Here a silken carpet is spun as before described; but the caterpillar, instead of clinging with all its claspers, suspends itself in a vertical position by its hindermost pair only.
We leave the cloth or the umbrella, as the case may be, quite still for a few seconds to allow all the living creatures to get a good foothold, and then, raising it into a vertical position, allow all the rubbish to drop off.
This precaution is to prevent the larvae from falling into the water as they attempt to pass up or down the stem, and the wool also helps to keep the twig in a vertical position.
Some even make for the trunk of the tree on which they feed, and here remain quite still in a vertical position, so that they look just like a ridge in the bark, the colour of which is faithfully imitated by their skin.
The force which enables it to rise from an oblique into a vertical position.
It is evident that the top, in rising from an oblique to a vertical position, must have its centre of gravity raised; what can have been the force which effected this change?
Tongue Holder for a Boy's Wagon To prevent any mishap when coasting in a boy's play wagon fasten the tongue with a coil spring so that it will be kept in a vertical position.
The screen can be raised and two of the screweyes turned from the normal vertical position, A, Fig.
In the same manner locate the center in a vertical position.
Keep on pouring sand until the heads of the flowers are reached, taking care that all of them stand in a vertical position.
The plants consist chiefly of zamites, calamites, and equisetums, and these last are very commonly met with in a vertical position more or less compressed perpendicularly.
They were all in a vertical position, with respect to the plane of the bed, which dips about 15 deg.
Ice-islands so constituted often capsize when afloat, and gravel once horizontal may have assumed, before the associated ice was melted, an inclined or vertical position.
These screws had two blades each, and while one pair of blades was in a vertical position, the other was in a horizontal position.
If the machine rears or pitches, the cylinder and valve are moved with the machine while the gyroscope remains in a vertical position.
The Pinnæ are found in almost every sea, and at various depths; they are constantly attached by their byssus, and in a vertical position, the larger side of their shell being uppermost.
They advance in this manner in a given direction, while the body or the shell remains in an oblique or vertical position.
Lie on floor, face up, and raise head and shoulders slightly; or to sitting position or raise legs slightly; or to a vertical position.
Carry the piece to a vertical position in front of the center of the body and take the position of present arms.
In changing front for the purpose of attack or defense, if there is danger of wounding a comrade, the rifle should first be brought to a vertical position.
At the =order=, the heel of the pike rests on the ground near the right toe, the right hand holding the pike in a vertical position.
Carry the rifle to a vertical position in front of the center of the body and take the position of present arms.
On reaching the head of it, we found argillite in a vertical position.
These fishes, however, are soon able to hold themselves in a vertical position, and no permanent effect is thus produced.
It should be only in a vertical position, and not far enough backward to act as a brake on the rear wheels, when the car is to be reversed.
Place the brake drum on table with the hub in a vertical position, place the slow speed plate over the hub with gear uppermost.
Two blocks, one-half the length of the side pieces, are put in between the glass plates to hold the plate being developed from dropping down when the tray is tipped up in a vertical position.
A pocket is provided for the liquid developer in one end of the tray when it [Illustration: Developing Tray with Glass Bottom] is turned up in a vertical position.
These corner irons are also screwed to, and supported in a vertical positionby the wood standard D, which is 4 in.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vertical position" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
