Wherever we examine the valleys of rivers, or the basins of lakes, we see the ancient shore at great distances.
We forget that the rapidity with which the undulations are propagated to great distances, even across the basin of the ocean, proves that the centre of action is very remote from the surface of the globe.
Brongniart, "to a small space, as to Europe, for example; for the same forms are met with again at great distances.
It is certain, however, that it is incapable of being freely transmitted to great distances in the air.
In close proximity to each other, trees of various kinds are found to thrive, which elsewhere are separated by great distances.
Here the superficial groovings could be traced to great distances, and beside the moraine were boulders poised on pedestals of ice through which the blue veins ran.
It is probably to the stillness of which I have spoken that we are to ascribe the transmission of sound to great distances at sea in calm weather.
It would be more difficult to reconcile the rival pretensions of scientists jealous of their independence, solicitous of what they call their fame, and who yet must work in concert, though separated by great distances.
Could there not exist in the universe some gigantic mass, much greater than that of all the known stars and whose action could make itself felt at great distances?
Only they would not see these forces become null at great distances, that is to say in proportion as the isolation was better realized; far from it; centrifugal force increases indefinitely with the distance.
This first information being acquired, I afterwards sought what became of the images of the sun when received at great distances.
One explanation of this is the assumption that only very large waves indicating a large initial disturbance are capable of travelling to great distances, and as pointed out by R.
It has been shown that all countries are very often moved by earthquakes which have originated at great distances.
On the Propagation of Earthquake Motion to great Distances," Phil.
How fully this interesting theoretical result has been confirmed is well shown in Mr. Oldham's recent and very valuable investigation on the propagation of earthquake-motion to great distances.
Even when the boundary lies on land, it traverses some districts which are thinly populated and others where the inhabitants are unobservant, and unlikely to notice the slow oscillations which were alone perceptible at great distances.
Nor must we imagine that these matters cannot be transported to great distances, because we daily see grain, and other productions of the East and West Indies, arriving on our own coasts.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great distances" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
