Sentence examples for shape of the rings from inspiring English sources

The Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, who began studying Saturn with an improved telescope in 1655, eventually deduced the true shape of the rings and the fact that the ring plane was inclined substantially to Saturn's orbit.

Christiaan Huygens, also spelled Christian Huyghens (born April 14 , 1629 The Hague died July 8, 1695, The Hague) Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, who founded the wave theory of light, discovered the true shape of the rings of Saturn, and made original contributions to the science of dynamics the study of the action of forces on bodies.

Huygens had already acquired a European reputation by his publications in mathematics, especially his De Circuli Magnitudine Inventa of 1654, and by his discovery in 1659 of the true shape of the rings of Saturn made possible by the improvements he had introduced in the construction of the telescope with his new method of grinding and polishing lenses.

The size and shape of the rings are sensitive to the growth conditions.

Press the dough onto the base and inside of the ring with the little ball of dough, ensuring it is neatly moulded into the shape of the ring.

Press the dough on to the base and inside of the ring with the little ball of dough, ensuring it is neatly moulded into the shape of the ring.

Press the dough on to the base and inside of the ring with the little ball of dough, ensuring that the pastry is neatly moulded into the shape of the ring.

In Dyson's fan, the negative pressure multiplies the airflow, and the cone shape of the ring multiplies the airflow again, and the narrow aperture that the air exits through multiplies it still more — altogether, Dyson claims, the volume of air leaving the fan is fifteen times greater than the amount of air the impeller sucks in.

But there are millions of them, each one a sculpture, many of them making implausible shapes, with columns and arches and if you look hard enough there are probably aqueduct icebergs and Colosseum icebergs and an iceberg in the shape of the ring road around Norwich.

The disappearing of grip force restores circular shape of the ring from deformation.

The size and shape of the ring help astronomers gauge the mass of the intervening galaxy, which weighs in at about 1 trillion solar masses.