Adjective : rotatory motion. From Dictionary.com.
Wherever we can trace the law of periodicity we are strongly impressed with the idea of rotatory or orbitual motion. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science] Reference
It possesses dextro-rotatory polarization of +21.5. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference
The steamer is a reservoir, and its rotatory power is free to be developed. From Wordnik.com. [History of Steam on the Erie Canal] Reference
Five grammes of a dextro-rotatory gum (No. 3 in table) were dissolved in 20 c.c. of water. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
A constant rotatory motion should be given to the beaker in which the nitration is performed. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
During the washing keep the cover-slips in motion by imparting a rotatory movement to the dish. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Now what is the effect of the decreased distance upon the circulating or rotatory Aether currents?. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
We have determined the rotatory power of a number of gum solutions, the results of which are subjoined. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
The Ghattis apparently are all lævo-rotatory, and give much less alcoholic precipitates than the gum arabic. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
The properties of the Spanish oil are similar to the others, except that it is more frequently lævo-rotatory. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference
Now what will be the effect of these circular or rotatory Aether currents on the bodies situated within their field?. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
These numbers do not show any marked connection between the viscosity, etc., of a gum and its specific rotatory power. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
The precipitation moreover was in the opposite direction, that is, the most lævo-rotatory gum was thrown down by the alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
To the end of each double-spoke, a square board was fixed, which entered the water, and by the rotatory motion, acted like a paddle. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
It can now be cooled down and made up to 100 c.c., yielding a 5 per cent. solution of which the rotatory power can be taken with ease. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
Whether the comet is approaching the sun, or receding from the sun, it is still subject to the influence of this rotatory Aether medium. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
In other words these gums contained at least two bodies of different rotatory powers, of which one is more soluble in alcohol than the other. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
They laughed until utterly exhausted, Quimby all the time keeping up his rotatory motion, with a face whose lugubriousness cannot be described. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
In Art. 91 we have learned that the Aether possesses a rotatory motion, by which it rotates round the central body of the solar system, the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
The existence of the fire-mist and nuclei are assumptions only, and the way by which he tries to account for rotatory motion is clearly erroneous. From Wordnik.com. [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference
We found in each case that the specific rotatory power of the alcohol precipitate redissolved in water was not the same as that of the original gum. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
Again, as electricity can be converted into light, the rotatory motion of electricity can thus be transformed into the periodic wave motion of light. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Indeed, there is no phenomenon in connection with nebulae that cannot be physically explained by a condensing, gravitating and rotatory Aether; and as. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
This office he performs by treading rapidly inside of an immense windlass-wheel (15-1/2 feet in diameter,) whereby he gives it the necessary rotatory motion. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island.] Reference
With the hands the leaves are kept moving with a rotatory motion in the pan, and when they become very hot, the motion is kept up with a pair of forked sticks. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
It may be vibratory motion as heat, or wave motion as light, or rotatory motion as electricity, but motion of some sort is inseparably connected with all matter. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
The rotatory movement passed with the first whirl, but a hurricane, blowing with overcoming velocity, pressed like a wall against anything that strove to face it. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The room filled with gaiety and movement: Mr Milburn, sidling dramatically along the wall to escape the rotatory couples, admonished Mr Murchison to get a partner. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
Heat can also be converted into electricity, and if electricity be rotatory motion, then the vibratory motion of heat can be transformed into the rotatory motion of electricity. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
We have again to conceive the sun as the centre of two equal but exactly opposite forces, and also possessing a rotatory motion on its axis, with the electro-magnetic Aether currents ever circulating round it. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Thus the actual result of the rotatory electro-magnetic Aether currents will be, that all dependent and associated planets under their influence will be carried by them around the central body which generates the. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
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