| 单词 | plate glass |
| 例句 | Bigger walked to the front of the store and stood looking out of the plate glass window. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Halfway down the block he passed Blum’s store; he looked out of the corners of his eyes through the plate glass window and saw that Blum was alone and the store was empty of customers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I turn, see my silhouette in the plate glass window. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The business section of Crisfield lay next to the water, low buildings with big plate glass windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks up and squints out the plate glass. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Just before the road into the park, there was a small general store, its one plate glass window cluttered with signs for circuses, garage sales, and church suppers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Glassmakers became adept at turning out ever larger sheets of plate glass. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And if she turned away from faces looking past her through restaurant windows, that Violet heard the clack of the plate glass in mean March wind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Dell was on the wrong side of the thick plate glass. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A vertical wave of plate glass breaks against it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dozer examined the large hole in the plate glass window and shrugged. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We were walking past Prides, a small coffee shop wedged between SavOn's and Von's Supermarket, when I looked in the big plate glass window and saw my father. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He went down the steps into the vestibule and stood looking out into the street through the plate glass of the front door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So tired I was almost dreaming, I walked back to the square—past the post office, past the hardware store, past the movie theater with its dead marquee: plate glass, cracked sidewalks, stars. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The plate glass windows had gotten a little steamy, figures inside were indistinct. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When we walked down Crenshaw, she looked in the big plate glass windows of the stores along the way over and over. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Someone threw a brick through the large plate glass window of a cigar store. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z One shop sold fudge, and behind its plate glass window you could see it being made. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He told him he intended to use the kiln to produce and bend plate glass for his Warner Glass Bending Company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was shooting back there now, and on either side of me they were throwing garbage cans, bricks and pieces of metal into plate glass windows. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was always getting drunk and doing things like setting fires, or stuffing freshmen down chimneys, or throwing beer kegs through plate glass windows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Joe snarled, “Maybe the next bullet will knock out that plate glass window you got up front, Nick.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood looking through the plate glass at the people inside. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside the plate glass the world in the mist had become a pencil drawing executed in a dozen different grays with, here and there, a smudge of electric red or pure white. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He watched the plane pull away from the gate, through the plate glass. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The sun was just right, and the plate glass was a perfect mirror. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire front plate glass window of Pep Boys was blown out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I took one last look through the plate glass that separated the set from the control room. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Arriving there, she staged hit-and-run raids on three of the saloons, tossing billiard balls into huge, expensive mirrors and plate glass windows. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The office had a large plate glass window that faced the pumps and the street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the stores were old with graceful eaves and cornices; others had been modernized or sterilized with plate glass windows and neon; still others were new. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was yearning for the scene beyond the plate glass: brandy sours, clanking ice-cubes in the shape of fish, clicking high heels on terracotta tiles, wrought iron scrollwork, hotel linen, soft pillow. Winter Break 2010-12-04T00:05:00Z “That effect is 100 years old,” Mr. Beatty said, referring to a technique that uses plate glass and lighting to make it seem as if objects are disappearing and reappearing. Inside Disney’s New Fantasyland 2012-12-21T16:55:27Z Farhadi has his characters converse through the plate glass at the arrivals' lounge, the sliding doors of a pharmacy, or the serving hatch at the local restaurant. Cannes film festival 2013 diary: day three 2013-05-17T15:37:23Z And why die from one machine-gun wound when you can die from several in slow motion as you fall backwards through plate glass? Die Hard 2 recap: 'Insane bloodlust, gratuitous profanity, zero logic' 2013-06-21T16:15:40Z Serpas stayed up all night in a Red Bull fugue turning the likes of a plate glass tabletop, an upright vacuum, and a thick flaking door into sculptures. Turning Trash Into Poetry 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z "All I Want for Christmas Is You" doesn't make most people want to throw their whole body through a plate glass window to escape it. How "All I Want for Christmas Is You" made Mariah Carey de facto Queen of Christmas, sans trademark 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The real mark of advanced house design, as Mr. Koolhaas contends, will not be fancy plate glass or slickly curving walls. Review: ‘Endless House’ Expands the Definition of Home 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z I slumped, lightheaded and bereft, against a plate glass window. Life on the frontline of the Aids epidemic | David France 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The department stores that proliferated in metropolitan centres used plate glass to construct windows in unprecedented proportions. Holiday windows: The allure of showing and hiding makes us look 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Margot Robbie, a pretty Australian actress, reclines in a luxurious modern white bathtub in front of a plate glass window with an ocean view. Where are all the women in American film? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z There are acres of plate glass and sprung floors, and cathedral-scale studios full of dauntingly impressive young people throwing stuff at each other. Fit in my 40s: roll up! Roll up! It’s time to master circus skills | Zoe Williams 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Breakouts and rebellions were common: In Los Angeles, women hacked through a fence with a stolen butcher knife; in Seattle, they tied up the guards in sheets and busted through plate glass. The ‘Social Hygiene’ Campaign That Sent Thousands of American Women to Jail 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z It is also surrounded by plate glass windows: perfect mirrors, just as in a professional dance studio. A Mirrored Mecca for K-Pop Moves 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z They are built of sharp-edged, neatly jointed wood beams dyed in bright Crayola hues, incorporating circles and rectangles of mirrored and transparent plate glass. Art in Review: PATRICK HILL: ?Clumsy Angels? 2011-01-27T22:53:38Z Later, Sampson gives us details about the popularity of curtains in the early 19th century and the advent of “industrial rolled plate glass.” The Woman Who Created a Monster 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z “I’m just looking for how we get out of here,” he said, scanning the expanse of plate glass and exposed steel. A Party in a Lunatic Asylum 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z I had a big plate glass window in front of my dining room, and I was drinking some soup. PETA founder: Animals need ‘somebody to stick up for them. No matter if it’s uncomfortable.’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z My mind shattered like a plate glass window in a Mack Sennett comedy. HGTV: Winning the war for gay marriage 2012-05-17T16:00:00Z “Canadians are all pressed up against the plate glass window like this,” she says, making a splurgy face. Margaret Atwood: ‘If you’re going to speak truth to power, make sure it’s the truth’ 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z But it allowed his critique of modern architecture to reveal the true core of our relationship with plate glass in the most transparent way possible. Clip joint: Simplicity 2010-05-26T12:29:00Z The water blows out not just basement windows but the plate glass of the supermarket and the building across the street. Hurricane Irene, one year later 2012-08-27T16:42:00Z Unlike that tune, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" doesn't make most people want to throw their whole body through a plate glass window to escape it. How "All I Want for Christmas Is You" made Mariah Carey de facto Queen of Christmas, sans trademark 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Alternating between bites of the crispy salmon with sorrel, and the savory chicken with morels, my 6-year-old stared, rapt, out the plate glass windows at the blast furnace’s gas flares rending the nighttime sky. A Pittsburgh Area Restaurant That Trades Fussy for Fun 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Innovations in engineering in the second half of the nineteenth century produced two materials key to the retail window and other commercial systems of European modernity: cast iron and plate glass. Holiday windows: The allure of showing and hiding makes us look 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Amid the glittering, plate glass and steel skyscrapers of modern Doha, Hamas officials have been sitting down with Qatari diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work through the complex issue of hostage releases. The Gulf state at centre of delicate hostage talks 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Over the incessant beep, beep, beep of construction equipment and loud conversations about cleaning the plate glass windows overlooking Degnan Boulevard, she pointed out the African influences on the light fixtures. Meet the Black people remaking Leimert Park — one building and one event at a time 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z After graduating high school, she worked in finance at a Pittsburgh plate glass company and would attend ballroom dancing events weekly, according to her family. Woman reported missing 31 years ago found in Puerto Rico 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The little cottage is safer, as it happens, than the architectural marvels perched on the rocky seaward verges of Big Sur, one of which took a 50-foot wave straight through its plate glass window. Perspective | On California’s coast, humans ride out nature’s rage 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z A few of China’s most famous shopping streets, like Nanjing Road in Shanghai, are still lined with the elegant plate glass window displays of international brands. How Will China Turn Its Economy Back On? The World Is About to Find Out. 