| 单词 | steelyard |
| 例句 | The heavily laden vessel voyaged to Barbados, resupplied for nine days at sea, then steamed off for the steelyards of Baltimore. Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In 1981, they bought an adjacent property where an old roller rink once sat, and three years later they cobbled together a mill from steelyard scraps, using the first of three Small Business Association loans. Family-owned Montana timber mill values forest conservation 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z At a Lagos steelyard of Dorman-Long Engineering, the only activity on a recent afternoon was the welding of an oil storage tank. In Nigeria, Chinese Investment Comes With a Downside 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z When the holes are ready, four massive platforms will be shipped in from steelyards across Italy where they were built and placed on the pillars. Raising the Costa Concordia 2013-01-13T09:45:00Z Overcharges, for example, and skilful manipulations of the steelyard to make it lie, are not considered so much moral defects as tokens of an unusually active brain. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Another form is that of the Roman balance, our steelyard, consisting of a lever or beam, suspended near one of its extremities, on the longer arm of which a counterpoise slides. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Not a tremor of the steelyard betrayed the weight of its shadowy occupant. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z The Flemings, as we have seen, were massacred wholesale in the rising of 1381; and the Hanse merchants were saved from the same fate only by the strong stone walls of their steelyard. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z When the cleaning was done, Mauger fetched steelyards and they weighed the lumps, slinging each with care.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z It is not simply, however, in the question of overcharges and the manipulating the steelyard that the servants’ ideas of morality differ materially from our own. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The compound lever scale on the principle of the steelyard, but arranged to be used with a platform, was invented and came into use in the United States about 1831. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The arms of the lever being different in length, it now exactly resembles the steelyards, with which articles are so frequently weighed. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z If the object were weighed in a pair of scales or by a steelyard, the counterbalancing weights would be likewise affected in the same proportion, so that the equilibrium would be undisturbed. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z One carries a prism, another a reflecting telescope, a third is weighing the sun and planets with a steelyard, a fourth is employed about a furnace, and two others are loaded with money newly coined. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The steelyard is an invention that is intended to promote honest dealing. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z One day, during our stay at Ponapé, I happened to require a pair of steelyards that lay in his cabin; on going for them he used insulting language, and dared me to enter. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z One night I was roused up from my bed for the loan of a pair of 'steelyards.' The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z And here, beyond belief, I held 'twixt my naked finger and thumb the steelyard by which my uncle's fate should be weighed, who had crossed me at every turn. Idonia: A Romance of Old London I furnished him with the means of preserving his goods from the rain, supplied him with steelyards, and every article necessary for the trade on that coast. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... The cook would no more dream of going out to market without his steelyard than he would think of going without his fan in the dog days. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Keeping one eye on the pistol I went in and took the steelyards. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The eye which measured distances with precision intrusts this work to the chain; the steelyard saves me the trouble of measuring weights by the hand. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts “Of course we should have to use cloth for Justice’s eye bandages, and her steelyards I believe Ury and I could trim out, though they might not weigh jest right to the notch.” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife You can figure up how much a cheese that tips the steelyard at twenty pounds and three ounces will come to at three pence ha’penny per pound. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance When he goes to market he always carries with him his steelyard, and every purchase that is made is weighed with it. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z At every corner and in every side street, men sold it out of huge baskets, by the five, and ten, and twenty pounds, weighing it out with the ancient steelyard balance. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome The scales and steelyard which we have given are said to have been found at the same time. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Yes, it weighed but little by the steelyards, but it shaddered lovely Central Park, the most beautiful park in the world, and the hull universe for me. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife The captain rummaged in his saddle-bags and brought out a small pair of steelyards. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades The consequence is that every man that can possibly afford it carries his own steelyard, in order to check the tradesmen who might be inclined to give them short measure. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z As a necessary caution it should be observed that the small balancing weight of the steelyard should not become a point causing divided interest. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures On the beam of the steelyard are Roman numerals from X. to XXXX.; a V was placed for division between each X.; smaller divisions are also marked. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life To tell the truth, it was a delicate job, for the steelyard was a clumsy instrument, though, like the sceptical guard’s language, the best we had. Diversions in Sicily Then, one day, some interfering Tongan visitor examined the pea and declared that it had been taken from a steelyard designed to weigh up to 400 lbs. The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 Lying beside the pork is a large chopper, with which he cuts off the pieces that his customers may desire, and a steelyard for weighing his sales. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Let the student when in doubt weight out his picture in the balances mindful that the principle of the steelyards covers the items in the depth as well as across the breadth of the picture. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures The steelyard found was also furnished with chains and hooks, and with numbers up to XXX. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He understood the doctrine of the centre of gravity, and applied it to the investigation of balances and steelyards. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 There were several pairs of steelyards in the room, too, which were very much like the steelyards of the present day, only they were made of a more ornamental form. Rollo in Naples The Chinese are adepts in manipulating the steelyard, so as to make it weigh heavier or lighter according as they desire. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The sketch from Claude Lorraine, out of the “Book of Truth,” shows a great left angle composition of line not very satisfactory, owing to its lack of weight for the long arm of the steelyard. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures Here a wide entrance admits us into an ample chamber, where many scales were found, and among them a steelyard, statera, much resembling those now in use, but more richly and tastefully ornamented. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The Westphal balance is constructed on the principle of the common steelyard. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 He's stiff as steelyards, and short as pie-crust since he got in office. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm There the capture was hung upon one of the hooks of the steelyard. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai Balance constructed over this line will bring the worker to as unified a result as the use of the steelyard on the central vertical line. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures He'll toss the steelyards, and weigh it right down, And swear it's just right if it lacks forty pounds,— And it's hard, hard times. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads The discovery of the method of testing weights by steelyards and balances saves us from fraud, by introducing honest practices into life. The Ten Books on Architecture She was quite pale with trepidation when Jonas and she adjusted the turkey in the steelyards. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know There are diagrams of furnaces, of machinery for raising sunken ships, and of the common steelyard. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study On the principle of the steelyard, the farther from the centre and more isolated an object is, the greater its weight or attraction. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures In the early part of "the steelyard and arithmetical war," as Cooper phrased it, which has raged with extreme violence ever since the peace of Ghent, James bore a gallant and conspicuous part. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters This may be seen from the balances that we call steelyards. The Ten Books on Architecture "She don't weigh quite so much as I expected," said Uncle Kittredge, as he suspended the turkey on the hook of the old steelyards. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Another method which might be used with even true steelyards consisted in giving the counterpoise arm a downward tilt, after the abak� fiber had been loaded on the other arm. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir A study of the postulates together with the principle of the steelyard and the knowledge of picture balance will clear any apprehension of conflict. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures Mr. Jeffson put that on the steelyard principle: the long beam here, the big weight of being in the minority there. Tales of the Chesapeake He heaped it recklessly on some paper, and laid it on the steelyards. Pembroke A Novel Mr. Jeff'son put that on the steelyard principle: the long beam here, the big weight of being in the minority there. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 With a complacent feeling he stood waiting his turn as the great baskets, one after another, were swung on the steelyard and the weights announced. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Moreover, that your highness may see how scrupulous these people are in their dealings, I send your highness a pair of balances and one of their steelyards. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Must it furnish weights and scales and steelyards? The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style But, presently they pulled out the drawer, when they saw, in a small wicker basket, several pieces of silver, and a steelyard. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books By-and-by he seized the lamp and conducted me outside, where hung ponderous ornamental steelyards, on which in the old days the peltries were weighed. The Forest By the position of the weight or pea on the steelyard she knew that it was put somewhere near the sixty notch. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 It is a good plan to know the weight of your preserving kettle, as you can then weigh the fruit in it, with a pair of steelyards. Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers He bethought himself of a spring steelyard, and with the joy of successful invention, wakened. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 Then raising the steelyard, "Which is the one tael mark?" she asked. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books I knew the size and strength of his mind, jest as well as if I had took it out of his head, and weighed it on the steelyards. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician He wishes that Dantzig were at the Moluccas, and had rather be certain of some foreign invasion than of the setting up of the steelyard. Character Writings of the 17th Century Weighed, not by the steelyard of general principle, but by the delicate chemical balance of special detail, they were not found wanting. Without Prejudice These scales are made on the pattern of the old time steelyards but from slender rods of wood or bamboo provided with a scale and sliding poise, the suspensions all being made with strings. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan She Yüeh, upon hearing this, dropped the steelyard, and selected a piece, which she weighed in her hand. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Saying this, he hung a codfish to the hook of his steelyards, and finding seven pounds marked, said thirty cents would cover the cost, that being a cent and a half more off. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter One night I was roused up from my bed for the loan of a pair of "steelyards." Roughing It in the Bush Upon a steelyard, or spring-balance, dependent upon mere tension or flexibility, the attraction will have no influence. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space "Shall you weigh me the coffee with my steelyard?" he asked, in a quavering voice that confirmed the professor's suspicions. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space "Because I think, perhaps—I am not quite sure—perhaps the steelyard is not quite correct." Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space And having bid him hang another cod to his steelyards, he drew from his stock a small tin strainer, with which he offered to make a square exchange for the fish. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter "We have only come to know whether you can lend us a steelyard." Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space Consider, it is the only steelyard in all this new world of ours; it is worth more, much more. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space So far from showing any symptom of relief, the old miser exclaimed, with a stare of astonishment, as if he had been asked for some thousand francs: "A steelyard?" Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space "Well, then," said Servadac, "if you do not like to lend us your steelyard, do you object to sell it to us?" Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space "I have myself had something to do with politics," moodily muttered the swine driver, relieving his shoulder of the steelyards. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter Come, Hakkabut, I see that you are not disposed either to lend or to sell your steelyard. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space The Jew fetched his steelyard, and a packet of the tobacco was suspended to it. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space Hardly a minute elapsed before the Jew was back again, carrying his precious steelyard with ostentatious care. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space The professor took the cube, and, on attaching it to the hook of the steelyard, found that its apparent weight was one kilogramme and four hundred and thirty grammes. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space Why, they will weigh it with my steelyard, of course. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space The steelyard was then produced; a tray was suspended to the hook, and upon this coffee was thrown until the needle registered the weight of one pound. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space And, moaning and groaning, the miserable man was driven to make up the full weight as registered by his own steelyard. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space That deceitful steelyard had been the mainspring of his fortune. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space |
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