Cones
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Examples
- One of Plato's associates, working under his direct ion, investigated the curves produced by cutting cones of different kinds in a certain plane. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The _Sequoia Gigantia_ reproduce from cones, while the redwoods reproduce from suckers that grow from the stump. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this form the diamond resembles two cones united at their bases, the upper one cut off a short distance from its base, the lower one having its extreme point cut off. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The servants cut our bread into cones, cylinders, parallelograms, and several other mathematical figures. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The redwoods bear non-fertile cones. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I've made such quantities it would be hard to choose which I'd have, said Laurie, lying flat and throwing cones at the squirrel who had betrayed him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Beth was sorting the cones that lay thick under the hemlock near by, for she made pretty things with them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Edited by Ben