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “This investigation is active and ongoing,” he said, adding that the dark-colored SUV went through the store’s plate glass window and struck multiple people. Officials: SUV crashes into Apple store; 1 dead, 16 injured 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z How much is spent every month replacing plate glass all over downtown? Redesigning Third Avenue right will ensure a connected, revived downtown 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Currency from around the world hangs from a plate glass where the cashier sits. For historic Black community, Crenshaw/LAX Line is 'a blessing and a curse' 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z As a college freshman, I threw a shoe through a large plate glass window. Striving to make Dad proud 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z A plate glass window shattered inward, the first warning of a man outside with a gun, she testified Tuesday. Waffle House shooting: Woman describes seconds of terror 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z If I don’t try and smash my face through a plate glass window, I might actually be able to think of the scene. How much pain goes into a movie? Kristen Stewart, Lady Gaga sound off in our roundtable 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z But the real draw takes place behind a plate glass window. Snake whisperer: Wisconsin lab produces venom for antidotes 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z When the new BH opened in the 1960s, everything about it screamed modernity with its plate glass walls, bare concrete pillars and sleek space-age lines. 'Haunted house' which made way for a dream factory 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z A perfect example of Neutra’s clean, crisp, minimalist style, the modernist gem catches the eye with covered terrazzo terraces and plate glass doors. Richard Neutra’s replica Case Study House No. 13 lists in South Pasadena 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In normal circumstances, Ross says, he would not be on the hook for replacing the windows — many insurance companies offer plate glass coverage as a rider on their policies. Will insurance cover businesses damaged by looting? It depends 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z He ran into one of the troublemakers at the grocery and threw the kid against a plate glass window. For men attacked by the Golden State Killer, victim is a hard word 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The brothers punched the man, yelled racist slurs and pushed him through a plate glass window, officials said. Man charged in assault, accused of yelling racist slurs dies 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z They punched the man, yelled racial slurs and pushed him through a plate glass window, officials said. Brothers charged in racially motivated assault 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The Rockville spa looked like other strip mall salons: plate glass windows, a tiny red awning, posters of smiling women receiving massages. The Maryland spa looked unassuming. Police say an undercover investigation found it was a ‘house of prostitution.’ 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Davis told the Martinsville Bulletin that several hundred pounds of plate glass fell on Calloway and pinned his body to the ground. Virginia man crushed to death by plate glass 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z A Virginia man died last week after “several hundred pounds” of plate glass crushed him when he was moving it off a truck, a report said. Virginia man, 24, crushed to death by ‘several hundred pounds’ of plate glass, report says 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z A stuffed reindeer, harnessed to a sleigh, stared at me through the plate glass of the empty departure lounge. Chasing the Aurora Borealis 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z He hopped over a back fence and entered a home on Danby Drive by smashing a plate glass window in the backyard, Taylor said. Pepper spray stops man who stabbed woman, stole BMW and ran down pedestrian, police say 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Rays of spring sunshine poured through the plate glass windows of a Bratislava café for her first TV interview with the international media since she was elected president of Slovakia on 30 March. The president-elect offering alternative to populism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z One talked about her father’s violent temper and how she once watched him throw her mother through a plate glass door. Viral Videos Are Replacing Pricey Political Ads. They’re Cheaper, and They Work. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Some were caught in a crush against the facade of a Hilton hotel and fell through the plate glass, cutting themselves on shards. ‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years Later 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The most impressive pieces are two large, pale green sculptures from 1999 made of recycled plate glass. Why this log is not quite a log: The massive, meticulous art of Kazuo Kadonaga 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z No air con, no fans, and under a plate glass ceiling. Ten hottest uniforms during UK heatwave 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z His mother was a Swiss-born homemaker, and his father ran a store that sold plate glass. Mel Weinberg, con artist at center of Abscam sting, dies at 93 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z After a siege of renovations it now presents as a decent-looking collection of modest retail boxes, if a bit ghostly, all plate glass with construction paper shrouding the innards. Ready and Willing, for $13 an Hour or Whatever 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z He recalled seeing his reflection in a plate glass window one day and being taken back. “I understand it now:” Dad, son serve together in 82nd 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Fire Marshal Raymond Roberts was blown through the store’s plate glass window and came to rest on the curb, 20 feet away. Perspective | In 1953, 44 firefighters were injured when a store on H Street NE exploded 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z After the second time debris damaged the Stewarts’ skylight in NoHo, in 2010, Second Development Services replaced the broken panes, using plate glass, not the safety-tempered glass that Ms. Stewart requested. The Headache of Living Next to Endless Construction 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “My dad put masking tape on the plate glass windows,” he says. At the National Hurricane Center, it’s all calm before the storm 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z But it easily could have gotten by with half as many characters, half as many chases, and a hard limit of only, say, two dozen people flying through plate glass windows with no particular justification. John Woo’s Manhunt is a joyous parody of his action classics 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Surrounded by steel cabinets stuffed with hundreds of thousands of plate glass photographs of the sky, curator Lindsay Smith Zrull shows off the best of Harvard's Plate Stacks collection. Unearthing the legacy of Harvard's female 'computers' - BBC News 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z While a new Japanese encephalitis wing is state of the art, with its plate glass windows and beeping machines, other parts of the hospital are in chaotic disrepair. The Night the Oxygen Ran Out in an Indian Hospital 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Jimmy McLean sometimes watched them from the weather-beaten sidewalk in front of Howell’s Cafe — its “Open” sign optimistically blazing red through the large plate glass window. Tiny Oregon town puts hope in pot shops to revive its flailing economy 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Their window was open last season, but Arizona still found a way to crash through plate glass. As Spring Training Nears, a Look at Baseball’s Window Treatment 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z “I was lucky she didn’t run through one of the big plate glass windows in the front of the store,” Strength said. Doe! Young deer goes on spree in Prattville hardware store 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z She erupted into unpredictable violence and knocked me across the room into a plate glass door. The Long, Lonely Fall of a Heisman Trophy Winner 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The province will create a pollutant discharge license system covering all polluting enterprises, while industrial capacity expansion will be restricted and no new coal, steel, cement or plate glass projects will be approved, it added. Top China coal province vows 20 percent cut in pollution by 2020: Xinhua 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z The crowd, many of them reported to have been drinking, smashes 26 plate glass windows and a bunch of neon signs in stores in which lights are still showing. What happened in Seattle after the Pearl Harbor attack 75 years ago 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The word “cocktails” is stenciled on the plate glass window facing Main Street. Pressure building to take down Utah's 'Zion Curtain' liquor law 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z He did a brisk business repairing TVs and automobile radios before becoming a security guard and then a plant manager for a plate glass company. 90-year-old WW II veteran gets a salute from Honor Flight 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z It looked as if he ran into a plate glass window in what was surely the worst decision in the NFL’s fourth weekend. Newton’s slow drive to the end zone cost him a concussion 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z A speaker was knocked from the car and struck the plate glass window of a furniture store. Authorities identify man killed in crash with garbage truck 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z She was introduced by Marty Rosenberg, whose family’s plate glass business became entangled with Mr. Trump over unpaid services at the Trump Taj Mahal. In Atlantic City, Hillary Clinton Uses a Donald Trump Failure as Backdrop 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif., where the soft, spruce-filtered sunlight falls through plate glass into quiet offices of beige on beige. Bubble Indemnity 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z She joins those defenseless armies we glimpse at night, distanced from us by thick plate glass, inaudible and unknowable in their tedious labor. Edna O’Brien’s Charming War Criminal 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z He hurls a rock through the plate glass of the Clinton general store and runs down the street delighted with his direct strike at big business. All that shouting between Clinton and Sanders? It's very loud agreement | Richard Wolffe 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Monthly figures released by the government that include the output of thermal power stations and factories making railway freight, iron ore, plate glass and steel suggest that many industries contracted significantly, according to Xu. China's GDP Growth Could Be as Low as 4.3%, Economist Says 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z With plate glass windows overlooking Washington Place in Manhattan, the Leslie eLab provides space for budding entrepreneurs to network, attend events and make prototypes of their products. Universities Race to Nurture Start-Up Founders of the Future 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The plate glass windows of expensive boutiques and showrooms, which would have been the targets of stone-throwing anarchists elsewhere, were left unmolested by the polite and well-spoken Hong Kong undergrads. Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution, One Year Later 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The most striking additions are three large plate glass windows, embellished with hand-painted designs that frame the mannequins inside. Lululemon will soon have a new way to sell pants 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z "The swell, as it gained momentum, merged into a mountainous wave and crashed over the bow, smashing the plate glass window of the engine-room, flooding the compartment and stopping the engine," according to the article. Duke Kahanamoku: The heroic moment that became part of his legend 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Cement output fell 5 percent by volume last month, while plate glass production declined 13.5 percent. Devaluation Hints at China’s Rising Distress Over Economy 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z He drove toward the dealership’s showroom, and apparently crashed his car into the plate glass wall of the showroom. Christian Taylor's father says police 'won't even talk to me' after son's death 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The museum also received over 1,400 plate glass negatives to be added to its photography collection. Bennington Museum gifted works by Grandma Moses, Olitski 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Then a real estate glut swamped the market, prices and demand for plate glass crashed and Shahe’s growth rate fell by half. China War on Pollution Benefits From Economic Slowdown 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z One example: “The Bush administration offered the Chamber a precious window to roll back regulations, and the Chamber jumped right through the plate glass.” How the Chamber of Commerce allied with the right and lost effectiveness 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Police responded to a burglary alarm at On The Go in Coventry on Wednesday and found a shattered plate glass window. Police: Attempted burglary suspects found in dumpster 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Police wouldn’t discuss details of the case; the victim was shot near a bus stop at which a plate glass window was shattered. D.C. police chief seeks help in identifying three men in video 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The pair rammed against the plate glass window of Bay Beauty Supply; by that time, at least four uniformed officers had arrived. Beyond the Chokehold: The Path to Eric Garner’s Death 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z And they were not anything shocking – no DWIs or driving a car into a plate glass storefront or mimicking one of those high-speed stunts featured in TV commercials with the warning: do not attempt. No, New York Times, Marco Rubio's Driving Record Isn't a Legit 2016 Issue 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z He also said a chair was apparently used to break plate glass in the center. Police investigate break-ins at D.C. mosque 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The packet explains a rule in the city’s zoning code that restricts signs in plate glass windows to no more than 15 percent of the window area. In Danbury, message to merchants about signs: Less is more 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z At least he didn’t throw any analytics through a plate glass window. NBA Analytics Aren't 'Crap,' as Barkley Put It, But They're Not Proven, Either 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z OUT with the marble and plate glass and in with the bars and barbed wire. A drop in the Ocean 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z It was harder than carbon steel, lighter than aluminum and about nine times stronger than plate glass, the Times reported. S. Donald Stookey, chemist who created kitchen staple CorningWare, dies at 99 Beyond the plate glass, a slow sequence of descending airliners measures out a golden autumn afternoon. Jane Smiley: ‘All you need is for one reader to love your book’ 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z "The bouncers threw him through a plate glass window and he ended up on the street," Klass said. Yoko Ono's publicist sues Mario Batali's Eataly in NYC over 'homophobic' remarks 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z "The bouncers threw him through a plate glass window and he ended up on the street," Klass said. Yoko Ono publicist sues Batali eatery in NYC over 'homophobic' flap 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z One piece entitled “Trapped x 2” features a bird that flew into Garcia’s plate glass window. W.Va. sculptor creates art from nature 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z "You have to get the retailers in and that means plate glass shop fronts and streets retailers recognise." Is it the end for concrete jungles? 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The bird ignored her, and kept hopping around between the plant and the plate glass window. A Glass Window Imperils a Baby Bird 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z But as he reached the door he realized he was looking through the plate glass at Shaffer. Walter R. Walsh Dies at 106; Terrorized Gangsters and Targets 2014-05-01T03:54:14Z He adjusts his Ray Bans to survey two massive blocks of black plate glass set in a square. Orwell & Ed: Snowden saga shows the one thing “1984″ missed 2013-12-17T23:58:00Z The shop - plate glass and bright yellow - faces onto the High Street for all the world like it is a shiny new branch of a bank. Payday lenders: 'We are not sharks' 2013-09-22T23:01:01Z Lavish window displays were once the norm in UK stores The lack of plate glass required explanation to the consumers of 1964. How first out-of-town superstore changed the UK 2013-09-02T08:44:48Z When I was here last, in January, also trying to sneak past the roadblocks to get into Douma, there were still plate glass windows showing off lines of shining new cars. Defiance and resolve in war-torn Damascus 2012-12-11T08:24:19Z The streets were empty and most shops were closed, with their plate glass windows pasted with streamers or tape to prevent shattering. Last hurricane to shut New York stock exchange hit in 1985: How the Guardian reported the storm 2012-10-29T10:45:07Z In looking at any object through a perfectly transparent medium, such as plate glass, we do not perceive any alteration in the real colours. Colour as a Means of Art Being an Adaption of the Experience of Professors to the Practice of Amatures 2012-03-30T02:00:20.700Z The paper was then placed upon the opposite side, under similar circumstances, and a piece of plate glass was substituted; but to this substance the tendrils did not indicate any disposition to approach. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z "Some day," says James to himself, "two hundred copies of my novel will draw a crowd around this plate glass window." The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The idea of the world in general of a railroad headquarters is plate glass, mahogany desks and pompous heads of departments, looking wise and spending money. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z This may be seen in many of the old plate glass windows which were employed for glazing purposes some sixty or seventy years ago, the colour of the panes being generally purple. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z It is now replaced by a newly-built house of the same name, in modern style of plate glass, mahogany, and glitter. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z Large squares and plate glass are usually inserted when the sashes are hung to avoid risks of breakage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z People, perspiring and lightly dressed, sauntered by the plate glass orchards. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The original granite cover of the outer case has been removed and plate glass substituted. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Another kind of plate glass, called "patent rolled plate," is made by ladling out from a pot molten glass in the proper state of consistence. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Suppose some boys playing ball on the street break a plate glass window in the store you own. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The effect is heightened by the unusually large dimensions of the squares of fine plate glass. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z The third is through a plate glass window into the cider-making room. | Farms and Orchards: Connecticut?s Farms and Orchards in the Fall 2011-10-29T05:15:14Z To tell the truth, Mr. Sanderson, we can't know very exactly what is happening until skulls are made of plate glass. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z A lighter kind of plate glass, which is principally used for glazing the better class of pictures and engravings, and called "patent" plate, is simply sheet glass polished after the manner of plate glass. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Had there been a loose paving block in the street the urgent man would surely have burst in the big plate glass. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z Another process is that of making plate glass by the cylinder process—rolling it into large sheets. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z There was more plate glass, more gilding; electric light had been introduced, there were more mirrors, and there were also ornaments that had not been in the caf� before. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The plate glass made a darkling mirror for the passers-by: Joan could see that her refurbished travelling suit fitted her becomingly, even though it was a trifle pass�. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z In the French manufacture of plate glass, more attention has been paid to the chemical composition of the various silicates which enter into it. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z He glanced back once and saw the spiral of smoke rising behind the broad plate glass window of the grocery store. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z The windows consist of single panes of plate glass more than three yards high. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The scale is usually on silvered brass, mounted on a mahogany or rosewood frame, protected in front by plate glass. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z She did not live to hear the click and ring of the trowel, telling her that a brick wall was taking the place of the plate glass. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The manufacture of plate glass is altogether different from that of crown and sheet. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z And Hanks has put in a new soda fountain and plate glass windows. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z It blows floor joists like straw, drives twigs through plate glass, strips the bark from trees, rains automobiles. Torn Asunder: How the Deadliest Twister in Decades Ripped Through Joplin, Mo. 2011-05-26T12:20:00Z The frame is generally enlarged at the upper part to receive the scales and the attached thermometer, which are covered by plate glass. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z In the front of such a club there are large windows of plate glass, back of which the passer-by may catch a glimpse of a trim white mustache and a silk hat. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Ground Glass is made by rubbing the surface of glass with sand and water, just as in the first operation of plate glass polishing. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Many suffered cuts after the terminal's huge plate glass windows shattered in the severe winds. Video: Apparent Tornado Strikes, Closes St. Louis Airport 2011-04-23T06:31:08Z The storm lifted a roof off the terminal and sent plate glass flying everywhere. Tornado Causes Injuries at St. Louis Airport 2011-04-23T03:55:24Z In the street, separated from the fake campfire inside the gallery by only a few feet and a plate glass window, there was an explosion in a manhole. City Room: At First, the Fire Seemed to Be Part of the Show 2011-04-22T17:00:46Z Simple Dissecting Microscope, consisting of a wood case with plate glass stage, movable plane mirror, two simple lenses of 4 and 8 times magnification. Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 2011-04-14T02:00:42.743Z The value of plate glass made in England annually, including the rough kinds used for glazing roofs, &c., is estimated at 1,000,000l. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z If you knew, Elsa, how tired I am of modern villas, stucco and plate glass. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z It had a large plate glass window with white letters on it and a man making pancakes where he'd show plainest. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z But to say I was keen isn't the word, for I could see into him as if his chest was plate glass and what I saw was that he was scared he'd said too much. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z When I had been about five weeks with Mr Sullivan, I was engaged one morning in washing the shop windows, and accidentally broke a large and costly pane of plate glass. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z New books seem more grateful to me there than elsewhere; for the dinginess of Paternoster Row harmonizes better with literature than the plate glass and gairish glitter of Piccadilly or Regent Street. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z I worked 30 years over in the plate glass factory in Crystal City and had to quit dere on account of my eyes. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Buff had finished learning his lessons and was now practising standing on his head in the window, his heels perilously near the plate glass. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Pausing in front of the big plate glass window, she idly watched a workman who was oiling one of the great rotary presses. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z When we first entered the town it looked quite desolate, with the magnificent plate glass windows boarded up and the doors covered with corrugated iron, evidently in anticipation of severe rioting and looting. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z Shutters were going up over plate glass windows, and street signs were being taken down. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z Patty La Duca, an editor in the sports department, heard something hard hitting the plate glass window near her desk. Green: A Bird Collision in Our Midst 2011-01-13T22:52:06Z Penny smiled, for through the plate glass window she had observed the approach of a police car. Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z The day was very calm, and the bay stretched as smoothly as if formed of plate glass, while overhead the sky had that peculiar flat appearance so common in the tropics. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z The entrance was through a narrow passage which led to a low room in the rear, divided from the one in front by a partition of plate glass. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Through the plate glass window of the ticket office, Penny’s attention was attracted to a slightly stooped man in rumpled clothing who was talking to the man in charge. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z By leaving the door open she could see fairly well in the dark room for street lights cast a reflection through the plate glass windows. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z Suppose a sheet of plate glass, through which you see as clearly as through air, but as thick as the floor of ice on which a Dutch fair is held. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Through the plate glass they glimpsed a large, cluttered room where desks, bins of type, table forms and a massive flat-bed press all seemed jammed together. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z On a warm day recently, an elderly man slowly pushed a walker past the plate glass windows of what used to be a Karstadt department store that filled half a block in Hanau’s pedestrian zone. Encouraging Germans to Spend More Not an Easy Task 2010-06-14T19:25:00Z The view through the plate glass windows is of the green fields outside Bath. Healthy future? 2010-03-16T09:24:00Z Cheap hotels bristle with dripping air-conditioning units, anonymous business headquarters are set behind jammed car parks, carpet warehouses proffer colourful displays behind enormous plate glass windows. 2010-02-13T11:54:00Z But the modern version of this practice - "visual merchandising" - was a direct result of the Industrial Revolution, when plate glass began to provide protection for merchandise. 2010-02-03T14:50:00Z In gold paint on the expanse of unwashed plate glass window were the words: “Hobostein Weekly.” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Made using industrial materials, including aluminum, plate glass and steel, it was included in “Modern Architecture: International Exhibition” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1932. 2010-01-24T17:04:00Z The top of the sarcophagus is removed, and is replaced by heavy plate glass. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise His ancient-looking wooden tenement, with its weather-beaten sign, was put out of all countenance by the new brick stores, and flaring gilt signs, and plate glass windows of his rivals. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Modern stores with plate glass windows and electric lights at night greeted the men, and it is gratifying to state that the word "finish" was never heard in Grenoble. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 “Why, he doesn’t look at all like I thought he would,” exclaimed Helen as they peered through the plate glass windows which flanked one wall of the studio. Janet Hardy in Radio City Through the plate glass window the girls saw him show the toy lantern to his grandfather. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery They were nearing the downtown business section when Penny halted and pretended to gaze into the plate glass window of a large department store. Penny Nichols and the Black Imp As they drove away, they saw the dealer standing at the plate glass window, watching. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue There is an unusual quantity of plate glass in the panels, and on the centre of the roof is a large imperial crown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" All the length of the main street was verandahed, and the Europe shops squandered plate glass by the square yard. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Jim Albro watched and noted it all behind his solid inch of plate glass; not passively, not indifferently, but with close attention and the very liveliest interest. Where the Pavement Ends I can see his reflection now in the plate glass. Penny Nichols and the Black Imp I have taken care to keep them under lock and key, behind plate glass, for more than fifty years. The Medici Boots Brightly shone the light of chandelier and gueridon through the plate glass windows of the royal palace on the Ritterholm, and most beautifully was its brilliancy reflected by the quiet waters of the Malar lake. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna After a few seconds of manipulation the slide drew back, exposing the large plate glass panel. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam Together they covered the soft, white blanket with a sheet of ice as hard and slippery as plate glass. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days It strikes on the pavement, just by the side of the dog, glances and breaks in many pieces the large plate glass in the window of the drug store. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul Neon tubing brightened every store front, busy proprietors could be seen at work through the large plate glass windows. Voyage To Eternity Very fair in its exterior it was, with much plate glass, and ground glass, and gilding of letters, and shining of brass. An American Girl Abroad As he did so, a great section of the Peacemaker's steel side drew back and revealed a plate glass window set between the inner and outer "skins" of the craft. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam She regarded that swinging window of heavy plate glass with an anxiety of desire that thrilled through every atom of her blood. When the Cock Crows At the lower or west end of the room the wall had been removed and replaced by a single immense pane of plate glass. Ancestors A Novel His great rosewood flat-topped desk, covered with a thick, plate glass through which the polished wood shone brightly, was decorated with flowers. The "Genius" Pinckney meets me just inside the plate glass merry go round. Side-stepping with Shorty But the thought that I wanted to impress was this; in a beautiful case, surrounded with plate glass, was a full dinner set of the finest Sevres china. Silver Links A heap of germ-laden money lay temptingly within reach of the rustics, only separated from those grimy, grasping fingernails by plate glass. A Canadian Bankclerk Above the plate glass on the outside a gorgeous rainbow arched high on the painted front. The Blue Goose You can make a mirror of this sort for yourself by painting the back of a piece of plate glass black. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors I was sittin' on my front porch, at Primrose Park, when in rolls that big bubble of Sadie's, with her behind the plate glass and rubber. Side-stepping with Shorty Sure enough, there it was, looking gloomily like an undertaker's wagon, minus the plate glass. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts He shaded his eyes with his hands and peered through the thick plate glass windows. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold The nucleus of the house is ancient, but has now been incrusted by great modern additions, the Victorian regime expressing itself in windows of plate glass. Memoirs of Life and Literature In a lately built house, No. 86, in Oxford Street, three huge stone pillars in the second story are carried apparently by the edges of three sheets of plate glass in the first. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) A square of plate glass was placed under his outstretched fingers. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Passing Giacosa’s, he glanced in to see if it were any one he knew taking tea so early behind the great plate glass window. Aurora the Magnificent Mr. Bannatine here showed me this fragment pressed out between two oblong pieces of heavy plate glass. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller It boasts many very handsome buildings, and the display in the shop windows of huge plate glass quite equals London, or Paris either. The Truth About America Through the plate glass partition I could see the men in the operating room tensed over their wheels and levers and dials. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 The openings should be vertical, like windows, and, in cities, furnished with a solid frame and casement, fitted with louvres of plate glass with polished edges. The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction He asked me to come to him in the afternoon, and thither I went through a November fog, and found him in the drawing-room that had the plate glass above the fireplace. The Passionate Friends Comprises a series of squares accurately engraved upon the finest plate glass by machinery. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements Doors of plate glass protected their antique and often gorgeous bindings, and medallions of rare bronzes were inlaid in the rich carvings of the cornices. Mabel's Mistake It was roofed with a dome of what looked like plate glass, but which the doctor shrewdly suspected was vitrilene. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 At both localities the plate glass windows were decorated with pictures of suffrage leaders, cartoons, platforms of political parties and literature; afternoon tea was served and public meetings held at night. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI The candles had not been brought in, and the view one saw through the big plate glass window behind him was very clear and splendid. The Passionate Friends The upper portion of each panel was filled by a beautifully executed oil painting, the lower portion by a mirror or plate glass descending to the floor. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware It was in front of the High Light, where a small scrap of paper still clung to the plate glass. The Plunderer A lot of plate glass—at least it will look like that—will come from Washington by plane. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The pins together with the plate glass hold-downs keep the separators in Position. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Except for the planes overhead, it was a quiet summer day, one of those days when a perfectly smooth sea looks like a sheet of plate glass. Decision “What’s the matter with your curtains?” he demanded, sheathing his revolver and pointing with an expletive to the big sheet of plate glass. Nan of Music Mountain A great sheet of plate glass behind the pulpit showed a thicket of evergreens. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry "The only piece of clear glass in the room is that piece of plate glass on your desk." r. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 This shop window is unlike the actual plate glass showcase only in one respect—it makes display of descriptions instead of articles. The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising A boy handy with tools can make a frame, and with plate glass and proper cement construct a large tank. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 They were rolling across the sidewalk toward the huge plate glass window of a restaurant. The Mind Master Dawes cupped his hands over the plate glass and peered inside. Dream Town He saw people like those on Broadway, walking paved sidewalks in front of plate glass under brilliant electric lights. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The good merchant puts those goods back of his plate glass which nine people out of ten will want, once they have seen them. The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising It is not really good taste to have these doors of plate glass as that militates against the primal idea of strength and protection. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Just as the pursuing car lost them as they swept past, the two cars went through that plate glass window. The Mind Master Polished plate glass is not adhesive, but such plates packed together are intensely cohesive. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Fern loved pretty things, but she seemed quite satisfied to look at them through plate glass; a new dress, a few flowers, or a new book were events in her life. Wee Wifie She descended from the taxi, paid the driver and hurried across the pavement to the big office building with its mirroring frontage of plate glass and black onyx tiles. The Calm Man This had to be remedied by setting a piece of thick plate glass over the top of the fireplace, thus making the opening smaller and extending it below the angle of the chimney. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Inside, secure behind plate glass from any weather, sits a general. A Padre in France There are fine business edifices, having massive French plate glass windows which are admirably appointed. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Minor uses are in the polishing of plate glass, in the manufacture of dental plaster, in white pigments, in steampipe coverings, and as a filler in cotton goods. The Economic Aspect of Geology The jar must be fitted with a disc of plate glass ground on one side, to serve as a lid. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. Rough plate glass is used in such windows, because it gives a softer and more diffused light, which is preferred to that from ordinary clear glass. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 He had ascertained that large and commanding premises might be had in St. Paul's Churchyard, in the frontage of which the square feet of plate glass could be counted by the hundred. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm There were in my outfit three artificial horizons—one with mercury, the others constructed with a plate glass. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet W.C., who recommends the use of a plate glass bath enveloped in gutta percha, is informed that we have had such a bath in use for many months, and it answers our purpose exceedingly well. Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Large shallow glass dish, with a square sheet of plate glass to cover it. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. To facilitate the traveling of the glass plates without friction the top of the tank is a sheet of plate glass bedded on a sand bath. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 The extension of a side piece of plate glass would show quite into Regent Street. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm It must be done with keen edged chisels—size according to requirement—and the walls made as even as a piece of plate glass. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. There was the usual narrow sheet of plate glass at the back of the sideboard, and to this Mr. Bultitude walked, almost under protest, and with a cold dignity. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers Two great panes of plate glass were so set in a frame that a space of some three or four inches separated them. A Red Wallflower Having obtained two pieces of patent plate glass, grind the edges, which may readily be done by a scythe sand-stone, where other contrivances are not handy. Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc At every second or third step I was glad to lean a little against the plate glass, and take time to examine the contents of the windows before passing on. A Retrospect The exterior windows of the lantern were diamond shaped and of plate glass. Some Naval Yarns Esperance passed through them and stood in a corridor, but there was a sheet of plate glass still between him and Jane. The Son of Monte-Cristo His right arm extended violently; then the ham-sized fist on the end of his left arm went through the plate glass window beside him. Lady Luck The doors or sashes were round-headed and glazed with plate glass, three plates of which were 7 ft. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. He held the deadly electrified wires apart with lengths of thick plate glass with which he had come provided while first my other companions and then I crawled through. World's War Events, Vol. II “We’re not hiding from the cops because we broke a plate glass window and were afraid to own up to it,” Bob told him. The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery Joe watched the men slip the big sheets of heavy plate glass into the metal holding strips at the corners of the tank and tighten up the rubber water-proof fittings. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank It need not be plate glass; ordinary ground glass will do, care being taken to select that with a sufficiently fine and smooth surface, and not too thick. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 It was built over with small houses of polished mahogany and plate glass. Gossamer 1915 Ten villages stared and crushed round the plate glass. The Lost Girl There was the sound of splintering glass, and the snowy missile whizzed through the plate glass window! The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery Detail of the Sideboard It may be said that the two back panels at either side of the small drawers may be filled with beveled plate glass instead of wood if one so choose. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 It was an ungracious retraction—but a retraction still—and caused a few Irish bricks to find the publishers plate glass. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Peering through the plate glass of the door she saw the face of the uniformed hall-man. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The makers of mounts offer a number of very attractive designs in the well-finished hard woods, some provided with plate glass mirrors. 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 Each sash of these windows is glazed with one single pane of plate glass, so that whether they are shut or open there is nothing to intercept the view. Rollo in Holland So strong and so persistent is this wind that it is often possible to skate over an uninterrupted black surface of ice, polished like plate glass, for twenty miles on a down-river journey. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska While the pitch is still warm I press upon it any approximately flat surface, such as a piece of ordinary plate glass. On Laboratory Arts He got out, rooted up a big rock and hove it right through the middle of that new pane of glass the only pane of plate glass Sunkhaze ever saw. The Rainy Day Railroad War She alighted at the advertisement office, with its plate glass and gilded letters, and was attended by an obsequious clerk. The Grell Mystery Bob and Fred then went off to engage a sign painter to put up their firm name in big gold letters on the immense plate glass front of the offices. Halsey & Co. or, The Young Bankers and Speculators She could not buy him bodily strength and beauty; she could not buy him fellowship in the world of boys; he was forever looking out at it, wistfully, disdainfully, bitterly, through his plate glass window. Play the Game! His was the biggest roller-top seen through a maze of gilt letters on a vast sheet of plate glass by commuters turning the corner morning and evening. On the Stairs At St.