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Only the arc lengths of transcendental curves such as the cycloid and the logarithmic spiral had been calculated before this.
For hardwoods, such as flooring, siding and rafters, use spiral threaded nails that turn as they are driven into the wood.
So points on the spiral are 1.618 times as far from the centre after a quarter-turn.
Less than 30 seconds later, Maready was treading water as she watched the red beacon light of her tail rudder spiral deeper into the dark abyss.
The male reproductive system contains four pairs of accessory glands, the most prominent of which are the tightly coiled spiral accessory glands.
Much grandiose painting business is imposed on top of a large blue spiral enclosing washy green transparencies.
No guides accompanied us as we descended down a spiral staircase and into the past of Dubai.
A spiral staircase gives access to the attic room, while outside, the paved back garden has a water feature and patio area.
But her young life was cut short after she became caught in a spiral of drug addiction.
They produce quantities of small adornments of hammered sheet gold, including spiral ear and twisted nose ornaments.
The finished apartments will have exposed original timber beams, oak flooring, glazed balconies and spiral staircases.
Are we simply caught in a spiral here that will be destructive of our interests while, obviously, significantly advantaging theirs?
The water level has receded to expose the entire site, leaving the work as a low white spiral mound embedded in blindingly white salt flats.
Kids will love the medieval keep, with its spiral staircases, and dim lighting.
I could see how Andy was on a downward spiral and I think the rejection from us helped kick-start his career.
Paul eventually dragged me away from the dark spiral of regret and recollection plying me with heavy doses of bourbon.
What transpires is a downward spiral of shame and recriminations culminating in Veena being shunned by her family and turned out of the house.
Melinda, a mother-of-three, knows first-hand how emotions can spiral out of control after giving birth.
Butternut-squash soup, a bistro staple, benefits from freshly ground nutmeg and allspice and a spiral of pumpkinseed oil.
The galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy.
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Examples from Classical Literature
In the centre of a spiral nebula is seen a mass both more luminous and more resolvable than the rest.
The spiral nebula is evidently the standard type, and the condensing nebula must conform to it.
If we accept this theory, the origin of the spiral nebula becomes intelligible.
In any case, we have here a good suggestion of the origin of the spiral nebula and of its further development.
Around and around they would whirl in a spiral nebula, till one got a head start on a race for home and mother.
The hypothesis, therefore, that our universe is a spiral nebula has much to be said for it.
It is even suggested that the spiral nebula 162 originated by disruption of one star by a swift-moving passing star.
By this characteristic we recognize what geometricians have named the logarithmic spiral.
The spiral staircase leading to this is cut in the thickness of a pilaster.
The spiral wings of the transverse girdle of about the same breadth as the eight internal gates between them and the axial beams.
On the east side was the door by which the spiral staircase in the interior was reached.
The spiral wings of the transverse girdle about half as broad as the eight internal gates between them and the axial beams.
The plunger is loaded with a spiral spring, and has a ball valve, as shown.
And with that she began to climb the spiral staircase in the corner of the room.
It will be noted that all the specimens figured as examples, save one, are spiral, the coils revolving about an imaginary axis.
The whorls of spiral univalves generally take an oblique direction in reference to the imaginary axis of the shell.
Tracheae are developed which are dendriform and with spiral thickening of their lining.
A spiral of green symbols began to circle the stele, then a spiral of yellow.
This spiral is caused by the bine of honeysuckle or woodbine, and in some cases by wild hops.
This means of course that the spiral has been cut by a plane parallel to the tangent plane.
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