Le Clede and his party appreciated the value of its position as early as 1764, and named it in honour of Louis the Fifteenth.
A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
A coat of shell-lac was also attached to that side of the carrier ball which was to be towards the cube, being also that side which was furthest from the repelled ball in the electrometer when placed in its position in that instrument.
It would bear torsion through four revolutions or 1440°, and yet, when released, return accurately to its position; probably it would have borne considerably more than this without injury.
Accordingly, its position in the LXX, Theodotion, Vulgate, and other versions, is immediately after the 23rd verse of Daniel iii.
This is its position also in the Old Latin, and in the Arabic versions (Ball, p.
In other words, its position in the Long Count will be unknown.
The period glyph shows no essential element recognizable as such, and its identification as the katun sign therefore rests on its position, immediately following the cycle sign.
This destroyed the possibility of numeration by position,[62] according to the Maya point of view, and consequently some sign was necessary which should stand for 20 regardless of its position or relation to others.
The order for an alteration of its position, by moving it towards the opposite side of the ship; that is, from port to starboard, or vice versâ.
Its position at a given time, independent of aberration and nutation.
The jaw forms a semicircle, and is secured in its position by a jaw-rope passing round the mast; on it are strung several small wooden balls called trucks, to lessen the friction on the mast when the sail is hoisting or lowering.
An arc of a circle of longitude between the centre of that object and the ecliptic, and is north or south according to its position.
Its position is not in a very imposing locality, and the roads to it are bad and irregular.
Its position is prominent; but its associations, like those of the generality of sacred edifices, has a special bearing upon the world we live in.
This hernial sac, 6 e, will vary as to its position in regard to the tunica vaginalis, 6 d, according to the place whereat it dilates the peritonaeum at the ring.
When it does occur in this sex, its position, investments, and course through the inguinal canal, where it accompanies the round ligament of the uterus, are the same as in the male.
Its position in regard to the epigastric and spermatic vessels is the same as that mentioned above.
Its position varies in respect to the internal hernia, (op.
Its position in regard to the spermatic vessels is the same as that noticed in Fig, 1, Plate 41.
The epithet "high," given by Ovid to its position, seems to be in accordance with the raised basement.
The pig was also sacred to Nebo, so its position on the cards is fraught with meaning.
The same card signifies, under other circumstances, past or future events according to its position.
The meanings are manifold, for the letter Tzaddi (although its hieroglyphic idea is similar to that of Teth on the ninth card) has different significances, according to its position in a word.
First, then, the direct meaning of each card must be remembered, and then its significance when it is reversed; thirdly, its value owing to its position on the table and when in contact with other cards must be known.
It was constrained to this by the political necessities of its position.
Our devout admiration of the power and wisdom of God should be excited by the spectacle of this vast crystalline brittle expanse, which has been safely set in its position without so much as a crack or any other injury.
Scientific view: the earth a globe; its size determined; its position in and relations to the solar system.
Through some misunderstanding in giving or interpreting this order, General Wood withdrew his division from its position on the right of Brannan.
The Federal right and center had been forced back at right angles to the position they had held when day dawned; and the Confederate left was swung around at right angles to its position of the morning.
The Third Corps was alone in its position in advance of the Federal line.
When it expresses the common knowledge and sense of the age, or of a large majority of Catholics, its position is impregnable.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "its position" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
