In it we recognise the ordinary form of a crater, for which we have been prepared by the occurrence of scoriae scattered over the surface of the soil.
Such breccias may have been partly the result of the subaerial waste of an old land-surface which gradually sank down and suffered littoral denudation in proportion as it became submerged.
Now, as he rowed in through the still, turquoise waters, only lightsurface ripples lapped against his Switlik.
When the eye of Reason opens, to outline and surface are at once added, grace and expression.
Directly we scratch the surfaceand look for the beginning of applied arts, the lead takes us inevitably to the oldest civilisation.
The surface smooth, free from lumps or ridges, strong with the even strength of well-matched threads, this is the beauty that characterises the best work this side of the Fifteenth Century.
I did not see any other indication of salt, which has been reported as found on the surface of the ground, until very near the sea.
Among the limestone on the surface we saw many masses of silex, much of it of a variegated and fine kind, which had the appearance of the coarser kinds of agate.
The wholesurface of this part of the plain was very destitute of vegetation.
These pass off from the river, and from these, smaller channels pass in various directions, so as to divide much of the surface into lots or small fields.
The depth of the fountain below the surface of the ground does not allow the water to flow off.
There are extensive beds of rock in this part of the plain, and in many places its upper surface is six, eight, and ten feet above the level of the soil.
In a few places the date and the acacia trees are seen, but a large part of the surface has almost nothing on it.
It has very little rock on the surfaceexcept near the north end--much less than Lebanon, and appears favourable for cultivation.
Although it was near the month of May, the nascent germs scarcely as yet coloured the surface of the soil.
You see it first skimming the surface of the valleys and the low hills; then it condenses, and oscillates about somewhat above the surface, becoming, by degrees, so thick that it obscures the light of day.
Each of us presented his cup, which was filled with a bumper of tea, on the surface of which floated a thick coat of butter: the tea was of the best quality.
The Deluge was not universal in the sense that the waters covered the whole surface of the entire globe.
The soil was poor and sandy, and the straggling blades of grass which found their way to the surface were brown and withered.
Here the lowest branches were on a level with the surface of the water, and many of them were putting forth beautiful flowers.
On reaching the surface after his leap he dashed the water from his eyes and looked with intense earnestness in the direction of the projecting rock towards which he was hurried.
The pond was indeed swarming with these ferocious reptiles, which were constantly thrusting their ugly snouts above the surface and then disappearing with a flourish of their powerful tails.
The surface of the country is beautiful and varied.
When Bob Croaker's head rose to the surface there was no motion in the features, and the eyes were closed.
Across the surface of the world, at this same instant, out upon the same hunt, seeking the same answer to their mystery, were millions of our fellows.
The ditch to our right, as far as I could see, was lined with soldiers, hidden by the hedge behind them, their rifles just pointing on to the white surface of the land.
In the early days when inferior materials were used for sculpture, colour was applied to them to conceal the poverty of the stone and to produce a more pleasing surface than that offered by the rough material at the artist’s disposal.
In addition to these borders we frequently find a chequer pattern covering the whole surface of a garment.
Moreover, in some cases these parallel wavy lines appear on the skirt as well, and cover the whole surface with the exception of the mass of folds hanging down the middle of the front.
This has not only geometric and floral designs as borders, but the whole surface is covered with fantastic dancing figures of human and hybrid forms.
The snow on top would be frozen CO2; according to the thermocouples, the surface temperature was well below minus-100 Centigrade.
The planet's in the middle of a glaciation, the land surface down to the fiftieth parallel is iced over solid.
None of the surface features, not even the major mountain ranges or rivers, were yet distinguishable, but Harkaman and Sharll Renner and Alvyn Karffard and the other old hands seemed to recognize it.
I noticed that, except for the rough patches on the water which caught the wind, the surface was comparatively smooth, and there was no sign of a current.
At first my clothes and fleeced-lined flying boots held the air and supported me, so that I lay on the surface of the water as if bathing in the Dead Sea, feeling very ridiculous.
A small quantity of slime taken from the surface of a stone near the bottom of an old well, or on the seaside, when placed under the microscope, will sometimes be found to contain large numbers of small, round, living bodies.
Only occasionally do cases come near enough to the surface to be dimly discernible; hence the evident inefficiency of any civil legislation.
If one may judge from the facts which now and then come to the surface in society, it would appear that the opportunity for sensual gratification had come to be, in the world at large, the chief attraction between the sexes.
