Sentence examples for of the lune from inspiring English sources

(See Sidebar: Quadrature of the Lune).

EAST of the M6 at Killington, a line of smooth Cumbrian hills rises from the limestone floor of the Lune valley.

(See Sidebar: Quadrature of the Lune). A contemporary of Hippias's discovered that the quadratrix could be used to almost rectify circles.

He has written for us from many lands - from Russia, China, and Egypt, as well as, latterly, from the homely banks of the Lune and Ribble.

Some related results came from Hippocrates (see Sidebar: Quadrature of the Lune); others were reported from Antiphon and Bryson; and Euclid's theorem on the circle in Elements, Book XII, proposition 2, which states that circles are in the ratio of the squares of their diameters, was important for this search.

In the event the Milnthorpe branch was dropped during the committee stage of the passage through Parliament of the enabling Bill, leaving the Lancaster and Orton branches intact, parting at Ingleton and making much use of the Lune Valley.

The ichthyosaur-bearing rocks, which also contain ammonites, are part of the Luning Formation.

Now the sum of the lunes (L1 and L2) must equal the sum of the semicircles (L1 + S1 and L2 + S2) containing them minus the two segments (S1 and S2).

Even the name is not right, because this lost world could include a lot more fells that stand on either side of the river Lune and its tributaries.

If they do, as Lancaster inevitably stretches to the banks of the River Lune, Freeman's Wood may become an even more coveted place of quiet recreation.

High on the banks of the River Lune, about three miles from the city of Lancaster, 41 homes nestle together on Halton Mill, nine acres of woodland, meadow and orchard.