Steeper Sentence Examples

When an engineer has to construct a railway up a hill having a still steeper slope, he must secure practicable gradients by laying out the line in ascending spirals, if necessary tunnelling into the hill, as on the St Gothard railway, or in a series of zigzags, or he must resort to a rack or a cable railway.

They were forced to slow their pace when the trail became covered with slippery shale and the path grew steeper.

Racks of this type usually become impracticable for gradients steeper than 1 in 4, partly because of the excessive weight of the engine required and partly because of the tendency of the cog-wheel to mount the rack.

For surmounting still steeper slopes, cable railways may be employed.

The lines through them should be, if possible, straight and on the level; the British Board of Trade forbids them being placed on a gradient steeper than i in 260, unless it is unavoidable.

The forest zone extends to about 10,500 ft., above which is the steeper alpine zone, in which pasturages alternate with rocks and crags.

Deep valleys winding through the barren foothills lead gradually up to the higher mountains, and as the track ascends the scenery and vegetation change their character; the trees which line the banks of the wadi are overgrown with creepers, and the running stream is dammed at frequent intervals, and led off in artificial channels to irrigate the fields on either side; the steeper parts of the road are paved with large stones, substantially built villages, with their masonry towers or da y s, crowning every height, replace the collection of *mud walls and brushwood huts of the low country; while tier above tier, terraced fields cover the hill slopes and attest the industry of the inhabitants and the fertility of their mountains.

The cavalry of his left wing stood fast, west of Doon Hill, as a pivot of manoeuvre, the northern face of Doon (where the ground rises from the burn at an average slope of fifteen degrees and is even steeper near the summit) he left unoccupied.

A road maybe used as a self-acting or gravitating incline when the gradient is r in 30 or steeper, in which case the train is lowered by a rope passing over a pulley or brake drum at the upper end, the return empty train being attached to the opposite end of the rope and hauled up by the descending load.

In a general way it may be said that on the west coast of New Guinea, from Cape Buru to the Louisiades, the sea is shallow, while on its steeper eastern side the water close in-shore is often too deep .Commerson Is.

The larger streams have cut their channels to very moderate gradients, but the smaller ones are steeper.

A still steeper one not only gives less available room, but actually leads to irregular working, perhaps because it unduly favours the passage of the rising gas along the walls instead of up and through the charge, and thus causes the deoxidation of the central core to lag behind that of the periphery of the column, with the consequence that this central core arrives at the bottom incompletely deoxidized.

C. Mitchell, under Tait's direction, repeated the experiments with the same bar nickel-plated, correcting the thermometers for stem-exposure, and also varying the conditions by cooling one end, so as to obtain a steeper gradient.

Most of the division indeed had to be used to patch up the weaker parts of the line, but Cathcart himself with about 400 men worked his way along the lower and steeper part of the eastern slope so as to take the assailants of the battery in flank.

The plough, often replaced on the steeper slopes by the hoe, is similar to that depicted in ancient Egyptian drawings, and hand irrigation is usual.

From the Mongolian plateau the ascent is on the whole gentle, but from the plains of Siberia it is much steeper, despite the fact that the range is masked by a broad belt of subsidiary ranges of an Alpine character, e.g.

The numerous streams of the region carry off the rainfall down long valleys or dales to the east and the south, and by shorter and steeper valleys to the west.

The south bank of the river is bordered by a long ridge, which becomes steeper as it approaches the sea, and upon this the Russians, under Prince Menshikov, were drawn up, to bar the Sevastopol road to the allies, who under General Lord Raglan and Marshal St Arnaud approached from the north over an open plain.

These incredibly tuned climbers were as at home on rock-face cliffs as frozen water falls, the steeper and higher the better, and by the sound of it, the world was getting a whole lot smaller.

The 2006 model frame has a steeper steering angle for more stable cornering.

The slope up the Crumstone now becomes steeper and you can see a section of intact wooden deck.

Soil materials are more likely to move downslope either by landslide or erosion on steeper slopes.

However, the summits along the edge of the basalt escarpment have much steeper slopes which plummet toward Belfast.

At first we walked on smooth wide paths up through a fairly gentle foothill zone, with steps carved into steeper places.

They were steeper and narrower than he had expected and he was grateful for the shiny brass handrails on either side.

The trail continues along the west side of the valley then becomes steeper as we cross several side moraines before reaching Gorak Shep.

A Golf with deeper flanks, a steeper bonnet pulled up by the windscreen pillars.

On the steeper slopes hazel scrub and upland mixed ashwood have developed.

Others have steeper outer density profiles, show sharp breaks in their density profiles, or have significant substructure.

The path grew steeper and the snow grew thicker, quite uneven in parts and soon there was hail too.

The steeper slopes, on the edge of the basalt moorland to the north, become progressively more wooded toward the east.

The river enlarged the canal, and finding a steeper gradient than that to its mouth, was diverted into the Colorado desert, flooding Salton Sea; 1 and when the break in this river was closed for the second time in February 1907, though much of its water still escaped through minor channels and by seepage, a lake more than 400 sq.

Irregular lanes running in steep-sided hollow-ways on the steeper slopes, occasionally revetted in stone, often bounded by holly hedges.

Note, however, that the prices are a bit steeper here, and start at $72.00.

The price is also a bit steeper her as Rock Princess retails for $72.00.

A progressive skier may want a longer length ski so that he can move over a range of terrain and have the greatest stability on steeper slopes.

Those who ski in powder and on steeper terrain will need a longer ski than those who ski on packed snow or in terrain parks.

If you are skiing on a ski that is too short, you may have problems maintaining your speed and may feel unstable in steeper terrain.

Once you begin to ski at high speeds on steeper terrain, you will notice that skis that are too short have their own set of problems.

In general, powder conditions and steeper terrain require a longer ski, whereas twin tips, which are used in the terrain park and half pipes, tend to be shorter.

In contrast, a ski that is too short will have difficulty maintaining high speeds, and may be unstable in steeper terrain.

Since the store carries a wide selection of reputable brands, such as Nautica, DKNY, Roxy, and Liz Claiborne, to name a few, the discounted prices may still be steeper than for what you are searching.

As the roof pitch gets steeper, the costs go up as well.

The price is slightly steeper at $108.46, but it's still cheaper than $115.00.

This look is available in three colors; black, gold and purple, and because of the Swarovski crystals, the price is a little bit steeper at $255.00.

The closer the lines are, the steeper the climb.

The prices are steeper for this luggage brand, but they pffer quality and features to match.

Not only do they carry many top-name brands at good prices, but they'll have sales with even steeper discounts.

It was obvious Donald, and to a lesser extent Dean, would enjoy steeper, longer and more challenging runs.

Sometimes, however, a sharp incline occurring on an otherwise easy line is not reckoned as the ruling gradient, trains heavier than could be drawn up it by a single engine being helped by an assistant or " bank " engine; sometimes also " momentum " or " velocity " grades, steeper than the ruling gradient, are permitted for short distances in cases where a train can approach at full speed and thus surmount them by the aid of its momentum.

Abt also developed the plan of combining rack and adhesional working, the engine working by adhesion alone on the gentler slopes but by both adhesion and the rack on the steeper ones.