His voice was so smooth, his eyes so small and twinkling, that if I could have thought of anything except William's possible discoveries in the barn, I should have taken delight in measuring my wits against his egotism.
So far as they are contained in Scripture, they are inspired discoveries and unfoldings, not mere speculations and inventions.
The incarnation and the Cross express the heart of God and the secret of the universe; all discoveries in theology are but the unfolding of truth involved in these facts.
Well," says the objector, "if it were not for the marvellous, the book would be considered one of the greatest discoveries the world ever witnessed.
For many years reports had been current that the Australian Alps and the Snowy Mountains were full of gold, but it was not till after the Californian discoveries that any was found in Australia.
Not long after this another expedition sailed from Cuba, under the command of Cordova, to make further discoveries on the new continent.
Grijalva now returned with a full account of the important discoveries he had made, and with all the treasure he had acquired by trafficking with the natives.
The new governor, Davila, who was a bad and cruel man, and envious of Balboa, on account of the discoveries he had made, had long resolved to put him to death.
To appreciate properly the value of those discoveries which have enabled manufacturers to utilize this hydrocarbon, it is only necessary to recall to mind the actual quantity produced in this country.
These discoveries necessitated the manufacture of phthalic acid and resorcinol.
Of the commercial aspect of these discoveries it is of course impossible at present to form an opinion.
The further development of these discoveries has been one of the most prolific sources of new colouring-matters.
The discovery of this colouring-matter gave an impetus to further discoveries in the same direction.
Recent discoveries in Malta have made us acquainted with this enbonpoint, as an essential feature of female or other beauty in the most early times, say as far back as the Carthaginian and other ancient settlers in Malta.
Our conversation turned chiefly on the discoveries of lands and countries since the times of Christ and Mahomet.
If my pages disclose no discoveries in science, this I can only lament.
So much for the aid supplied by the Fourth Estate for the prosecution of philanthropic objects and discoveries in Africa.
I may conclude by a word on Discoveries in The Sahara.
And certainly the last thing in the imagination of the British public is the undertaking Discoveries in The Great Desert.
On the way up the hill, Alf made several interesting discoveries of plants which were quite new to him.
Scarcely, for Greenland lies far to the east'ard, and the latest discoveries made on the north of that land show that the coast turns still more decidedly east--tending to the conclusion that Greenland is an island.
Two things they owe to us, the manufacture of paper and the art of printing; yet they are not so entirely indebted to us for these discoveries but that a great part of the invention was their own.
Again, we live in a century in which excavations and discoveries in other fields have added at once to our knowledge and to our uncertainty.
These words are often quoted, and some modern authors have pressed them so far as to find even the discoveries of Columbus and the inventions of Watt and Stephenson indicated in the Law.
Since then further discoveries have been made in the same neighbourhood by Dr.
It is a time just now when fictitious literary discoveries of this sort may command a high price, and the dealer in early Americana must keep his eyes open.
Abbott's Primitive Industry, published in 1881, is a useful manual for studying this collection; and an account of his discoveries in the glacial gravels is given in Reports of the Peabody Museum, vol.
A series of observations and discoveries kept up for the last half-century seem to show that North America has been continuously inhabited by human beings since the earliest Pleistocene times, if not earlier.
Abbott in the Trenton gravels in New Jersey; and the more recent discoveries of Dr.
Abbott's discoveries as indicating "that the Indian was preceded by a people like the Eskimos, whose stone implements are found in the Trenton gravel.
Sidenote: Effect of thesediscoveries upon the theories of Ptolemy and Mela.
Since the beginning of the present century discoveries in geology have entirely altered our mental attitude toward this question.
The news of his voyage and his discoveries aroused intense excitement in Lisbon.
Both kings were more interested in making discoveries than any other European sovereigns.
The lectures here given would not be mere repetitions, second-hand knowledge but would announce for the first time to the world the new discoveries here made.
Before these discoveries it was assumed that the particles of the two metallic pieces in contact are, as it were, fused together, so that the resistance decreases.
As he had anticipated in the beginning, the lecture had proved absorbingly interesting and he was afraid Sir Jagadis's discoveries might be positively alarming when he next visited Bombay.
That mystery which lies behind the expressed, is the object of his questioning also; and he, in his scientific way, attempts to render its abstruse discoveries into human speech.
Bose spoke of some of his startling discoveries recently made.
The facilities of the Institute would be available to workers from all countries and there would be no desecration of knowledge here by its utilisation for personal gain--no patent would be taken of the discoveries here made.
They will announce to an audience of some fifteen hundred people, the new discoveries made here, which will be demonstrated for the first time before the public.
So he looked for an opportunity of giving demonstration of his discoveries before the leading Scientific Societies of the World.
The Royal Society honoured me by publishing my discoveries and offering, of their own accord, an appropriation from the special Parliamentary Grant for the advancement of knowledge.
Bose gave the following discourse on his recent discoveries relating to the question of control of nervous impulse, under the Presidency of His Excellency Lord Ronaldshay, Governor of Bengal.
