling perpendicularly on the atmosphere, would not be refracted, and we should then see the real sun, in its true situation. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Thus a stone could never fall at the point selected or a point perpendicularly beneath it. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z They had hardly gone eight steps, when it darkened behind them, and a sword, flung in overhead, came perpendicularly down, and struck with its point in the sand under the waves. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The groundplot of it was fifty feet by forty-five; each end is formed by four stout posts, fixed perpendicularly in the ground. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Push the legs under the skin, so that, by holding them perpendicularly and pressing on them, the part from the second to the third joint is alongside the chicken, or horizontally. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Just as a weight falls perpendicularly to the earth, when gravity attracts it towards the centre. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The mule of the peasant tumbled prostrate, while the horse I rode reared himself perpendicularly, and, turning round, dashed down the hill at headlong speed, which for some time it was impossible to check. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Prisms with the bases inwards are not overcome; with vertically deviating prisms the double images of distant objects stand perpendicularly above one another. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The whole mass of the coral is porous, and the cavities occupied by the Hydræ are sunk perpendicularly to the surface within the stock. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z The slanting walls, made of barked larch trees placed perpendicularly, and narrowing towards the top, diminished its size still more. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z Mrs. B. The flower-pot, is directly in front of the aperture; so that its rays, fall perpendicularly upon it, and consequently proceed perpendicularly to the wall, where they delineate the object, directly behind the aperture. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Cat.—A strong tackle, or combination of pulleys, to hook and draw in the anchor perpendicularly up to the cat-head of the ship. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The extent of this lateral deviation may be measured by means of prisms, which being applied to the eyes with the bases inwards place the double images again perpendicularly above one another. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The spine of the back has not either the minuter prominences or the general inflexions which favor the action of the extensor muscles, a circumstance which is opposed to standing perpendicularly during the first months. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z A barge fell perpendicularly from the davits, and threw the crew into the sea. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z If we draw a line from the point of incidence B, perpendicularly, to the mirror, it will divide the angle of incidence, from the angle of reflection, and you will see that they are equal. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Lofty pine-like trees, hoary with the moss of centuries, towered above banks that rose some hundred feet almost perpendicularly, and were clothed throughout with tangled undergrowth. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z There was a monster cigar outside, set perpendicularly, with an internal gas-jet, and a transparency bearing the legend, “Take a light.” Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z It consisted of two beams placed one over the other, on which the web stood perpendicularly. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z This ladder was only a long cedar tree, which had been deprived of its limbs and had been placed almost perpendicularly against the cliff. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z If a ray of light fall perpendicularly on an opaque body, it is reflected back in the same line, towards the point whence it proceeded. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z These screws stand perpendicularly, and about ten feet apart, and work into a large heavy beam above, and into another firmly secured below. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z The stone was a dozen yards across, and its creek side arose perpendicularly from the water, its top being five feet or more from the stream's surface. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Granite walls rose perpendicularly on our left; cottages nestled in gardens at our right—bloom, foliage, fragrance, the flowing Isère. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z It was as amusing as anything else on board, and required skill to throw the point so that it should stick in the wood quite perpendicularly. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z I thought that perpendicularly meant either directly upwards or downwards? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z In the direction in which Delmar had thought to find it there arose perpendicularly from among the chaos of rough blocks of stone, a smooth wall of rock. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z But she could not see the foot of the cliff, for there was under the window a slight projection of granite which jutted forward and on which the ladder rested instead of hanging perpendicularly. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Here they consist of reefs of coral rock, which rise like a wall almost perpendicularly out of the deep, and are always overflowed at high water. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z Drive a pin perpendicularly into the face of the board, near the middle of the planed edge. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z No; it appears to me to rise and descend perpendicularly; at least I always thought so. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Its abrupt and rugged sides of solid rock, rent and torn, and blackened by the torrents, rise almost perpendicularly from the waters to the height of several hundred feet. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The various branches of the vine rise perpendicularly from the lower sill and are then gracefully intertwined. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z On each side the entrance of the opening, the land rises almost perpendicularly from the sea to a stupendous height. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z In Smoland the cradle is suspended by an elastic pole, on which it swings up and down perpendicularly. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z If you throw a stone perpendicularly upwards, is it not the same length of time in ascending, that it is in descending? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Around the clerestory each window is divided perpendicularly in half, one side being glazed in colour and the other in soft grisaille. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Whenever a sounding was to be taken, the ship was hove to, and the bow kept as nearly as possible in the same spot, so that the line might descend perpendicularly. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z One of the Frenchmen, seeing this, had an inspiration; he determined to go up the mountain perpendicularly, and before we could dissuade him he had sunk to his armpits in a treacherous crevasse. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Below each eye, in the cartilage of the cheek, are seven little hollow points ranged longitudinally, and in its hinder part are three others placed perpendicularly. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z He stared at it open-mouthed; an arrow, if the 30 weight of its head did not sink it entirely, must float perpendicularly, showing but very little of its length. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z The rose is poised above and between the points of two wide lancet windows, each of which is in turn divided perpendicularly by mullions. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Birds upon the house-tops setting all their feathers up perpendicularly, and looking as if they had put in an appearance against the cold by donning an extra suit. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z Shall I try to explain his method of progressing by successive distentions and of moving vertically along vertical streets, in towns built perpendicularly? The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z Why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground, thought he to himself ... Newton's Apple Tree Bound for Gravity-Free Space 2010-05-10T16:41:00Z These may be seen lying on the surfaces of leaves, and passing from one leaf to another, or they may be hanging perpendicularly from the branches of trees above. Butterflies and Moths (British) The only difference in the nave clerestory is that there each window is divided perpendicularly into three instead of two, the middle division in each case containing colour work and the two outside ones, grisaille. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z To the north12 there was land, the steep, black, basalt cliffs of which fell perpendicularly into the sea. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 One of the first things we had noticed in Egypt was the curious brass spool affair which Arab women wear, suspended perpendicularly across the forehead, from the head-gear to the top of their veil. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The canyons of the Colorado form a wonderful feature, the river flowing for hundreds of miles in a deep rocky channel with walls rising perpendicularly to the height of 1500 to 6000 feet. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The most peculiar feature of the moths of this family is the tufts of hair that stand up perpendicularly on the top of the thorax. Butterflies and Moths (British) It resembles for long reaches the rugged, precipitous coast of Norway, presenting a line of abrupt, repelling rocks, rising perpendicularly from out of the sea to an average height of two or three hundred feet. The Story of Malta A broad sunbeam falling perpendicularly on the hard surface of the sea cut it in a blinding fissure, which attached the foot of the pier to the horizon. Woman If it be held perpendicularly, with the mass of glass upwards, the resulting bulb will be flattened. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students A right angle is an angle formed by a straight line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle which is measured by an arc of 90 degrees. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli No houses opposite: only large gardens, beautifully kept, sloping gracefully away to the bottom of a valley, whence the ground rises almost perpendicularly, bearing on its summit houses of a prodigious height. Friend Mac Donald When you get home, take out all the pins, excepting such as may be stuck perpendicularly through the middle of the thorax, and as soon as possible proceed to "set" your captures. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species The mullions often continued perpendicularly into the head. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Dispose the instrument, thus completed, perpendicularly on its base, and with the small versorium horizontal, in such a way that, while standing perpendicularly, it may be directed toward the exact magnetical point respective. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Hold the point, not slantingly like a pencil, but as near as possible perpendicularly. A Treatise on Etching Up, then, goes the M.P. high in the air,—once, twice, thrice, again and again, fortunate and clever if he comes down perpendicularly. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations She then flew up perpendicularly, and dashed down into the midst of the fire, as if endeavoring to rescue her precious charge from destruction. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom It was lofty as well as long, and from the manner in which the walls went down perpendicularly into the sea, I imagined that there was a good depth of water beneath our keel. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne At the poles themselves they point perpendicularly toward the very centre. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Before pasting on the dress make eyes and mouth in the little black head, by folding it perpendicularly and cutting out the mouth, then horizontally for the eyes. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions In the town we observed a peculiar windmill, with a horizontal wheel, whose sails, about twenty in number, stand perpendicularly. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact It repeated the same manœuvre, rose diagonally after the heron, which gave two or three cries of distress and strove to rise perpendicularly as at first. Marguerite de Valois In the mean time the doctor and the professor had reached a narrow, wooded ravine, on both sides of which the rocks rose almost perpendicularly. The Progressionists, and Angela. In a declination instrument the magnetick needle, which in a meridional position dips, if turned along a parallel hangs perpendicularly. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments A few hundred yards inland from the rugged beach there rises gradually a second or inner ring of dead coral, which towards the interior falls away perpendicularly, thus surrounding the island like a cyclopean wall. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II This Paper thus coloured and lined I set against a Wall perpendicularly to the Horizon, so that one of the Colours might stand to the Right Hand, and the other to the Left. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light The mourners rising from the ground, and walking in single files round the bier made a respectful salaam towards it, after which the corpse was lowered perpendicularly into the earth, and the grave filled up. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan When the foreign way was insisted upon, he simply turned the book partly around and wrote on the lines perpendicularly as before! Village Life in China A Study in Sociology For they are magnetically welded, and there are now no longer two distinct ends, but one end and one body; no less than a wire which is doubled and set up perpendicularly. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Their canoes, too, are shaped like those of the Esquimaux, and made of birch bark, which, by some process, is striped from the gunwale perpendicularly downwards, for the purpose of ornament. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Now for understanding the Reason of it, suppose the Plane ABC to cut the Plane Sides and Base of the Prism perpendicularly. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light But even without Sappho it is a striking cliff; it rises perpendicularly from deep water, and it is so white that one fancies that it must be visible even upon the darkest night. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu The site of the Castle is about seven hundred feet in circumference, and on three sides it seems just a bare rock, rising almost perpendicularly in air. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Gradually the arc grew shorter, until he swayed perpendicularly from the branch. Bert Wilson at Panama Stones are thus frozen in, and afterwards lifted up about 3 feet perpendicularly on the melting of the snow in summer, and then carried by floating ice-islands to great distances. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology And the Diameter of the sixth Circle, when made by the citrine yellow, and viewed almost perpendicularly was about 58/100 parts of an Inch, or a little less, agreeable to the sixth Observation. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light It brought us under the enormous mass of the Red Rocks, rising perpendicularly three hundred feet from the water. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu It consists of a tiny stream falling from a shelf eighty feet high, perpendicularly dropping over solid rock. An Artilleryman's Diary Its peculiarity was in the sharp thrust out cliffs that rose perpendicularly from the river. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure This wave of the sea, says Mr. Mallet, is raised by the impulse of the shock immediately below it, which in great earthquakes lifts up the ground two or three feet perpendicularly. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology And if any beam of Light falls either perpendicularly, or in any oblique Angle upon any Surface of this Crystal, it becomes divided into two beams by means of the same double Refraction. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light The latter are hewn perpendicularly in the rock, while the Roman tombs are chambers excavated horizontally. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The mighty ship swings around in answer to her helm, and is heading perpendicularly to the course of the stranger. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 We could see little of the glorious upper canyon that was on either side of the gorge whose walls rose perpendicularly above us for fifteen hundred feet. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Another ship, forty leagues west of St. Vincent, experienced so violent a concussion, that the men were thrown a foot and a half perpendicularly up from the deck. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This will appear by considering, that the Colour of a Body depends not only on the Rays which are incident perpendicularly on its parts, but on those also which are incident at all other Angles. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light The wall decorations consisted of a bright but battered copper warming-pan, which hung perpendicularly from the ceiling, looking like the immense pendulum of some giant clock; and three "pictures" which aroused my interest. Windyridge About thirty or forty yards intervened between them and their enemy, who, crouching behind rocks, were shooting their arrows high into the air, so that they came down almost perpendicularly upon the defenders. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars Before beginning the message the flag staff is held perpendicularly in front of the operator. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers A warm, rosy beam, falling perpendicularly, enveloped the goddess like a robe of transparent tissue. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar When the Fringes of the Shadows of the Knives fell perpendicularly upon a Paper at a great distance from the Knives, they were in the form of Hyperbola's, and their Dimensions were as follows. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light The precipice at the furthest side descends perpendicularly, and is composed of rocks in the wildest form. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. This valley does not resemble the last; the rocks rise almost perpendicularly on both sides, and it would not be possible for them to make their way down, even if they wanted to do so.” The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars As it germinated, the roots ran down towards the earth, some perpendicularly, some diagonally; but all creeping along the surface of the wall, no roots having shot out from its perpendicular. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series In still water the bubbles rise perpendicularly; in running water they rise obliquely, so that the rescuer must look for his object higher up the stream than where the bubbles rise. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" In explaining the difference of the Sides of the Rays above mention'd, I have supposed that the Rays fall perpendicularly on the first Crystal. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light Above and behind them rise a few larger buildings, almost perpendicularly over each other, and the summit is crowned with the colossal quadrangular mass of the Alcazar. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. The next instant, and the stone upon which we stood suddenly slid from its position, and gradually sank perpendicularly,—we still retaining our position upon it. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. In China they impel the needle perpendicularly down and up; whereas the Tartars impel it perpendicularly up and down. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] We have hitherto supposed that the light is incident perpendicularly upon the grating; but the theory is easily extended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" The next moment a huge black shape descended perpendicularly upon the fleshy mountain of the monster's back, and a rush of water drove Jan backward into the cabin. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The only Han ships in the sky were two of the scouts to the south which were hanging perpendicularly, and sagging slowly down. Armageddon—2419 A.D. I was lying flat upon my back, with my left hand resting gently on my naked right breast, and my right hand raised perpendicularly from my body. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. On the top of a finely-pointed wire, rising perpendicularly from the conductor, let another wire, sharpened at each end, be made to move freely, as on a centre. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Let us suppose that the light is incident perpendicularly, and that the grating interval increases from the centre towards that edge which lies nearest to the spectrum under observation, and decreases towards the hinder edge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" They, however, returned with the answer that the rock was only accessible at the spot where we had halted, and that, on all other sides, it rose up perpendicularly. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. The broken wave, rejoined, formed a mountain of water, and instead of advancing in parallel line as before, came down perpendicularly upon the breakwater. Toilers of the Sea After having risen several hundred feet perpendicularly, I was enabled to form an estimate of the extent of the forest, in the bosom of which sleep and moulder the monuments of the aboriginal Americans. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Your left arm raised perpendicularly, in a similar manner, should make the young dog lie down. The Dog He described also the complicated patterns seen when a point of light is viewed through two superposed gratings, whose lines cross one another perpendicularly or obliquely. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" On awaking, I found myself in a dwelling constructed of pickets, driven perpendicularly into the ground, the apertures filled in with mud, and all covered by a roughly-thatched roof. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The sun, approaching the zenith, shone almost perpendicularly upon the plateau of the Douvres. Toilers of the Sea Then a mile up steep snow slopes, and detours around the base of lesser piles of rock rising almost perpendicularly from the floor of snow, and we were at the foot of the final climb. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making It consists of a diagonal cross traversed perpendicularly by a band of blue water. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations You of course next recover or take your switch, which is done by putting your right-hand over your left, and with a quick firm motion take it in your right hand, holding the same perpendicularly. Lectures on Horsemanship Wherein Is Explained Every Necessary Instruction for Both Ladies and Gentlemen, in the Useful and Polite Art of Riding, with Ease, Elegance, and Safety This tremendous volume of smoke seemed almost to rise perpendicularly, verging off a little with the wind, which scarcely breathed. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment It fell perpendicularly into the water, struck the rocks, and stopped in the defile before touching the bottom. Toilers of the Sea These cots were simply canvas shelves, five feet and a half long, two wide, and less than two feet apart, perpendicularly. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 A deeply symbolical meaning was obviously attached to the ceremonial kindling of the sacred fire by means of the reed fire-drill which was held perpendicularly and inserted into a horizontally-placed piece of dry wood. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Its dark brown sides go, at first for the most part, perpendicularly down, till about half way they are sloped inwards towards the centre by enormous accumulations of stones and refuse. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. A white-handled bowie-knife, stuck perpendicularly in his belt in the middle of his back, completed his armament, and he was never seen without it. The Struggle for Missouri These stages of rock descended perpendicularly to the sea, where they were lost. Toilers of the Sea They rise perpendicularly from the river, sometimes to the height of one hundred feet, varying in thickness from one to twelve feet, being equally broad at the top as below. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The fearful sound proceeded from the summit of a pointed cliff, which rose almost perpendicularly over the green sward to the scene of the joyous tumult. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. I sank down, slowly and perpendicularly, keeping my knees bent and my feet together, feeling carefully with my hands the while. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Standing Galleys—These are stands with inclined tops divided sometimes horizontally and sometimes perpendicularly into narrow columns, for holding live or dead standing matter—usually the latter awaiting distribution. Type Cases and Composing-room furniture Most of the buildings were unpainted and crude, composed of rough boards running perpendicularly, with narrow battens over the joints. The Coming of the Law They are square figures, with sides rising perpendicularly to the height of two hundred and fifty feet, formed of yellow clay, and the tops seemed to be level plains. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Instead of the cliffs as at Newport, we have the massive mountains standing almost perpendicularly on the east side, at the foot of which the town is situated. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children This rock rose perpendicularly a dozen feet above the ground below, where the fire was burning, and where the lad was standing. Through Apache Lands The sand-spit did not project perpendicularly from the line of the coast, but in a diagonal direction. The Boy Slaves We came out on the far side upon a bit of strand, above and around which rose almost perpendicularly the eroded banks of the stream, some fifteen feet high. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. As the boat advanced a little nearer, the rock seemed to split perpendicularly into portions, which separated at a little distance from one another. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed These helices on the masts will lift the dead weight of the ship perpendicularly without the slightest help from the side-planes, which are used to regulate the vessel's flight when afloat. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Right, Prove Distance.—Bring the upper part of the hilt of the sword on a level with the mouth, blade pointing perpendicularly upwards, edge to the left, and the elbow close to the side. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence But whoever notices a pine-tree that has been turned up from the roots by the wind, will see that the roots run down almost perpendicularly ten or fifteen feet into the sand. Soil Culture He took a new angle, realising that his only chance was to fly high; and the new course took him perpendicularly away from the earth and straight towards the moon. Jimbo A Fantasy But the wall above is carried up perpendicularly from this projection, so that the whole upper band is advanced to the thickness of a brick over the lower one. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), In such cases, it is recommended to take a cylindrical tube and press it perpendicularly into the snow, and it will bring out with it a cylinder equal to the depth. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World Besides its enormous walls, rising perpendicularly out of the water, it was defended by ships well armed and manned. Alexander the Great Makers of History But if his face is narrow across the cheek bones, and especially if it runs perpendicularly down to the jaw-corners from that point instead of tapering, the person is large of the Osseous type. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types The guide’s head was shaven except for a tuft of black coarse hair on the top, standing straight up, while a yellow bar of paint had been drawn perpendicularly on each cheek. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass O!” said Mr. Prigg, drawing a long face and placing the fore-finger of his left hand perpendicularly from the tip of his nose to the top of his forehead. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit If smoke rise perpendicularly upwards from chimneys in calm weather, fair weather may be expected to continue; but if it fall toward and roll along the ground, not being easily dispersed, rain will ensue. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World These generally show in their forms the craggy and stony character of the Dinaric Alps, rising perpendicularly from the water on the side of the prevailing wind, and without vegetation. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Stand with the trunk and lower limbs firm, and the muscles rigid; then jump a few inches perpendicularly to the floor, and fall upon the heels. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) I now climbed perpendicularly, close to the tower. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire We had been already more than an hour in this ravine when an immense block of stone fell down perpendicularly, and broke into pieces only twenty yards before us: it was a warning. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The tail does not hang quite perpendicularly, the angle between the true tail and the vertical being perhaps as much as fifteen or twenty degrees. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 From their convex side, more rarely from the outer edge, these particular spores emit a conical process, generally shorter than themselves, and directed perpendicularly to the axis of their figure. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses It then descends perpendicularly in front of the right kidney, and passes transversely across the lower portion of the spinal column, behind the colon, and terminates in the jejunum. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) These banks, as they are called, rise almost perpendicularly from an unfathomable depth of water, and are of coral formation. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The smoke of many fires on shore and from the craft upon the water rises perpendicularly in the still air, as the frugal morning meal is being prepared ere another day's work begins. Burma Peeps at Many Lands The walls rose almost perpendicularly on either side. Slaves of Mercury Rising perpendicularly, like a wall, it gradually advances. The Chinese Fairy Book The quartz loosened in the vein, must either be hoisted perpendicularly in a bucket with a windlass, or be hauled out through a tunnel. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Westward her coast is rocky and forbidding, being nothing but a succession of frowning headlands that rise almost perpendicularly from the sea. The Harbor of Doubt She first attacks the wood perpendicularly to the surface, then suddenly turns and directs downwards the passage, the diameter of which is about equal to the size of the insect’s body. The Industries of Animals About two miles to the eastward is the romantic ruin of Berry Pomeroy Castle, founded upon a rock which rises almost perpendicularly from a narrow valley, through which a winding brook bubbles. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Just as was the case with the Assyrian ruins, these stand on an immense platform which rises perpendicularly from the plain and abuts in the rear against the mountain range. Architecture Classic and Early Christian Above this the valley gradually narrowed, the hills closing in until they rose almost perpendicularly from the edge of the stream. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt They stand perpendicularly, carved from solid blocks of stone, and are from 10 to 15 feet in height. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries Here the cliff is formed of hard magnesian limestone, and rises perpendicularly from the beach more than a hundred feet. Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Strands of wire are stretched perpendicularly between the slats at ten- or twelve-inch intervals. Manual of American Grape-Growing The divisions are separated perpendicularly by a series of Gothic pinnacles, and horizontally by a band of Gothic tabernacle work at the bottom, and above by beautifully carved early renaissance friezes. Portuguese Architecture Sometimes the hills on either side receded a little; at others they rose almost perpendicularly on either side of the stream, and they had to pick their way among great bowlders and rocks. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt The hot sun was beating down almost perpendicularly, and the rays penetrated the leaves, shedding a lattice-work pattern on the ground. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad They rise perpendicularly out of the water until the sword and two-thirds of the remainder of the body are exposed to view. Tales of Fishes One cane is trained from a trunk from one to two feet high on the trellis; it rises perpendicularly from the ground and is tied to the top slat. Manual of American Grape-Growing Charles-Norton fell backward into his bunk, his legs swaying perpendicularly in the air like two derricks gone amuck. The Trimming of Goosie The latter rise almost perpendicularly more than three hundred feet. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 The inferior lip was divided perpendicularly, and detached laterally from the inferior jaw, so as to expose the whole extent of the carcinoma. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Upon examination we found that the rock on which we had struck rose perpendicularly from the water, and there was no anchorage, nor any bottom to be found for some distance. In the Days of Drake From this gradually sprung broad arches of light to the zenith; while rays of brilliant crimson color ranged themselves perpendicularly from earth to sky, shooting up and down with great velocity and tremulousness. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska The wash proved to be a perpendicularly walled gorge fifty or more feet deep with a sandy dry floor. Valley of Wild Horses A long piece, or system of pieces, of timber, placed nearly perpendicularly to the keelson of a vessel to support the spars and gear by which the sails are set. Boys' Book of Model Boats Two players sit on a mat facing each other, knees bent perpendicularly, toes touching opponent's. How Girls Can Help Their Country He missed the path, therefore, and plunged squalling over the edge of the bluff, which at this point dropped about a hundred feet, almost perpendicularly, to the beach. In the Morning of Time A fellow lay down on his back, and then raised his feet, legs, and thighs from his middle, perpendicularly, so as to form a right angle with his body. 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 And when he rode in, to head off the furiously running roan, Gus made a beautiful throw with his lasso, a whirling wide loop that seemed to shoot perpendicularly across in front of her. Valley of Wild Horses If this skeleton-pulley be used horizontally, instead of perpendicularly, the circumstances which have been mentioned, will appear more obvious. Practical Education, Volume II The eastern coast of Greenland advances perpendicularly northward. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories Feathers had been tied to the ends of the upright poles and midway between them a curiously whittled stick of shavings was tied perpendicularly and the giblets and head of the fowl stuck upon it. The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon Such effects are least when the objects in question are directly overhead, for then the rays of light, coming from them to the eye, enter the atmosphere perpendicularly, and not at any slant. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The water would continue to rise until it reached a point 34 feet perpendicularly above the level of the water in the vessel. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use There are but three motions with the flag and all start from, and are completed by, return to position, which means the flag held perpendicularly and at rest directly in front of the signaller. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts High ledges of ice, cut perpendicularly, rose on the shore; their variegated summits, of all forms and shapes, reproduced on a large scale the phenomena of crystallization. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories It rises perpendicularly to a height of thirty-two feet, without lateral support of any kind. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot The orbit of the Perseids cuts that of the earth almost perpendicularly. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language If they are partly submerged perpendicularly, the water will rise between the plates—furthest on the side at which the two plates touch, and less and less as the other edge is approached. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use This pole stands perpendicularly, and has four or five feet of it projecting above the skins which form the roof and sides. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The result is that whether the series consists of 2, 3, 5, 8, or 13 leaves, in every case, if we look perpendicularly at a twig the leaves occupy the whole circle. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The leads sink one end of the net perpendicularly to the ground; the corks buoy up the other to the surface of the water. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot It is described as having its trunk rising from the earth perpendicularly ten feet, and then bending over and extending horizontally sixty feet. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Scarcely 60 per cent., in fact, of those solar radiations which strike perpendicularly through a seemingly translucent sky, were estimated to attain the sea-level. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The line of light runs perpendicularly to the fibers. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public At the head of the bay rises a pali, or precipice, six or seven hundred feet high, and it is said to go down perpendicularly into the water perhaps as much more. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California A fearful chasm it was—the rocky walls rising perpendicularly to the height of many hundreds of feet—presenting a grim façade on each side of us. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness When the head of this specimen rested perpendicularly on the ground, it required the out-stretched arms of a man to hold the points of the horns. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. According to this view, the eclipse-halo consists of streams of matter shot out with great velocity from the spot-zones by forces acting perpendicularly to the sun's surface. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition This magnificent natural fortress rises perpendicularly to a height of 1300 feet from the purple waves of the Mediterranean. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 The Pillars must be set upon their Bases two ways; for sometimes they were perpendicularly set, and sometimes not, viz. An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author The stake is henceforth planted perpendicularly, but the body hanging on it does not reach the base: a condition enough to ensure that there will never be any digging at this point. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles We had dressed perpendicularly, whilst she had her flags fore and aft, running up to her flying jib-boom from the water, and down to the gaff on her mizzen. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas Until the sun's rays fall more or less perpendicularly, the slanting light paints broad reaches of water a brilliant dazzling white, unrelieved by shadow or reflection. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Below these narrow frescoes, lines of hieroglyphs, written perpendicularly like Chinese writing and separated by hollow lines, excited the erudite by the sacred mystery of their outlines. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The Pillars that are within the porch, and are betwixt the Wall and the outward Pillar must stand perpendicularly. An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author Placing these together, he held them perpendicularly over a strong flame, and ascertained that it did not pass upward. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson On the west side of Stony Creek are mountains rising to a great height, and almost perpendicularly from the water. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin It ran almost perpendicularly to Crater Lake, beyond which it was easier going. Colorado Jim I want to see if our tube stands perpendicularly. Doctor Jones' Picnic By suitable adjustment the latter can be so placed that the light shall fall perpendicularly upon it, in which case the ray will of course return along the direction in which it came. The Story of the Heavens A has shuffled the markers and arranged them perpendicularly in front of him, placing the wind box in second position. Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling The marquis seized the lamp, and beheld, a few paces from from him, a wicker chair, to which two ropes, hanging perpendicularly down, were fastened. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Facing the party, and extending in either direction for a considerable distance, was a ridge or range forming a natural terrace, rising from eighty to a hundred feet almost perpendicularly. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter After journeying in this manner for about a mile, I entered a cañon, whose walls ascended to a height of thousands of feet, perpendicularly. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography At last we came to the place he was in search of, a long crevice extending up and down the rough face of a ledge which rose almost perpendicularly to a height of forty feet. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine See that the grain runs perpendicularly or at right angles with the cut surface that is to be glued down. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. It then ascends almost perpendicularly to a great height, towering far above the neighbouring mountains. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery If so be that the cutting line be oblique, that is, fall not upon them plumbe or perpendicularly, the same shall on the contrary befall the parallels. The Way To Geometry On the north-eastern side, the declivity is less steep than on the south-west, where it descends almost perpendicularly into the sea. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Then slope it down gradually towards you, and watch it as it lengthens out to its full length, held perpendicularly down before you. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Just beyond, the travellers suddenly found themselves opposite a remarkable rock, two hundred and eighty feet high, called Mount Kesa, which rises perpendicularly from the centre of the stream. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century It is certainly a most splendid affair, on one side rising almost perpendicularly, and in appearance nearly flat at the top. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Therefore 6 If an inscribed right line doe perpendicularly cut the side of the right angle into two equall parts, it is the diameter. The Way To Geometry He always plants himself on the highest point of a tree, flies perpendicularly upward, whirls about in the air singing, and drops down again straight to his former perch. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests At the word every oar went up, and was held perpendicularly in the air with the left hand. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark One, a liner bound down-Channel, was pelting along at such a pace with the wind that the smoke from her funnels was rising almost perpendicularly. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War On board another ship, 120 miles to the westward of Cape St. Vincent, the shock was so violent as to toss the men up perpendicularly from the deck. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror I felt as if a line were drawn perpendicularly through my body, dividing it in halves. The Electric Bath Almost perpendicularly under it is a small bay, inhabited by a multitude of seals. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests I have got a glimpse of a method of causing a piston-rod to move up and down perpendicularly, by only fixing it to a piece of iron upon the beam ... James Watt The ground rose almost perpendicularly behind them to a height of from twenty to thirty feet. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia About three o'clock, when the sun was shining perpendicularly down upon us, I conducted my companions through the thickets, in order to explore the course of the river. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The 'Saga' contains many wonderful tales in connection with this locality, specially relative to the high table-land which rises almost perpendicularly above the sea. A Girl's Ride in Iceland The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. 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. I have seen one of these birds shoot almost perpendicularly upward after an insect, with the swiftness of an arrow. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 5 May, 1897 Its northern shore was tolerably high, and rose almost perpendicularly from the sea. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Almost immediately the other craft began to ascend perpendicularly. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub They started again, climbing perpendicularly a sort of gigantic wall of ice some thousand feet high, in which they were forced to cut steps as they went along, which took much time. Tartarin On The Alps A long cylindrical piece of timber elevated perpendicularly upon the keel of a ship, to which are attached the yards, the rigging, and the sails. 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. Janie, gripping the handle of cook's borrowed umbrella, which she held perpendicularly before her, the toes of her large boots turned a little inwards, was sucking a peppermint bull's-eye. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions At a little distance from this, to the north-west, another little island, which does not appear to have been observed by that Voyager, rises perpendicularly from the sea. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 One player stands in the center of the circle or in front of the semicircle, with his index finger on the top of a cane, wand, or closed umbrella, which stands perpendicularly to the floor. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium We were sitting with only the tips of our fingers on the table; but it forthwith rose up quite perpendicularly, and came down with a crash that completely shivered it in pieces. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Throw them up out of the rowlocks, and raise them perpendicularly an-end; the act is intended as a compliment to a superior officer rowing by. 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. Rapidly he drew his forefinger across the Boshman's face, perpendicularly and horizontally— On the skin of Ustâni, azure with terror, appeared the above diagram in lines of white! He It rises almost perpendicularly from the sea to a considerable height, and is overgrown with thick wood. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 The flag of Belgium, which consists of black, yellow, and red in equal parts, perpendicularly divided, floated at the foremast head. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim His blood boils like molten metal in his veins, and the rays of the sun fall perpendicularly upon his bare head. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom A strong tackle, used to draw the anchor perpendicularly up to the cat-head, which latter is sometimes called cat. 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. Wooden tanks are frequently used where the heat is required to rise perpendicularly from them. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings On one side the rock rises almost perpendicularly, piercing the sky; while on the other, two thousand feet below us, the torrent hurls itself into black waters of the fiord. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The work was very much interrupted and impeded, in many parts of the line, by the continual caving in of the banks, on account of the workmen attempting to dig perpendicularly down. Xerxes Makers of History Off the starboard bow could be seen a thin thread of smoke that rose almost perpendicularly in the still air. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite A stock of timber or iron is fixed at right angles to the arms, and serves to guide the flukes perpendicularly to the surface of the ground. 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 sides and ends are boarded perpendicularly, and battened. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings At the further side the cliff descends perpendicularly to the sea, while on the other is the chasm I have mentioned as dividing the two portions of the castle. A Yacht Voyage Round England The wall descended perpendicularly as far as the palisade; and they grew pale as they thought that men had mounted there, hanging to ladders. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life It led to a narrow iron ladder that ran almost perpendicularly down into the dark depths below. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite A right line raised perpendicularly on the extremity of a radius, touching the circle without cutting it. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. He then made a hole, perpendicularly, directly under the end of this inclined stake, and drove the other stake down into that. Rollo's Experiments The precipice towers perpendicularly many hundred feet above you. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature They were streaming with a strained, quivering motion perpendicularly upwards. New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces There were twenty T-shaped posts, which extended perpendicularly from the ground to a height of 28 ft., being secured at top and bottom by a system of guy ropes and posts. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the quadrant of a circle. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. He reflected that if the sun were exactly overhead, at noon, it could not shine in at any doors at all; for the rays would then strike perpendicularly down the sides of the houses. Rollo's Experiments He had evidently wandered to the edge of the cliffs, which near the Jump fall perpendicularly a hundred feet on to the rocky beach below, and had slipped over in the darkness. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers The rest of the gigantic arena was a blaze of riotous colour now, with the mid-morning's sun darting its rays almost perpendicularly on the south side of the huge oval place. "Unto Caesar" It was about fifty feet high, flat at top, about half a mile in circumference, and its sides, against which the sea broke furiously, rose perpendicularly from the ocean. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries That which the direction of a ray of light, &c., makes at the point where it strikes with a line drawn perpendicularly to the surface of that body. 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 may be seen at times descending perpendicularly from a great height, like hail—a sign of approaching rain. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America In this dilemma," says Layard, "I ordered a recess to be cut into the bank of the river where it rose perpendicularly from the water's edge. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria There are two paladins who can be cut in half, one horizontally and other perpendicularly. Diversions in Sicily Entering a narrow ravine we soon came to a curious looking place with smooth sides standing perpendicularly, about twenty feet apart, which was gradually contracted to within two feet, leaving the end narrow and jagged. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West A coast where the shores are composed of rocks which mostly rise perpendicularly from the sea, and have no anchorage near to them, therefore dangerous for vessels to borrow upon. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In the spots where the salt springs rise, the bog is so soft that a man may force a pile into it many yards perpendicularly. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Here the cliffs, which rose perpendicularly to a height of three or four hundred feet, drew so near to each other that at one place they were not more than three yards asunder. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains For ten or fifteen minutes after its first appearance the light from a vividly illuminated actinic cloud, looked at perpendicularly, is absolutely quenched by a Nicol's prism with its longer diagonal vertical. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Saxe went on, now on one side of the tiny stream, now on the other, the sides rising right and left almost perpendicularly at times. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps A strong timber fixed perpendicularly at the back of the windlass in the middle, serving to support the system of pauls which are pinned into it, as well as to add security to the machine. 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. Granite and sandstone rocks outcrop even in the general sandy level, rising bare and perpendicularly from 50 to 300 feet; as a late traveller describes it, “looking like a mere clean skeleton of the world.” The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The sandspit did not project perpendicularly from the line of the coast, but in a diagonal direction. The Boy Slaves The dense cloud, looked at perpendicularly to its axis, showed scarcely any signs of polarisation. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The place was narrower than ever now, and the rocks rose perpendicularly, so high that the place was almost in twilight. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps It also affords security to the bowsprit by increasing the angle of the bobstay, so as to make it act more perpendicularly on the bowsprit. 