Sentence examples for a smooth table from inspiring English sources

The technique also works simply by using letters and numbers written on pieces of paper and arranged in a circle on a smooth table, along with an upturned wine glass in place of a planchette.

John Gailhard (The Compleat Gentleman, 1678), another writer in the same tradition, can be said to have anticipated John Locke's empiricism (see below John Locke's empiricism and education as conduct) when he wrote that "the nature of Youth is like Wax by fire, or a smooth table upon which anything can be written".

They dragged unconscious Pueblan milk snakes, a small, docile red-white-and-black species, across a smooth table and a cloth-covered table to measure the friction generated by the snake's scales.

They were fixed with tape on a smooth table to prevent movement artefacts due to the electrical stimulation, the lower limbs gently stretched to make it easier to measure distances between proximal and distal points of stimulation.

Use a blunt blade like a smooth table knife.

A smooth table will allow bean bags to slide better.

All we can do is map out its gravity to show where it is located, the way a sightless person uses tactile textures to "see" a tablecloth on a smooth wooden table.

Tell them to hold their "circle" in the air a bit high and stand at the end of a smooth, small table.

Groups 4 and 5 were highland slopes that were steep but very smooth (Table 2), and they were closely related to Holocene mafic volcanos and their surroundings.

Keep in mind that very smooth table surfaces may cause the swans to slide away from one another; try to place them on a tablecloth, placemat, or other surface that offers a bit of friction.

The first contained a bar and was done up like a sultan's harem – carpets, lanterns, and low, smooth tables.