The third, fourth and fifth years are indicated by the replacement of the temporary nippers, dividers and corners in the horse, and the first and second dividers and corner teeth in ruminants.
At this period in the animal's age, the nippers have been in wear two years, the dividers one year, and the corners are beginning to show wear.
The dividers are becoming round and the corner teeth are oval.
The nippers show oval table surfaces and the dividers are beginning to take on this shape.
The tables of the nippers and dividers are triangular.
The nippers and dividers are oval in shape, and the cups have become decidedly narrow.
The shifting of the cups toward the posterior portion of the tables of the nippers and dividers is noticeable.
With one leg of our dividers set at A we sweep the arc l so it passes through the point z.
From A as a center and with our dividers set at 5", we sweep the arc f.
To define the face of the incline to the teeth we set our dividers to the radius of any of the convenient arcs of sixty degrees which we have provided, and sweep the arc t t.
To delineate our cylinder in the position we have assumed above, we take the space between the points e d in our dividersand setting one leg at d establish the point g, to represent the center of our cylinder.
With our dividers set to the radius of any convenient arc which we have divided into degrees, we sweep the short arc d'.
To lay out the entrance pallet, the dividers are set to five inches, and from g as a center the short arc o o is swept.
To determine this we sweep, with our dividers set so one leg rests at the escape-wheel center A and the other at the outer angle t of the entrance pallet, the short arc t' w.
With a pair of dividersfind the center of both the top and the bottom of the vase.
Take this height in the dividers and, sliding one of the compass legs along the glass, gently scratch the plaster vase with the other or upper point.
The great dividers used by the shipbuilder and architect for scribing and measuring timbers not only indicate building techniques (accession 61.
Intended to establish proportion and to insure precision, it seems a natural consequence that dividers and calipers should in themselves reflect the same sense of balance and grace that they were designed to govern.
The two pairs of cabinetmaker's dividers illustrated in figures 15 and 16 suggest significant changes in the design of a basic tool.
The dividers of the builder or shipwright illustrated here are of French origin and may be valued as much for their cultural significance as for their technical importance.
In character, they are like the great dividers shown in figure 13: functional, but at the same time preserving in their decoration the features common to a wide variety of ironwork and wares beyond the realm of tools alone.
The dividers pictured in figure 16 are a decided contrast.
The dividers shown in figure 15 are English and would seem to be of early 18th-century origin, perhaps even earlier.
The latitude and longitude of a point are taken from the chart by reversing this process, or with the dividers only.
This groove I impressed into the wood by repeatedly turning the dividers around the circumference.
It is often very convenient to be able to set one leg of a pair of dividers to be longer than the other, for which purpose a socket B, Fig.
The two boards composing the top when removed from clamps should be dressed flat on both sides, tested with a straight edge, and circle laid out with steel dividers set at a radius of twelve inches.
The horse was placed on the bench, and a pair ofdividers set as shown at e.
Take the dividers to the latitude scale at the side of the chart and put one point of them on the same parallel.
Say distance is 1600 miles measured by dividers or secured by Mercator Sailing Method.
The shortage, for instance, of a pair of dividers would be an unending annoyance to you.
It is just as accurate, too, if you lay the distances off carefully with the dividers and parallel rulers.
The bands are measured out by means of thedividers if they do not already show as raised bands.
The position of the bands is carefully measured with the dividers and marked with pencil and straight-edge and the strips are then glued on in their places.
The width of the back from first to last sheet is carefully measured by laying across it a strip of paper, the dividers are adjusted to the measure, and this is transferred to the wrapping paper.
Should this, however, not be sufficient, the back must be knocked firm from time to time with the dividers or a rule.
According to the measurement marked by the dividers at top and bottom, a rule is laid from a to a, and along this a sharp line is drawn with the folder, and the lappets projecting underneath the rule are bent upwards.
It is impossible to mark out the whole of the title with the dividers unless a specimen copy is at hand from which the spaces can be measured.