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. On leaving the spot where a number had perched not far from their nests, he observed them shoot suddenly and perpendicularly into the air till they had got out of sight. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America And indeed, a road round this Lower Pond would be a considerable undertaking, the shores are so steep and high, the rocks often rising perpendicularly from the water. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The burrow is sunken perpendicularly, with short passages leading to the cells, which are slightly inclined downwards and outwards from the main gallery. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses Its western shore also appears to rise perpendicularly from the sea, and it is higher than the eastern. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II An abrupt high land, projecting almost perpendicularly into the sea, and presenting a bold front, rather rounded than cliffy in outline, as with the headland. 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. As we draw near it, however, it is apt to turn round and erect its bushy tail perpendicularly. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America From the sides of the stream the granite walls of the cañon, or gorge, rise perpendicularly for three thousand feet. Chatterbox, 1906 Farther down the coast beads were made like flat button molds, with holes bored through them perpendicularly to the plane of the shell, and called roanoke. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Its shores rise perpendicularly on all sides except that which is opposite Tjapka, in which direction it sinks with a steep slope. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Some carry sail, but they are commonly rowed with paddles, somewhat resembling a corn-shovel; and instead of rowing with it horizontally, as with an oar, they manage it perpendicularly. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In every direction huge cliffs towered perpendicularly about you; bottomless abysses yawned at your feet; and every scarped pinnacle and beetling crag scowled menacingly at your littleness and scowled defiance at your approach. Mushrooms on the Moor On this account it probably happened, that he fell into a second similar blunder, when a stick was thrown, not horizontally, but perpendicularly, and so aimed that it struck the socket of the eye. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 Maximian received it timidly and held it helplessly before his downcast eyes with the lines turned perpendicularly, while the pause grew stifling, and until the traveller said:— “’Tis Mr. Wallis make that introduction.” Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana To print, the frame should be placed in the light in such a manner as the luminous rays fall perpendicularly upon the drawing or cliché. Photographic Reproduction Processes Taking as an additional weapon a long lance, I carried this perpendicularly before me, with the point about a foot from the ground. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Then his body rose perpendicularly, till his shoulders were a foot or more clear above the water, and he slowly fell backward, with his head pointing to the Danish battery. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 Sometime between the years 1840 and 1850, a machine was invented in which books were clamped, and a heavy knife descended perpendicularly. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Great boulders edged the hillside, and masses of rock hung perpendicularly above the surface of the ground. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 The whole is then pressed into contact by interposing a cushion between the lid of the frame and the paper, and exposed so that the rays of light fall perpendicularly upon it. Photographic Reproduction Processes I did not want to "sin," I simply longed to be natural; to live a trifle less perpendicularly in my soul. A Circuit Rider's Wife Upon a platform of rock, rising to the height of the trees, nearly perpendicularly from the river's bed, appeared the figure of the gipsy maid. Rookwood Next they dig perpendicularly down for about four inches, the last hollow made serving as their nest. In the Wilds of Africa Some time before the birds make their appearance, a number of wicker hedges are constructed, running perpendicularly out from the bank, and at the distance of a few yards from each other. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Then I sent a man along with instructions to start from the other rock and walk toward me, halting whenever I raised my hand and sticking a rod perpendicularly in the ground. The Castaways He put them in perpendicularly, and the lower ends went into some soft composition, placed there to receive and hold them. Rollo in Rome These portages could not be avoided, the cliffs rising perpendicularly on either side of the river, sometimes to a height of fifty or sixty feet, affording not the slightest footpath on which to tow. Handbook to the new Gold-fields “It is on account of the centre of gravitation, and a weight let down on the earth always falls perpendicularly to the plane of the earth.” In the Wilds of Africa Cliffs, crowned with pines, rose in some places perpendicularly from the shingly beach of the gulf, and elsewhere the ground was very rugged. Wrecked but not Ruined Sometimes the boat would rise almost perpendicularly to the waves, and the spectators gazed with bated breath, fearing that she must turn over; then she would gain a yard or two, and again be checked. Saved by the Lifeboat Of course, I had always accepted the teaching of my betters that this fish rises perpendicularly from the bottom in deep water after the fly, but I had never verified the statement for myself. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The wall rose perpendicularly from the canal, and he had moored his little skiff to the only ring he could find at the base of it, some distance from the corner. Stradella Across the river, and in front of us, rises nearly perpendicularly a group of mountains, the summits of which are broken into many beautifully cut conical and pyramidal peaks. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Rudyerd determined to guard against a similar catastrophe, by cutting the rock into a succession of flat steps or terraces, so that the weight of his structure should rest perpendicularly on its foundation. The Story of the Rock The tongue is to be split perpendicularly lengthwise and about one-third of it removed. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Then the day dawned; and now the sun was flaming, a sun which fell perpendicularly on the sleepers, powerless to make them open their eyelids. The Fête At Coqueville 1907 In some places the cliffs rose perpendicularly for hundreds of feet from the water's edge; and nodding over their brows, and towering against the sky, were stately pines and cedars of the growth of centuries. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States Instantly, as it seemed, the whale drove almost perpendicularly downwards, but so great was its momentum, that its fluked tail cut the air within an oar’s length of the boat as it disappeared. The Island Home The three poles are then raised perpendicularly, and the larger extremities spread out in a tripod to the circumference of the circle that is to form the base of the lodge. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions We will suppose ourselves looking down that vast mouth, as the lower jaw hangs perpendicularly to the belly; incapable it seems of moving. Old Jack Accordingly, hooks are attached to a line at given intervals throughout its length, with leaden shots, likewise regularly distributed, in order to sink it, and keep it extended perpendicularly in the water. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. |
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