armillary

1 These one would certainly take to be of Dom Manoel's time, for the armillary sphere was his emblem, but they are said to be older.

2 The flag of Brazil, which is very inartistic in its construction, bears among other devices the armillary sphere of Portugal.

3 The round window is surrounded by large rope moulding, out of which grow two little arms, to support armillary spheres.

4 Under the Song Dynasty, a water-powered armillary sphere was developed, the components of which resembled the escapement in modern watches.

5 These are a mass of carving, armillary spheres, acanthus leaves, shields upheld by well-carved figures, crosses, and at the top small cherubs holding the royal crown.

6 Higher up there is a round window—heavily moulded—and the whole gable ends in a queer little round pediment set between two armillary spheres.

7 At the top, the drip-mould grows into a large trefoil with crockets outside and an armillary sphere within.

8 This steel-and-acrylic arrangement of mirrored circles and steel orbits suggests an armillary sphere laid flat; yet the X over the central circle is like the crosshairs in a gun sight.

9 A crowded rink is a sweaty, wheeled armillary sphere.

10 An armillary sphere of brass, with a steel meridian, whose diameter was about 4 cubits.

11 Among these instruments the Simplified instrument, Gnomon, Water-operated Armillary Sphere and Celestial Globe were made after the records from the old Chinese Histories and Guo Shoujing's model.

其中浑仪、圭表、水运浑仪和浑象是根据中国古代史志记载和郭守敬的仪器模型制造，但它们并不是简单的复制。

12 It is believed that Eratosthenes invented an important modification of the gnomon which was elaborated afterwards by Hipparchus and called an armillary sphere.

13 The dragon has appeared on Chinese artifacts throughout the ages. This is the model of a fake Sung armillary sphere on display in the Taichung Natural Science Museum.

历代器物上都有龙的图饰，这是台中自然科学博物馆中陈列的仿宋代浑天仪模型。

14 In the two corners between the trefoils and the framing are circles enclosing shields, one charged with the Cross of the Order of Christ, the other with the armillary sphere.

15 And in a later letter he speaks "of the armillary spheres drawn by our common friend Albert Dürer."

16 From India there are only two references, very closely related and appearing in the best known astronomical texts in connection with descriptions of the armillary sphere and celestial globe.

17 Astronomers and students from around the world used its sophisticated instruments, which included an armillary sphere model of celestial body motions several metres wide, as well as its library of 400,000 books.

18 In the Palace Museum, there is an armillary sphere used for observing astronomical phenomena.

故宫里有测量天象的璇玑.

19 The province of the armillary sphere was to make these measurements extremely accurate.

20 The pelican perches on an armillary sphere — a model of the cosmos as it was understood in 1581 — which in turn sits on a complex pillar sundial etched with mathematical, astronomical and magical symbols.

1 圆的

nummular orbiculate round circular spherical cyclic moony s.

2 圆

nummular orbiculate round circular spherical cyclic moony s. gyr- dollar circle roundabout won rotundity full interpret

3 手镯

bangle wristlet bracelet

4 手环

ring

5 环的

annular

6 环

annular verticil eye round ring cycle circle loop nucleus wreath orb whirl tach roundel annulus tache toroid annulation circum- cycl- rope quoit