This sphere as we have seen earlier, revolved slowly from west to east to account for the precession of the equinoxes, while a ninth sphere, the primum mobile, imparted to all the inner spheres their diurnal motion from east to west.
The deferent of each planet was supposed to be traced as a great circle upon a transparent separate crystal sphere; and all of the crystal spheres revolved once a day around an axis passing through the poles of the heavens.
While he revolved these doubts within his mind, A huge wave hurled him toward the rugged coast.
Now, as he revolved the meeting in his mind, he found that it was not in the least degree a surprise.
Meanwhile the question of the banquet revolved itself continually in his mind.
Afterwards Boris recalled this and other curious sayings of his companions, and revolvedthem in his mind as he lay at the Tsar's door at night.
During that moment he revolved in his mind whether or not he should take up that squat little Dutch skipper in his great arms and throw him overboard; but better impulses prevailed.
The earth had been torn from its moorings and sent revolving through space, but it revolved round a central stationary sun.
Naturally, therefore, it became a point of some interest with us, whose journeys revolved every six weeks on an average, to look a little into the executive details of the system.
The conversation with Miss Paul revolved first about our fight for the right of political prisoners, Miss Paul outlining the wisdom and justice of this demand.
This preliminary skirmish over, the opening discussion revolved about a point of law as to whether the Virginia District Court had authority to act in this case.
They revolved with great rapidity, being driven by the accumulated force of a thousand magnic batteries, composed of dry metallic cells, especially designed for aerial navigation.
So saying, he leaped from the yard and revolved in the air at least twenty times before alighting on the deck.
Again, they revolved in a circle faces downward, with arms and hands stretched in an attitude of worship, forming for the goddess a wreath of souls.
It was a cardinal point in their cosmogony that the heavens formed a crystal vault, which revolved round an exceedingly high mountain as an axis, and the ziggurats were miniature representations of this sacred mountain of the gods.
The events of her life had been so strange and rapid during the last few days that, even amid her woe, she revolved in her mind their startling import.
It consists of a series of chalk cylinders mounted on a shaft revolved by hand.
It consisted of two dials mounted separately, each revolved by an electromagnet, so that the desired figures were brought to an aperture in the case enclosing the apparatus, as in the Laws system.
A chalk cylinder moistened with a chemical solution was revolved by hand or a small motor.
So, then, she revolved theories, questioned, argued, doubted with herself.
In his solitary chamber Cowen ruminated his loss and the villany of mankind, and his busy brain revolved scheme after scheme to repair the impending ruin of his son's prospects.
He realized that these features of Venus could be explained only if Venus revolved around the sun, rather than around the earth.
The general public was so persuaded by the arguments that the earth revolved around the sun that Papal authority felt threatened.
But church doctrine that the sun revolved around the earth was supported by the Biblical story of God making the sun stand still to give additional sunlight on a certain day so a certain task could be completed that day.
Two months ago, in a vault more obscure than the one I now inhabited, I had revolved the design of quietly laying me down to die; now I shuddered at the approach of fate.
Alfred's serious air shewed that he still revolved the tragic story related by the Italian boy.
He, or at least his disciples, taught that the earth revolved on its axis, (though Philolaus taught that its revolutions were not round its axis but round the central fire).
You are asking me, he replied, about a matter on which I have often deliberated and frequently revolved in my mind.
It hung there motionless, and plainly many a year had passed since it had revolved upon its ponderous axle.
Yes, there revolvedthe great black wheel heavily upon its axle, churning the headlong torrent into foam, and hurling the white froth from its rigid rims.
Between the two lives much had been done by Copernicus, who taught that the earth was not the centre of the universe, and that it revolved on its axis from west to east.
Despite that, her mindrevolved wild and intermittent ideas as to the risk of letting Neale see and recognize her there.
Over and over in his mind revolved the several possibilities that awaited him at the cut, and every rod of the distance now added to his worry.
The Revolution rolled to the bottom of the wheel Governor Gage of Massachusetts, and Governor Tryon of North Carolina, and Governor Dunmore of Virginia; and up to the top revolved Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.
Captain Wass revolved those whirling thoughts in a brain which flamed and showed its fires through the skipper's wide-propped eyes.
He had revolved bitter thoughts alone, struggling with a problem he could not master.
The hammers were arranged in a circle and were revolved as they hammered so that the whole surface of the heading was attacked and a circular tunnel was cut through the rock.
When the cam is revolved the lever is constrained to follow all the twists and turns of the groove.
As the cylinder was revolved the eye caught only momentary glimpses of these pictures, one after the other, producing a sense of motion.
The shaft was revolved by the engine and if the engine tended to run too fast the balls were thrown out by centrifugal action.
There are hand drills in which the tool is revolved by a set of pistons, shears for shearing sheep which operate somewhat on the principle of hair clippers, and pneumatic chisels used for chipping stone.
The gyroscope that maintained the balance of the car consisted of a couple of small wheels which revolved in a vacuum chamber at the rate of 7,000 revolutions per minute.
As the tool is revolved it cuts an annular slot in the rock leaving a central core standing.
Thus by alternately depressing and releasing the pedal, the work was intermittently revolved against a chisel which was rested on a block and guided by the workman.
The entire flyer shell could be revolved about the axis so that oblique motion with our bow and stern motors was readily possible.
Dalis bowed low to Sarka the Youngest, who darted to the onyx base in which revolved the Master Beryl, and pressed a small lever of metalized jade, set in a slot on the southern side of the base of onyx.
When he entered a drawing-room general conversation ceased, and the company revolved about him so long as he remained.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "revolved" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
