They were delighted to find the octagon-shaped house that Jack London had described in his book. From LearnThat.org.
Watching he and Coleman sloshing around the octagon is a joke. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
The octagon was a room perhaps one hundred feet across and thirty feet high. From Wordnik.com. [Katherine Neville "The Fire"] Reference
Fergusson has pointed out that the roof of the octagon is the only Gothic dome in existence. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
These are placed at the intersection of a system of semicircles, of which the sixteen columns on the sides of the octagon are the centres. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
This "octagon" house in Washington was occupied by President Madison while the White. From Wordnik.com. [The United States of America, Part 1] Reference
Colorado in 1993, when boxers, wrestlers and ju-jitsu champions held free-for-all scraps in the '' octagon '', a caged, eight-sided ring. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Barrel is octagon, rifled deeply and about .32 calibre. From Wordnik.com. [A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"] Reference
It was octagon in form, with a window in every division. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
Its walls were only about half the height of the octagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Here we notice a combination of the octagon and the circle. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Neighboring Leipziger Platz was to be framed by an octagon. From Wordnik.com. [The New Face Of Berlin] Reference
"Morgan & Clapp, New Haven, Ct.," on top of octagon barrel. From Wordnik.com. [A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"] Reference
The former chiefly affected the roofs of the octagon and presbytery. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Various stone statues were added and an octagon pavilion on the Ile des. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
The sides of the octagon are equal, and the alternate angles coincident. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Some illegible lettering on barrel, which is octagon and extremely heavy. From Wordnik.com. [A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"] Reference
Just upon the edge of the forest at the top was an octagon-shaped observatory. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
The octagon is nine hundred and fifty feet in diameter and nearly regular in shape. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
The octagon with its narrow windows rests on a plain, square base that is massively buttressed. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
It was an octagon of some thirty-seven feet, and stood about twelve feet from the old cathedral. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
The sides of the octagon are fastened to the ends through which the core projects some 6 or 8 ins. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
B, etc. Now connect A "with B ', B" with C ', C "with D', D "with A ', and the octagon is obtained. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
In the Norman choir the altar was situated in the centre of the fourth bay east of the present octagon. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Rose on a turret octagon, 'was situated the shop of James Gillespie, the celebrated snuff manufacturer. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
This octagon was also itself -- but probably at a much later date -- surmounted with some sort of spire. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Connect the points thus obtained, diagonally across the corners, and a nearly exact octagon will be had. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
The circle connected with the octagon is perfect in shape, and is ten hundred and fifty feet in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
In the centre of each side of the main octagon is a porch, forty feet high, with a pronounced pointed arch. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
They have nearly all been swept away by modern improvements, excepting the two circular works and the octagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
On each of the octagon or hexagon sides the pile has a half-round flute usually from 2½ to 3 ins. in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
It is certain also that there were slighter pinnacles designed for the middle of the longer sides of the octagon. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
How fitting that champions of both sports met in the octagon in Boston Saturday night to set the record straight. From Wordnik.com. [Toney-Couture fight shows UFC's rise, boxing's fall] Reference
The body is an octagon of thirty-two feet diameter; and the choir, of the same shape, is twenty-one feet in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
The fourth is transitional between the square and the octagon; from each angle of the square below spring two pairs of. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
There are also several large works consisting of a circle and octagon combined, one large circle, and a parallelogram. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
You can read about her first house crush, the wood and glass octagon she imagined was inhabited by a named Malcolm Apricot Dingo. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For A Perfect Life 'In That House'] Reference
Opposite the window, a large, polished oak dresser displayed an array of large flowered plates and little octagon-shaped glasses. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The faces of the octagon are concave, and without decoration, except that towards the east, which displays a star in a sunk gilded panel. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
There is also the leaden roof of the octagon (of that part which is exclusive of the lantern), 18 feet above the vaulting, to be supported. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
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