Franklin, who several times made this experiment, thinks that he has heard it at a greater distancethan a mile.
And not a little may be conveyed from the woody coasts, though they lie at a greater distance.
On the following morning, nearly at the same hour, we again heard the sound; but it now came from a greater distance, and consequently was not so clear.
St. John's is situated on the East Terrace at a greater distance, but it has a commanding view of the Mount Lofty Range, and the intervening plains.
The ranges were at a greater distance than I had imagined, but were of trifling elevation, and on arriving at them I found that the horizon to the westward was still closed from my view, by rising ground that intervened.
Nevertheless, although we could not find any water, the country improved.
The extent of the market, by giving employment to greater stocks, diminishes apparent profit; but by requiring supplies from a greater distance, it increases prime cost.
The fish must generally be sought for at a greater distance, larger vessels must be employed, and more expensive machinery of every kind made use of.
Dexterously electrify one set, and its ball will repel each other to a greater distance, enlarging the triangles.
Give it more fire, and it will give a spark at a greater distance.
It is unfortunate that in the desert island the soil was not more ungrateful, the spring at a greater distance, the day shorter.
So true is this, that if the well is brought nearer, or removed to a greater distance, the Utility of the water remains the same, but its value is diminished or increased.
These helps appear to be threefold, either to enable it to perceive objects not naturally seen, or to see them from a greater distance, or to see them more accurately and distinctly.
It is easily distinguished at a greater distance than forty leagues, and as it is nearly in the meridian of the opening of the Lake of Maracaybo, navigators are guided by it as by a light-house.
The sound, indeed, seemed to come in a different direction, and from a greater distance.
According to his own observations in his voyage to Paria, and the reports of other navigators, who had pursued the same route to a greater distance, it appeared that the coast of Terra Firma stretched far to the west.
Subsequent discoveries, instead of refuting this error, only placed the junction of the continents at a greater distance.
Further off, not so near; apart by a greater distance.
Defn: To a greater distance; in addition; moreover.
Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
At or to a greater distance; more renotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.
The case of short-sighted persons arises from too great a convexity of the eye, which makes a very near focus; and that of old people is a flattening of the eye, by which the focus is thrown to a greater distance.
Dexterously electrify one set, and its balls will repel each other to a greater distance, enlarging the triangles.
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