Forks Sentence Examples

The plan of Shakespeare's Stratford at least is preserved, for the road crossing Clopton's bridge is an ancient highway, and forks in the midst of the town into three great branches, about which the village grew up. The high cross no longer stands at the marketplace where these roads converged.

Of this operation, and of the forks and rakes and the haymaking there is a very good account.

If the two forks have the same frequency, it is easily seen that the figure will be an ellipse (including as limiting cases, depending on relative amplitude and phase, a circle and a straight line).

Let the forks be numbered o, I, 2,.

Normally, inverted forks are much heavier than conventional forks.

Then the strains of the count's household band were replaced by the clatter of knives and forks, the voices of visitors, and the soft steps of the footmen.

The gravel is dug by hand and thrown in at the upper end, the stones kept back being removed at intervals by two men with four-pronged steel forks.

This apparatus was used to find the temperature coefficient of the frequency of forks, the value obtained - .00011 being the same as that found by Koenig.

Johann Heinrich Scheibler (1777-1838) tuned two forks to an exact octave, and then prepared a number of others dividing the octave into such small steps that the beats between each and the next could be counted easily.

In the last instance, if the forks are fixed on one solid piece of wood which can be grasped with the hand, the beat will be actually felt by the hand.

If both forks are in vibration, and are prefectly in tune, this line may either be increased or diminished permanently in length according to the difference of phase between the two sets of vibrations.

We have already explained how beats are used on Scheibler's tonometer to give a series of forks of known frequencies.

Granite county; a portion of the skull of a Mesohippus latidens, found near the confluence of the three forks which form the Missouri river; and a portion of the skull of a Hyrachyus priscus, found near Lima, Beaverhead county.

The chief manufacturing centres are Fargo and Grand Forks.

Educational facilities are also furnished by the state through university and school of mines at University, near Grand Forks, normal schools (opened in 1890) at Valley City and Mayville, an agricultural college and experiment station (1890) at Fargo, a normal and industrial school (opened in 1899) at Ellendale, a school for the deaf (1890) at Devils Lake, a scientific school (opened in 1903) at Wahpeton, and a school of forestry at Bottineau.

The Methodist Episcopal Church maintains Wesley College near Grand Forks (formerly the Red River Valley University at Wahpeton), affiliated with the state university.

On the 29th of March the movement began, followed in rapid succession by the combats of White Oak Road and Dinwiddie Court House and Sheridan's great victory of Five Forks.

The latter stream drains an area of elevated land by means of its three forks, and upon each of them occurs a fine fall in its descent toward the Yellowstone.

Just below the places where the aprons terminate, the glass is embraced by two insulated metal forks having the sharp points projecting towards the glass, but not quite touching it.

The one complete antler has a well-marked burr and a long undivided beam, which eventually forks.

Leaving the west gate of the city two roads lead to Lan-chow Fu, from which town begins the great high road into Central Asia by way of Lian-chow Fu, Kan-chow Fu and Su-chow to Hami, where it forks into two branches which follow respectively the northern and southern foot of the Tian-shan range, and are known as the Tian-shan pei lu and the Tian-shan nan lu.

A few days later the indefatigable Sheridan won the last great victory of the war at Five Forks.

The pair of shafts Ci, C2 terminate in a pair Ci of forks F,, F2 in bearings at the extremities of which turn the gudgeons at the ends of the 0o arms of a rectangular cross, F3 having its centre at 0.

To obviate this evil a short intermediate shaft is introduced, making equal angles with the first and last shaft, coupled with each of them by a Hookes joint, and having its own two forks in the same plane.

Only one waggon road leads northwards from Hu-peh, and that is to Nan-yang Fu in Ho-nan, where it forks, one branch going to Peking by way of K`ai-feng Fu, and the other into Shan-si by Ho-nan Fu.

The belts are moved laterally by the forks of a striking gear pressing on the advancing sides of the belts, and the pulleys are arranged so that the belts either wrap round the loose pulleys, or can be shifted so that one wraps round a fixed pulley, while the other still remains on its loose pulley.

It is formed by the confluence of its East and West Forks, almost 50 m.

In the foothills there are typical canyons, as along the Platte forks, and in the northern edge of the sand-hills Those of the upper Republican are the largest, those of the Bad Lands are the most peculiar; and the Niobrara tributary system is the most developed.

The North and South forks both rise in Colorado; each, especially the latter, has a rapid primary descent, and a very gradual fall down the foot-hills of the Great Plains.'

Marquette mapped the Platte from hearsay in 1673; French explorers followed it to the Forks in 1739; and, after Nebraska passed to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase, successive American exploring expeditions left traces in its history.