The Government of India also showed their appreciation by sending him again on a Deputation for placing his discoveries before the Scientific world.
It was illustrated by lantern slides and an instructive exposition was given of some of his unique discoveries in the realm of Plant Life.
Your syrinx discoveriesseem to me of very uncommon importance.
The subject is so vast, and so many new discoveriesare daily being made, that I think we can afford to gain material by waiting.
How depressing some knowledge is, and how little philosophy betters the situation some discoveries bring about.
He talked with my mother of these discoveries in the mound, and was writing every day as the work progressed.
Not one of all their pretended discoveries of errors has stood the test of investigation.
Considerable discoveries of gold have recently been made within the limits of the Transvaal, but close to the border, and all the workers at the mines are Englishmen from the Cape Colony.
His charts were most interesting, and his own discoveries of new reefs and shoals were intelligently marked.
The Palmer River gold-diggings, and some recent discoveries of tin, which have attracted a large number of miners, are the chief sources of prosperity.
Notwithstanding 'the latestdiscoveries of political science,' the constitution was still imperfect.
A careful study of all these things enlightens him in regard to what he may expect to find and to the meaning of such discoveries as he may make.
He is an intelligent man and an ardent student, but his ideas in regard to the age of his discoveries need much revision downward.
A few of these mounds have been explored by the writer, but no discoveries were made upon which can be based a definite statement as to their probable purpose.
The splendid discoveries of Newton sprung immediately from those of Kepler, and completed the great chain of truths which constitute the laws of the planetary system.
The discoveries which this volume records form the basis of physical astronomy.
The King of Denmark seems to have felt it as a stain upon his character, that the only astronomer in his dominions should carry on his observations in distant kingdoms and adorn by his discoveries other courts than his own.
These discoveries were ill received by the followers of Aristotle.
But though it was emblazoned with achievements of transcendent magnitude, yet his noblest discoveries were the derision of his contemporaries, and were even denounced as crimes which merited the vengeance of Heaven.
The reception which these discoveriesmet with from Kepler is highly interesting, and characteristic of the genius of that great man.
The King of France wrote him a letter, thanking him for his useful discoveries in electricity, and for his invention of the lightning-rod.
Thousands of comforts which we now enjoy through the discoveries of science were then unthought of; or if thought of, they were deemed to be impossible.
In his time no very great discoveries had yet been made.
They were several times boldly interrogated and interesting discoveriesarrived at.
In 1815 he received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society for one of his discoveries in optical science; and soon after was admitted a Fellow of that body.
Imagine, however, the purest and most solemn of the discoveries of science, and compare it with the Christmas festival which the Swedish peasant will celebrate in a few days, and tell me which contributes to true emotion, to the moral good.
Intellectual property would be seriously guaranteed, and would enrich the men of genius, whose inventions and discoveries are now profitable, not to the authors, but to the capitalists who take advantage of them.
Brewster received from the Royal Society the Rumford gold and silver medals, for his discoverieson the Polarization of Light.
Whenever children go afield in bird country, they are constantly on the alert for fresh discoveries and surprises in bird architecture.
From a miniature engraved in "The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator," by H.
Afterwards come Mendana, Torrès, and Quiros, upon whose deeds we shall pause a little, on account of the importance and authenticity of the discoveries which we owe to them.
We will, therefore, advisedly leave this aspect of his undertaking, not the least brilliant, in order simply to occupy ourselves with the discoveries which he effected in the interior of the continent.
To Frobisher is due, in one word, the glory of having shown the route to his countrymen, and of having made the first discoveries in the localities where the English name was destined to render itself illustrious.
It does not appear that Tasman carried out this programme, but the loss of his journals causes complete uncertainty as to the route which he followed, and the discoveries which he may have made.
It was at the entry of Davis' Strait, that their discoveries came to an end for this year.
This narrative will comprehend not only all the explorations made in past ages, but also all the newdiscoveries which have of late years so greatly interested the scientific world.
The great discoveries made in astronomy were about to be applied to geography.
Since we are speaking of the Dutch, we shall put the chronological order of discoveries a little on one side, that we may relate as well as those of Mendana and Quiros, the expeditions of Jan Abel Tasman.
The three great asserted discoveries of Hahnemann are entirely unconnected with and independent of each other.
On all discoveriesthere are persons who, without descending to any inquiry into the truth, pretend to know, as it were by intuition, that newly asserted facts are founded in the grossest errors.
Some of them involve the microscopic discoveries of which I have been speaking, some belong to the domain of chemistry, and some have relations with other departments of physical science.
In the early discoveriesand settlements the Kelt was ever in the van of the pioneers of Western civilization; he explored rivers, bays, and forests, while the Anglo-Saxon scarce tread on American soil until the close of the sixteenth century.
The Anglo-Saxons, then, were not so forward in explorations and discoveries as their neighbors, the Celts and Latins.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "discoveries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