Sometimes the ovum becomes fecundated before reaching the uterus, and, instead of passing onward into that organ as usual, remains in its position in the Fallopian tube or even on the surface of the ovary.
The fold of integument called the prepuce, which has been previously described, has upon its inner surface a large number of glands which produce a peculiar secretion.
In some aquatic plants the flowers elevate themselves above the surface of water while the process of fecundation is effected; submerging themselves again immediately afterward.
In each of the cells there is a bean projecting a little above the surface of the seed-vessel, which usually contains about thirty of these beans or seeds.
After an article is taken from the jigger or jolly it is dried and carried to the turning-lathe to have its surface smoothed and finished.
After such a piece has been dried to a leather hardness the turner takes it in its crude and uncompleted state and by running his lathe over it planes down the surface to a smooth, even thickness.
There stretched the tiny sheet of water, a gem of flashing blue whose calm surface mirrored the pines and delicate birches bordering its margin.
We must first apply to the space we wish to color a peculiar kind of oil, and afterward dust over this moistened surface a finely ground metallic color.
The famous François vase at Florence is a marvelous example of this sixth century workmanship; every inch of its closely adorned surface is covered with carefully drawn figures in black, white, and purple.
The jolly, on the other hand, is used for making such things as covers, the top surface of which has already been moulded.
The unique feature it possessed was not so much its orange-skin surface as the surprising method by which it was glazed.
He led the way to an ingenious machine which by means of compressed air was spraying a fine jet of color over the surface of a porcelain plate.
To the surface of the porcelain they fastened a tiny metal outline of the design and afterward filled in the spaces between it with colored enamels.
None of this clay work was glazed, of course, for at that time men had not yet discovered that they could put a glaze over the surface of objects and thus protect them and render them water-tight.
These are buds which certain shrubs and trees produce anywhere on the surface of the wood, especially where it has been injured.
The presentation by most leaves of their upper surface to the light, from whatever direction that may come, is an instance; for when turned upside down they twist or bend round on the stalk to recover this normal position.
Outgrowths, growths from thesurface of a leaf, petal, &c.
Inspection shows that each leaf was formed as if folded together lengthwise, so that what would be the upper surface is within, and all grown together, except next the bottom, where each leaf covers the next younger one.
Cotton fibres are long and simple cells growing from the surface of the seed.
Magnified view of surface of a bit of young Maple wood from which the bark has been torn away, showing the wood-cells and the bark-ends of medullary rays.
These pellets each form on their surface a transparent wall, like that just described.
Correspondingly, their caulicle does not lengthen to elevate them above the surfaceof the soil; the growth below the cotyledons is nearly all of root.
Bolton succeeded in securing the services of a young man who had experience at tending bar, and about eight o'clock, after donning his best attire, he hailed a Fourth Avenue surface car and got aboard.
They had now reached Fourth Avenue, and a surface car was close at hand.
Under this surface tide of events went on a steady, quiet advance of the democratic movement.
But many things had happened in two decades, below the surface current of public events, and, just on the threshold of a new era, we may glance back over these twenty years.
The throw was nearly perfect and the life preserver plopped heavily on the surface not two feet from the struggling girl.
Far off-shore, well beyond the line the Spindrift and their own boat was taking, the surface of the water appeared rippled.
His emotions lay close to the surfaceand wrote themselves on his unprepossessing exterior with an impartial touch.
Cavendish, but her words were a powerful assault on his feelings, which at all times lay close to the surface and were easily stirred.
He had trimmed the frayed skirts of, his coat; then by turning his cuffs inside out and upside down a fresh surfacemade its first public appearance.
And they would go down easily and quickly because of the fishing schooners that they would take for friends, and so let themselves down to the surface of the sea as soon as they could.
We soon came up to the surface in one, with eyes turned instinctively on the other.
And here I would remark in parenthesis, that trivial surface insincerities, such as we have had glimpses of in his dealings, do not affect such a great organic sincerity as I am speaking of.
Forty pairs of eyes eagerly scanned the surface of the ocean, and in a few minutes there came a cheering cry from aloft.
The sea was as smooth as a lake, and only the faintest air was ruffling the surface of the water.
About 10 o'clock we came to a little narrow creek, the bottom being miry and several feet below the surface of the ground.
Beer Spring is barrel-shaped, its surface about level with the ground surface.