After the disaster of the Caudine Forks, Cursor to some extent wiped out the disgrace by compelling Luceria (which had revolted) to surrender.

As the French refused to comply, Dinwiddie secured from the reluctant Virginia assembly a grant of £io,000 and in the spring of 1754 he sent Washington with an armed force toward the forks of the Ohio river "to prevent the intentions of the French in settling those lands."

Although they were key makers, they also in the early days made toasting forks.

In humans, replication forks move at about one hundred base pairs per second.

We normally have around 100 bikes on show and a huge range of suspension forks, clothing and accessories.

Two accidents involved transport; a tractor overturn on a rubbish tip and a pierced groin from the forks of a loader.

The forks are fitted with the BSA shrouds and topped off with the neat chrome headlamp shell.

If you doubt the penitence as a practical fact, there are your knives and forks.

In the divorce settlement I got both sets of forks.

Modern ' cartridge ' forks use sophisticated ' shim stacks ' which can give almost any response curve desired.

We also straighten bent forks and can supply pattern fork stanchions at less than half the price of genuine parts.

The upside-down forks feature the latest generation of internal components and TiN coated stanchions to achieve minimal sliding friction.

The front wheel was carried in heavy duty motorcycle forks with a chain driven steering wheel.

Both models share premium suspension components with 43mm upside down forks and single shock rising rate rear suspension.

Still have original Harley front end, forks yokes light etc, available seperately.

Two pins q, r, with spiral springs coiled round them, pass loosely through holes in the forks k, 1, and keep the bearings of the heads in and n firmly pressed against the ends of the micrometer box.

Two spider webs are stretched across the forks, one (t) being cemented in a fine groove cut in the inner fork k, the other (s) in a similar groove cut in the outer fork 1.

Forks intended for this vibration number, stamped "Philharmonic," were sold as late as 1846.

Between Capua and Beneventum, a distance of 32 m., the road passed near the defile of Caudium (see Caudine Forks).

In the same way certain governments become famous for certain commodities, as Moscow for osier baskets, flower baskets, wicker furniture and lace; Kostroma for lace, wooden utensils, toys, wooden spoons, cups and bowls, bast sacks and mats, bast boots and garden products; Yaroslavl for furniture, brass samovars, saucepans, spurs, rings, &c.; Vladimir for furniture, osier baskets and flower-stands and sickles; NizhniyNovgorod for bast mats and sacks, knives, forks and scissors; Tver for lace, nails, sieves, anchors, fish-hooks, locks, coarse clay pottery, saddlery and harness, boots and shoes, and so on.

The phenomena of beats may be easily observed with two organpipes put slightly out of tune by placing the hand near the open end of one of them, with two musical strings on a resonant chest, or with two tuning-forks of the same pitch mounted on their resonance boxes, or held over a resonant cavity (such as a glass jar), one of the forks being put out of tune by loading one prong with a small lump of beeswax.

But if the forks be not quite in tune then the length of the image will be found to fluctuate between a maximum and a minimum, thus making the beats sensible to the eye.

Along two of the forks of the Licking are some of the most extensive earthworks of the "mound builders"; they occupy about 3 sq.

Roadster based frames are used as well as girder forks with no extra bracing.

In most of these cases wear has occurred in the area of the stanchion tube directly in contact with the forks PTFE bearings.

Now arrange them into a large trifle bowl and make some forks marks in the sponge.

Serving or hostess sets with serving spoons, serving forks, cake servers, butter knives, and salad servers are generally sold separately and are not always available in every pattern.

The next heaviest are bikes made with a steel frame, carbon forks and a seat post.

Carbon forks make for a lighter, smoother ride, because the carbon "gives" more on bumps.

Mid-level road bikes have carbon forks and seat posts, and components that are usually three quality steps down from top of the line models cost $800-$2,000.

The forks should be to the left of the plate, as you are facing it, and the knives, teaspoon and soup spoon to the right.

The napkins can be placed to the left of the forks, under the forks, or folded or in a napkin ring and placed across the top the dish stack.

Knives and spoons go on the right, while forks go on the left.

Place folded napkins either on the left next to the forks or on top of the plate/charger, if using.

Tuning fork therapy uses calibrated tuning forks to relieve stress in the muscles of the body.

The tuning forks are applied to specific acupuncture and acupressure points on the body.

The tuning forks work by transmitting sound frequencies through the body.

Forking - Place hundreds of plastic forks in the yard in front of the school so it looks like you are growing a fork field.

Its leaves are deeply cut, and the flowers come singly in the forks of the branches.

The largest complaints by users of tuning forks is that, especially when trying to tune a guitar, the piece is cumbersome to use.