This binding is done by marking with the dividers a border about 1-1/2 cm.
The end paper is cut off at head and tail of the book, the book opened, the end paper laid over the board, and with the dividers is marked out on the paste-down parallel with the edges, somewhat less than the book.
A line around a cover is marked out correctly withdividers and folder, picked out with size, and printed in gold in the same way.
This forms the starting point for stepping off the six points (C) in the circle, using the dividers without resetting, after you have made the circle.
To lay out the cut with an ordinary bevel necessitates the use of dividers and a second handling of the bevel, making three operations.
The dividers are used not only for scribing circles, but also for stepping and dividing spaces equally.
Unless the utmost care is observed, the spaces will be unequal, for the reason that the point of the dividers will sink more deeply into the wood at some places than at others, due to the uneven texture of the wood grain.
With the dividers find a point (C) exactly midway, and draw a cross line (D).
You may then insert one point of the dividers at the initial mark (B), and describe a small arc (C).
The difference between compass and dividers is that compasses have adjustable pen or pencil points, whereas dividersare without adjustable points.
Then move the dividers over to the intersection of the arc (C) on the line, and make the next mark, and so on.
He retired to the laboratory and presently returned with a T-square, a military protractor, a pair of dividers and a large drawing-board on which was pinned a sheet of cartridge paper.
Thorndyke measured with the dividers the distance between the starting and arriving points of the route and took it off from the scale.
He made the two measurements carefully, and, as the point of the dividers came down almost precisely in the correct place on the diagram, he looked up at me.
With the dividers set at a radius of 4-1/2", strike a circle very lightly on the opposite end of the runners, so that it will be just tangent to the edges and end of the board.
Set the dividers with a 3" radius and strike an arc just touching the end and two sides of the board.
The dividers are set with a 4-1/2" radius and an arc is struck to touch the end and two sides of the board.
The curved ends are struck with the dividers in the same way as in the preceding problem.
One end of each leg is rounded by setting the dividers at 9/16" and cutting to the line and cutting the opposite ends at an angle, as shown in the drawing.
In order to be accurate a line should be drawn along each piece of metal, and the dividers should step off the marks on that line.
Then, let the other point of your dividersrest upon that extremity of Lake Oukereoue.
Now, take one of the points of these dividers and let it rest upon that place beyond which the most daring explorers have scarcely gone.
Then with the ever present dividers in hand the space so lined out may be "touched off" until the necessary divisions to accommodate the letters desired in the line are spaced.
The compass and dividers are not advised as aids to be constantly relied upon.
Abrupt curves should be avoided and the exact lines of the dividers discarded.
By taking the distance off with a pair of dividers and applying the dividers thus set to the graphical scale, the distance is read.
Should the center of the stock be cut away, rendering this method impossible, the following method may be used: Set the compass or dividers to the exact diameter wanted.
Set the compass or dividers to one-half the diameter of the circle wanted.
The motion of the two pallets being equal, we transfer the distance e c with the dividers from j and obtain the point l.
Placing our dividers on A B the center distance of 'scape wheel and pallets, we plant them on A and construct c c; thus we will have the acting length of fork and its path.
Dividers to prick out the guiding-lines of the text.
Next, the scribe, with a pair of dividers or compasses, pricked out at even distances the number of lines which were to be ruled to serve as a guide in writing the text.
To draw the design for the plaque, with a strong pair of carpenter’s dividers describe a circle whose diameter shall be sixteen and one-half inches, and within this draw a second circle, with a diameter of fifteen inches.
Strike off with the dividers a quarter circle in each corner, to give it a slightly oval effect, and draw a line around the salver parallel to the intended edge, and one and three-fourths inches from it.
One of the common substitutes for dividers is a loop of string or thread passed around the pencil-point, and a pin inserted in the center of the proposed circle.
In the center, with a strong pair of carpenter’s dividers describe a circle, whose diameter shall be half an inch shorter than that of the plaque.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dividers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: buffer; compass; gauge; lathe; tool
