Reflecting

Examples

• This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Reflecting upon these and similar evils, you held the tyrannical State to be the most miserable of States? Plato. The Republic.
• Nine years later Sir Isaac Newton, having studied Gregory’s plans, built the first reflecting telescope, which is now to be seen in the hall of the Royal Society in London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The law of reflection always holds, however, no matter what the reflecting surface is,--the angle of reflection always equals the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• School children amuse themselves by reflecting sunbeams from a mirror into their companions' faces. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• His tone was cold and ironical; its bitterness but reflecting the terrible disappointment he had suffered. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Thus we came to Richard, poring over a table covered with dusty bundles of papers which seemed to me like dusty mirrors reflecting his own mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Powler Family,' said the stranger, after reflecting a few moments. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• There was the Thomson reflecting mirror galvanometer and electrometer, while nearby were the standard cells by which the galvanometers were adjusted and standardized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The reflecting observer delights occasionally to shift the scenes of the present stage and bring to the front the processions of the past. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Galileo knew nothing of what we call the reflecting telescope. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In the open, there are no reflecting walls or surfaces, and the original sound has no re?nforcement from reflection. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• After reflecting about it, with a sagacious air, Mr. Barkis eyed her, and said: 'ARE you pretty comfortable? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This will strike any reflecting mind forcibly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He placed the lantern on the ground, and stood with his arms folded, gazing down and reflecting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sound travels about 1,125 feet in a second; consequently, an observer standing at half that distance from the reflecting object would hear the echo a second later than the sound. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Hermione looked down at her, gratified, reflecting, and strangely absent, as if possessed, as if not quite there. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Reflecting on the absurdity of giving way to such feelings, however, he trimmed the light again, and read as follows:-- A MADMAN'S MANUSCRIPT 'Yes! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We not only turn our view to it, when actuated by that appetite; but the reflecting on it suffices to excite the appetite. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• In 1779 Herschel built his reflecting telescope, and in March, 1781, he discovered the planet Uranus. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Let me see,' pursued the merchant, reflecting. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But how she contrives it without reflecting on the character of her own father, who had himself two wives, I know not. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I never had any hard feelings against my teacher, either while attending the school, or in later years when reflecting upon my experience. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She believed he was looking at her; probably reflecting on what she had said, and trying to understand the manner. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The reflecting stereoscope was invented by Wheatstone in 1838, and the lenticular form, as now generally used, was invented by Sir David Brewster in the year 1849. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Reflecting on what had been thus told me, I felt it right that it should be communicated to Mr. Peggotty. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Perhaps,' suggested Fledgeby, after reflecting with a very discontented brow, 'somebody has been giving you a bad character. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• That's not so bad, said the sergeant, reflecting; even if I was forced to halt here nigh two hours, that'll do. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Elliot's contrivance, to which Sir David Brewster is inclined to give precedence in point of date, was very inferior in its effects to the reflecting Stereoscope. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To be sure,' pursued Eugene, reflecting, 'he is not in the secret of our pecuniary affairs, so perhaps he may be in an easy frame of mind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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