This prank calls for two things- hundreds of plastic forks and a large number of friends to assist you.

The more people and forks you have, the bigger the prank.

Planning the prank requires that you decide on where the forks will be placed (tines pointing up) and where the prank will occur.

Bring skewers or camping forks with you on your campout and use them to cook the hotdogs.

Skewers, also known as camping forks, to cook hot dogs and marshmallows takes up a lot less space than a grill, skillet, tongs, and metal spatula.

You should also dampen your hair to look like you live in rainy Forks.

She moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father for a while.

Charlie is the chief of police in Forks.

Dads who want to squire their Bellas around trick or treating may dress in a simple uniform and add the Forks patch to the shoulder of the jacket.

The Twilight world set in Forks, Washington with its supernatural clashes between vampires, werewolves and humans has a blend of adventure, mystery, suspense and romance that people of all ages can appreciate.

New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, continues the romance of teenage vampire Edward Cullen and the utterly human Bella Swan in the rainy town of Forks, Washington.

In addition to its strong history, Bulova is also the purveyor of a number of innovations in the watch world, most notably the use of tuning forks to keep accurate time.

One of their most famous innovations is the use of resonating tuning forks in the Accutron line.

The forks regulate the time and produce a remarkably accurate timepiece.

These dual forks reside within the watch mechanics and allow remarkable precision.

These chimes have been hand tuned using tuning forks.

These forks have long been used by professional musicians and music therapists to accurately create musical pitch.

You can also give them clay tools or improvised clay tools such as textured sticks, forks, or even tiny squares of carpet or fabric to press into the wet clay to better define their sculptures.

If you don't want to deal with the mess of forks and spoons, try adding your salad onto a sandwich instead of using mayonnaise.

Even if you don't do any additional decorating, most birthday parties have plates, napkins and table-cover, forks, spoons, knives, and cups.

Forks - To the left of the dinner plate, forks are placed in order of use.

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, is the story of a human teenage girl named Bella who moves to Forks, Washington with her father, local Police Chief Charlie Swan.

He is president of the Plastic Surgery Institute in Fargo, North Dakota, and is a clinical associate professor of plastic surgery at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in Grand Forks.

Basically, when Bella Swan's mother gets re-married, Bella is sent to live with her father in Forks, Washington.

Couples share a cooking pot where they prepare their own meals fondue-style, clinking forks as they dip meat and vegetables into broth or oil.

Yancey expertly caught the head of the serpent between the forks of a stick and bent over to pick it up.

They are drained and in large part enclosed by the North (or Belle Fourche) and South forks of the Cheyenne river (at whose junction a fur-trading post was established about 1830); and are surrounded by semi-arid, alkaline plains lying 3000 to 3500 ft.

This company in 1750 sent Christopher Gist down the Ohio river to explore the country as far as the mouth of the Scioto river; and four years later the erection of a fort was begun in its interest at the forks of the Ohio.

Tables, knives, forks and other prandial apparatus were as lacking as they were in the palaces of kings a few centuries before.

A mode of exhibiting the ratio of the frequencies of two forks was devised by Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822-1880).

The two forks are fixed so that one vibrates in a vertical, and the other in a horizontal, plane, and they are so placed that a converging beam of light received on one mirror is reflected to the other and then brought to a point on a screen.

If both forks vibrate, an observer looking through the microscope sees the bright point describing Lissajous figures.

French forks are marked with double the true frequency, so that Uta is marked 512.

Other forks gave results not very different.

The northern part of the town, Sangley Point (one of the two forks of the main peninsula), is the principal coaling station of the U.S. fleet in Asiatic waters.

The virtue of the hazel wand was supposed to be dependent on its having two forks; these were to be grasped in the fists, with the fingers uppermost, but with moderate firmness only, lest the free motion of the opposite end downwards towards the looked-for object should be interfered with.

Most strapped spades, forks and shovels have hafts with curved points.

On the table were plates, knives and forks, and dishes of bread, meat and fruits.

The meat was smoking hot and the knives and forks were performing strange antics and jumping here and there in quite a puzzling way.

A peal of merry laughter answered her, and the knives and forks fell to the plates with a clatter.

He lifted the nest gently and put it in a safe place in the forks of the tree.

My furniture, part of which I made myself--and the rest cost me nothing of which I have not rendered an account--consisted of a bed, a table, a desk, three chairs, a looking-glass three inches in diameter, a pair of tongs and andirons, a kettle, a skillet, and a frying-pan, a dipper, a wash-bowl, two knives and forks, three plates, one cup, one spoon, a jug for oil, a jug for molasses, and a japanned lamp.

Motion is communicated to the forks by female screws tapped in the heads m and n acting on the screws o and p respectively.