-Gobain, besides the plate glass mirrors, glass is made for roofs, for floors, for pavements, for optical instruments, including the finest lenses used in the lighthouses of France. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The windows are large, and of plate glass, which, as Harry observed, would be very convenient if there was anything to look at out of them. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar He fell heavily, striking the plate glass and shattering it. Halsey & Co. or, The Young Bankers and Speculators The "mere" was clear as plate glass, and came to the edge of the shaven lawn, and reflected flowers, turf, and overhanging shrubs deliciously. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 "That stuff must be a hundred times more transparent than the finest plate glass!" Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope In 1702, ten years after the invention of the process by which plate glass is made, a mirror with a surface area of one mètre cost 165 francs. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 It was finished in an imitation of white marble and the offices had large plate glass windows which bore in gilt letters the legend: “MacDougall Land and Cattle Company, Inc.” The Blood of the Conquerors She gazed with interest at the two instrument boards, upon which flashed tiny lights and the highly-polished plate glass, condensite, and metal of many instruments, the use of which she could not guess. The Skylark of Space Just back of this plate glass, and within eighteen inches of my very nose, were fifty-seven varieties of the reptiles, big and small, streaked and checkered, quiet and active. The Mother and Her Child Mr. Curtis, as you seem to have forgotten, Mr. Cabot, is the owner of one of the largest plate glass factories in the country. The Story of Glass "It'll cost him nearly that to set another pane of plate glass," I suggests. Torchy As A Pa When you have the front to push through the plate glass, you see me first. Torchy Above the doors, also, are knitted flowers in Berlin wools, which fill the dome head, and are protected with bent plate glass. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland One of the large panes of plate glass in the warehouses of La Petite Jeannette received certainly more than two hundred for its share. Napoleon the Little In fact, up to a hundred years ago the French held the plate glass monopoly. The Story of Glass If I had a mouth that could imitate the smashin' of a 4x6 foot plate glass window I'd be on my way out to stampede the national convention for some favorite son. Torchy As A Pa Anyway, it looked good from the outside, and I blows in through the plate glass merry go round. Torchy The interior of the bell is lighted by thick plate glass. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland A report which had been current in the water district south of Main Street that Brigadier-General Wood had been fatally injured by falling plate glass, proved to be untrue. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado As soon as I reach the point of using glass I arrange it on a large plate glass easel, using wax in the spaces where the lead is to go. The Story of Glass And at the lodging house they seemed never to have heard of the undiminished heaps of splendour that lay piled behind plate glass and polished counters. The Lovely Lady A large sheet of very thick plate glass, quite transparent, was revealed to view almost immediately; a flood of electric light lit up the sea for some distance, and everything was as clear as daylight. The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean The lights were turned off, and through the thick plate glass windows the strange inhabitants of the sea were observed. Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder Courtenay, who had the manner and semblance of the first lieutenant of a warship, stood outside a haven of plate glass, shining mahogany, and white paint. The Captain of the Kansas "But—but you don't call this stuff plate glass, do you?" inquired the girl in dismay. The Story of Glass Each window consists of but two enormous panes of plate glass. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City It was a fascinating gallery, where lovely ladies walked, wonderfully dressed, pointing out dazzling jewellery in plate glass windows, to slightly bored men who were with them. The Guests Of Hercules Heavy steel doors that covered plate glass windows in either side of the craft were pulled back, and a cry of astonishment broke from the boys. Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder Behind the wheel-house was an observation room, as it would be called in the States, running nearly the whole length of the bridge, and fronted with thick plate glass. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension Before you go, though, you must understand that plate glass is quite a different thing from these others. The Story of Glass The heavy plate glass door is opened for him by a small boy in entering and departing. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City He peered through the heavy plate glass visor curiously around at the strange sights under the green water. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World As he spoke he slid back the slides covering the plate glass windows. Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder He arranged a thick slab of plate glass between Thornton and the thermic transformer, and stepping to the wall closed a switch. The Man Who Rocked the Earth I wrote Uncle Bob only the other day that I wanted dreadfully to see how plate glass was made and hoped some time you'd take me. The Story of Glass It is paved with marble tiles, and the desks, counters, racks, etc., are of solid black walnut, ornamented with plate glass. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City There was an agreeable crash of plate glass, and we ran for our lives. Foe-Farrell How often we see massive structures of marble, five stories or more, supported on basements of plate glass, apparently; while the real supports are carefully concealed! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 On reaching the top you find a square apartment containing twelve windows, each a piece of plate glass, the floor covered with red cloth and crimson window curtains. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath "Do you mean to say they have to go through all that with every sheet of plate glass?" The Story of Glass Undoubtedly, if a sufficiently thick plate of glass should be used, the ordinary photographic printing frames would answer the purpose, whatever the size, but very thick plate glass is both heavy and expensive. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 The counters of trade were moved aside and through the plate glass along the crowded streets could be seen the long rows of pallets on which the mangled bodies of the wounded lay. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Cars parked in front of supermarkets weren't safe; the owner might be standing just inside the big plate glass window. The Fourth R "Watch the plate glass," he said in a tense whisper, and Suzanna kept her eyes as directed. Suzanna Stirs the Fire But I should think if plate glass—I mean polished plate," Jean hurriedly corrected her error, "has to be ground down so much there wouldn't be anything left of it. The Story of Glass The sensitized paper and the negative are placed between the pad and the plate glass, and the whole is squeezed together by pressure applied at the periphery of the glass and of the back-board. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 The mixing table has a concrete top, in which is set plate glass, 18 in. square and 1 in. thick. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 Marble Slab or Plate Glass for Mixing Board—For mixing cake and pastry an old marble slab or a piece of plate glass is better than a wooden board. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Grandpa Horton looked carefully at the glass door and said no, the marble had not been able to crack the heavy plate glass. Sunny Boy and His Playmates To get the beautiful polished plate glass that you are talking about this rough plate must be polished over and over again. The Story of Glass Commercial plate glass varies in thickness from one-fourth to three eighths of an inch, and the thicker plates are rather rare. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 There are five double observing windows of plate glass, which open on hinges. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 But after the affair was properly looked into it was found that the inner cask was filled with such dutiable articles as plate glass and East India china. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 The windows were never open, and through the huge sheets of plate glass could be dimly seen in the thick blue tobacco smoke a higgledy-piggledy crowd of beds. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The glass slab is only a piece of plate glass cut to the size given above. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology This frame is interchangeable with the one that contains the plate glass. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 A single piece of plate glass, about one-eighth inch thick, coated with aurentia collodion, is all that is required with an erythrosine plate. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 A wide and shiny patch of black skin showed where the hatter's plate glass had flayed the shoulder. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Have a care that all mirrors are of plate glass, for the foreshortened, distorted image which looks back at one from an imperfect looking-glass has a depressing effect on one's vanity. The Complete Home A piece of polished plate glass is far smoother than a surface of ice after the latter is cut up by a day's skating. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays One of them to-day dug a stupendous hole in the pavement just before one of the principal shops, and broke yards of shutter and plate glass to pieces. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Care should be taken to avoid too great thickness and too much spring in the pressure strips, or the plate glass may be broken by excessive pressure. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 Since nine o'clock that morning, in the blazing May sunshine, there had been a little crowd before the plate glass window, behind which the firm had kindly exposed their latest prize to the public gaze. In Friendship's Guise Because, in the first place, the mantel was graced with an enormous old-fashioned square mirror, of heavy plate glass, set fast, like a tablet, into the wall. Israel Potter The water is now frozen and its temperature is below 0° C. It is about 10° C. I can place over the ice a roof-shaped cover made of two inclined slabs of thick plate glass. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Unless I butt my head against this plate glass," she exclaimed, "I really don't think I can make it. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics There is a small store on this corner, and its neatly pointed red bricks and shining plate glass are sharp in contrast to the ancient and somewhat dilapidated structures which surround it. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life The marvelous mirrors, the plate glass, the gilded cornices, the grand staircase, the glittering chandeliers, the evidences of lavish expenditure in every fixture, and in all the finish, excited him like wine. Sevenoaks "Mrs. Clephane couldn't deceive a normal two-year-old child; she is as transparent as plate glass." The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Nevertheless, on the scratched and torn ice-surface skating is still quite possible; on the smooth plate glass we know we could not skate. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays As persons pass by and look through the plate glass upon the silk damask curtains, they doubtless think the owner of that mansion must be very happy. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 The table is covered with a sheet of plate glass. The House in Good Taste The inventor opened the trap door that covered the plate glass in the floor of the cabin, and peered down. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch The pool of blue ice stretched away from before Mountain Camp like a huge sheet of plate glass. Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp He left the workshop, half shutting his eyes in order not to see the Motor; he was sure the thing was grinning at him behind the plate glass. The Little City of Hope A Christmas Story The Patent Metallic Air-tight Coffin Co., whose name pretty accurately describes their productions, in 1861 introduced hermetically-sealed coffins with plate glass panels in the lid, exceedingly useful articles in case of contagious diseases, &c., &c. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically The table was covered with rose colored brocade, and over this, cobwebby lace, and over this, plate glass. The House in Good Taste All leaned forward and saw that a heavy plate glass had been set over a hole cut through the floor of the ship. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch If the energy of a gaze could have achieved that object, they must have backed through the doctor's plate glass into the area forthwith. Flames The great mirrors back of the bar had never been removed, and the rains of many seasons had peeled the mercury from the plate glass and the gilt frames were faded. Buffalo Roost The object beheld by Chick was a huge, cagelike den, mounted on low wheels, and having a broad front of plate glass. With Links of Steel I have used plate glass tops on many of them, and mirrors for tops on others, for you can't have too many mirrors or too strong a light for dressing. The House in Good Taste As he did so he heard a tapping on the plate glass window set in the floor of the car. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch His dreams refused to stand out with sufficient distinctness from a background of coloured bindings, plate glass and mahogany. The Divine Fire "I felt morally certain of it," said mamma, calmly, peering through the plate glass of the door. V. V.'s Eyes Plate Glass and Mirrors:—A soft cloth wet in alcohol, is excellent to wipe off plate glass and mirrors, and prevents their becoming frosty in winter. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home The dressing-table is so simple that any girl might copy it—it is a chintz-hung box with a sheet of plate glass on top, and a white framed mirror hung above it. The House in Good Taste What was the value of plate glass and goods, the value of real estate in Boston at three o'clock, A.M., Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages One of those gorgeous apples that seem to grow wrapped up in tissue paper, and are displayed behind plate glass windows. Mince Pie A card, placed unobtrusively in the corner of the plate glass, announced that Madame Lucile, formerly with Sedgewick-Wilson of Seattle, was prepared to give personal attention to all orders. The Rim of the Desert The corn exhibit, consisting of samples of ten ears each, was displayed in a handsome case 4 by 12 feet, protected by plate glass. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission And simple—why, she could hinge the mirrors together, and make the chintz ruffle, and enamel the shelves white, and do every bit of it except cut the plate glass. The House in Good Taste And indeed the influence of Crown Square, with its large effects of terra cotta, plate glass, and gold letters, all under a heavy skyscape of drab smoke, was depressing. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories In these plays, his purpose was as deep as a sheet of plate glass, as polished on the surface, and as quick to reflect the rays of smiles. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: in Mizzoura Madame flushed and turned her face to look off through the plate glass door. The Rim of the Desert The refrigerator which contained these exhibits had a glass front formed of three thicknesses of plate glass, with air spaces between. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission The huge sheets of plate glass that people are so proud of are all very well for shops, but they are seldom right in small houses. The House in Good Taste The plate glass is sometimes so clear that even a grown man might for a moment be deceived and stretch out his hand. The Master's Indwelling Flint, however, turned to his telephone and pulled it toward him, over the big sheet of plate glass. The Air Trust Then Tisdale stopped on the threshold, facing a great window of plate glass in a single pane, designed to frame the incomparable view of Mount Rainier lifting above the sea. The Rim of the Desert For a few seconds all was inky darkness on the other side of the thick plate glass of the conning tower. Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis There are glass knobs on the drawers, and a sheet of plate glass covers the top of it. The House in Good Taste There is a great pane of plate glass before it, and the hungry little boys stand there and look, and long, but they cannot reach it. The Master's Indwelling The end of the cable is attached to a drum or windlass and the plate glass held steady with guides at the sides of the slot in the stage floor, through which it passes. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do A dash of hail struck the window; the plate glass grew opaque. The Rim of the Desert The advantage of this tank and solution is that it can be more easily obtained than yellow plate glass, and the color can be adjusted to meet any requirement. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 This table, hung with chintz, had a sheet of plate glass exactly fitting its top. The House in Good Taste And what now is this invisible pane of plate glass, that hinders my taking the beautiful things I see? The Master's Indwelling First, get two pieces of plate glass, 6 in. square and 1 in. thick, and break the corners off to make them round, grinding the rough edges on a grindstone. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do "I am a busy man and you've wasted ten minutes of my time," said the great physician, turning back to his plate glass window. The Night Horseman Thus the light, in order to brighten the room, traversed the window, whose panes had been replaced by a plate glass, the water, and, lastly, the window of the porthole. Against the Grain The dining-table is of carved wood painted gray and covered with yellow damask, which in turn is covered with a sheet of plate glass. The House in Good Taste It is nothing but the self-life; I see divine things but cannot reach them, the self-life is the invisible plate glass. The Master's Indwelling The winding up of the cable naturally forces the plate glass and cradle up, causing the lady to rise. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do A twenty minute's run through a baffling maze of vehicles brought them to the curb before a store with a very conspicuous modern front of plate glass and metal. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator The overmantel which had hitherto been designed with some architectural pretension, now gave way to the larger mirrors which were introduced by the improved manufacture of plate glass: and the chimney piece became lower. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The top of the chest should be covered with a piece of plate glass which will have the advantage of showing the design of the cover and of being easily cleaned. The House in Good Taste Get a piece of plate glass and place it on a sheet of paper. Composition-Rhetoric Using the chair as a battering-ram, without malice—joy being in my heart—I deliberately thrust two of its legs through an upper and a lower pane of a four-paned plate glass window. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography The room was well furnished in a certain gaudy style, which included a good deal of gilt and plate glass. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life Hardly a trace of masonry on the lower stories; nothing but plate glass—the windows of book-shops, music shops, cafés, restaurants, jewelry stores, haberdasheries, expensive tailoring establishments. The Torrent Entre Naranjos I remember seeing one plate glass window that was well worth while. The House in Good Taste A glacial deposit is left in patches on the rocks which is today as smooth as plate glass. Out of Doors—California and Oregon The straight, dusty and rather wearisome Roman road to Southampton runs up to a spur of Compton Down, a once lonely hill but now unsightly with the red-brick and plate glass of suburban Winchester. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Out of her had been taken $1,250,000 worth of plate glass and plush velvet, elevators and lounging rooms, the requirements of the tender rich in their six days upon the sea. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 The plate glass was then removed, and the pickerel and the red roach sailed around together in perfect peace ever afterward. Edison, His Life and Inventions Through the large dirty plate glass window Scott saw a handful of patrons lazing on white wrought iron cafe chairs at small round tables. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel He drew from the little case a square of plate glass, a little tube of thick ink, a rubber roller, and a few snowy white cards. Tarzan of the Apes At another time he caught a suggestion from some city restaurant and made a billiard-room roofed with plate glass beneath the waters of his ornamental lake. Tono Bungay Just below Twelfth street block after block shows the solid plate glass of the automobile shops, their glittering wares displayed against an absurd background of oriental rugs, Tiffany lamps, potted plants, and mahogany. Fanny Herself But in the centre of the best business block of the street was a three-story building of rough brown stone, set off with plate glass windows and gold-lettered signs. The Octopus : A story of California He never slowed, shouting "Allah, I am yours!" as he dove through the plate glass window plummeting five floors to the concrete walk below. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel You know the kind of place our shop is: a regular Fifth Avenue store, all plate glass front and marble columns glowing in the indirect lighting like a birchwood at full moon. The Haunted Bookshop It was on the fifth floor, and its broad window of plate glass looked over the roofs of the town. Summer "Remember the specialty they carried, stepping on a piece of plate glass and feeding each other with the grounds—" "Sure." Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Then Buck called them to a halt before a large plate glass show-window. Lo, Michael! They foregathered nightly there, the plate glass window giving a view of them, conspicuously herded at a large central table, to interested passersby. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Among the greyish furs he would note a bunch of such violets as never bloom in the crude springtime, but reserve themselves for November and the plate glass windows of Fifth Avenue. The Haunted Bookshop Dale was peering now through the monogrammed lace that covered the plate glass doors in the vestibule—yes, Jason was still sitting up. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale I'll make 'em shine like plate glass—see then if I don't. Stephen Archer and Other Tales Two of the great plate glass windows crashed as the flying missiles entered the magnificent home, regardless of costly lace and velvet hangings. Lo, Michael! Flaring up at this evidence to the probability that he was really being dogged, Larcher walked straight to the young man's side, and stared questioningly at the young man's reflection in the plate glass. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day Health and ease without the love of God are plate glass in the darkness. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge And even the grand old expanses of plate glass we used to be so proud of at the other Amberson Mansion—they've gone, too, with the crowded heavy gold and red stuff. The Magnificent Ambersons I then transfer the plate to this leveled slab of plate glass, in order that the emulsion on it may set. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 It is paved with marble tiles, and the desks, counters, racks, etc., are of solid black walnut, ornamented with plate glass. The Secrets of the Great City Herr Obernetter, of Vienna, since he only employs the slower and more careful hand press, prefers plate glass of ordinary thickness as being handier in manipulation and better adapted to the common printing-frame. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Flint, plate glass, old bottle glass, onyx—all could be worked with equal facility. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow The plate glass was all in a blaze from a chandelier that hung within, and the genial glow fell upon that little frost-bitten face, lighting it up with intense lustre. The Old Homestead A deplorable street—a cement and plate glass Circe. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Arab craftsmen taught the Venetians to make crystal and plate glass. Early European History Herr Löwy, of Vienna, again, uses plate glass a quarter of an inch thick, as his productions range from the finest to the roughest. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 A venerable mirror of plate glass stood on the toilet, in which belles of former centuries may have contemplated and decorated their charms. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey The plate glass windows had reached almost to the ground, so that the automobile with its great momentum had easily surmounted the sills and reached nearly the middle of the store. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize When I am tired, he says, and the plot of which I am hero, villain and Greek chorus suddenly vanish from my mind, I pause and look at something behind plate glass. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Wandering idly along the beach yesterday, looking at driftwood and scales and stones, I came upon a tiny bit of plate glass. Wanderers Then Richard showed him the library, with mahogany book- cases, and plate glass, and the fashionable authors handsomely bound. My Novel — Volume 05 "We have some extra heavy plate glass in the shop, and we can soon put in another observation window." Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds Then it turned suddenly toward the curb, dashed on the sidewalk and amid a crash of broken glass plunged through the plate glass windows of a store. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize Ann Holland found her shop and pleasant kitchen transformed into a fashionable draper's establishment, with plate glass windows down to the pavement. Brought Home There was an instant’s furious struggle, a crash, a second crash and the crack of broken plate glass. The History of Mr. Polly The main entrance to Association Hall, in the middle of the front, is by a spacious staircase twelve feet wide, at the foot of which are elegant double swinging doors with plate glass. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Upholstery stagnated at a dead level of fluted legs, gilding, plate glass, and amber satin. Phantom Fortune, a Novel The world to him is an "emporium," and he judges his neighbour by the size of his plate glass. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Heretofore I've only seen the things through a plate glass window, or a show case. Aunt Jane's Nieces out West In fifteen more street and house were both as they had been, save that a light now shone through the plate glass of the latter's great doors. Alias the Lone Wolf The man who received the correctly engraved bit of pasteboard merely nodded toward the other end of the long partition of polished wood, plate glass and bronze bars. The Winning of Barbara Worth It is said that the wind gets between the iron shutters and the plate glass and shakes the windows loose. The Open Air There were tight glass panels of thick plate glass at the ends and the top. Boy Scouts in an Airship; or, the Warning from the Sky Alas! it gave no hold—he might as well have tried to climb a dome of plate glass at an angle of sixty degrees. The People of the Mist I was for many years the tenant of a French plate glass window and I have been carried by the soft hand of Beauty, sir, and laid gently in the market-basket. Observations of a Retired Veteran A door in the partition opened and the visitor was admitted to the sacred precincts behind the gratings, the bars and the plate glass. The Winning of Barbara Worth Jack and Mark peered through the plate glass. Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record What he saw, as he crowded up under the plate glass panel in the top, were the lights of an airship! Boy Scouts in an Airship; or, the Warning from the Sky In the year 1500, Venice boasted 3000 ships, 300,000 sailors, a numerous and veteran army, famous factories of plate glass, silk stuffs, and gold and silver objects, and a singularly strong government. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. The establishment to which the leather merchant had brought Richard was an imposing one, situated in a massive stone building, and having large and heavy plate glass doors and windows. Richard Dare's Venture David would cry, pointing to a green china toad behind the plate glass; and Dr. Lavendar would say gravely, "You may have it, David; you may have it." The Awakening of Helena Richie Standing in it, and peering out through a heavy plate glass window, the operator could guide the machine in any direction he desired, and he could also regulate the rate of progress. Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record Just then an arrow struck the plate glass panel at the top of the Black Bear's deck covering and Jack looked up. Boy Scouts in an Airship; or, the Warning from the Sky We have insurance against storms, against the breaking of plate glass and even against loss from burglars, but the best known of the minor insurance societies are those known as "accident companies." Business Hints for Men and Women At last the helmets were adjusted, the cords and air-hose attached, and then Ned motioned to the boys, watching with grinning eyes through the plate glass panel, to turn on the air. Boy Scouts in a Submarine : or, Searching an Ocean Floor Although she could see through you as if you were plate glass, she made it a point to ask Sara all the questions she could think of. The Hollow of Her Hand She drew back her slender fist and tried to smash the double plate glass windows and only bruised her tapering fingers. The One Woman Joey got up and went to a map laid out on a table, with a piece of plate glass over it, to compute the sailing distance from Gray's Harbor to Sobre Vista. Cappy Ricks Retires It was of the most solid construction, and had but one window, a very large affair, consisting of three casements set one inside the other and provided with heavy plate glass panels. An Adventure with a Genius Jimmie hastened to the stern and looked out of the plate glass panel there. Boy Scouts in a Submarine : or, Searching an Ocean Floor Her new firm was a goodly institution Its windows were of huge plate glass. Sister Carrie The windows were long, and for the most part low, made with strong mullions, and still contained small, old-fashioned panes; for the squire had not as yet gone to the expense of plate glass. The Way We Live Now The process of smashing the pane of glass—it was plate glass—was anything but a noiseless one. The Beetle Without waiting to ring the bell at 99, he dashed the suitcase through the plate glass of the front door, reached in and turned the lock. Guy Garrick In another instant the door had closed noiselessly, and the three were shut off from the street by a barricade of iron grillwork and plate glass. The Auction Block The light falling through this skylight passed through plate glass of marvellous transparency. The Dream Doctor Theydon, owing to his position at the table, was the first to notice three small, starred holes in the plate glass of the windows. Number Seventeen By means of a window in the bottom of the craft, which window was closed by a thick piece of plate glass, Professor Henderson could look down and see what was beneath them. Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth She was surprised to see on the big plate glass a sign: "Apprentice Wanted." The Motor Girls The ordinary frictional machine as now made is illustrated in figure i, where P is a disc of plate glass mounted on a spindle and turned by hand. The Story of Electricity "Actually I can hear the light of the stars shining in through that wonderful plate glass skylight of yours, Mr. Spencer," he went on. The Dream Doctor There were several plate glass windows in the floor of the airship, and through these they all gazed at the youth on the motor-cycle. Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam Here, where gold and crimson drape the windows, is mortal sickness; there, where the heavy shutters fold over the rich plate glass, lies shrouded death. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing Do you not see that this simple evolution would also put plate glass in the thousands of windowless homes now inhabited by human beings, both white and colored, in the state of Georgia? The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, It has been practised on plate glass, and is then additionally curious from the circumstance of the fine lines traced by the diamond being invisible, except in certain lights. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Down, down, down, went the great airship, until the adventurers within, by gazing through the plate glass window in the floor of the cabin, could see the heaving, white-capped billows, tossing and tumbling below them. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island "There she is!" he cried, peering down through the plate glass window in the floor of the motor room. Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam Indeed, in a single storm at Cape Cod a plate glass of a lighthouse was so ground by flying sand that its transparency was destroyed and its removal made necessary. The Elements of Geology Upstairs, on the level of the hall door, is the drawing-room, with its large plate glass window looking on the park. Candida |
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