Sentence examples for stone spheres from inspiring English sources

But the more recent discovery of near perfect stone spheres, about the size of cricket balls, at similar sites in Britain, suggest that a ball-bearing technique might have been more efficient.

Among the cultural or natural treasures added this year: the Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (Russian Federation), the Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements With Stone Spheres of the Diquís (Costa Rica) and the Decorated Cave of Pont D'Arc (France).

Other stone pendants were divided spheres and plaques with stylized fish or zoomorphs carved in relief.

The principal deficiency of stone-throwing cannon was the enormous amount of skilled labour required to cut a sphere of stone accurately to a predetermined diameter.

In the past, Ms. Horn has presented such insistent enigmas as rubber paving stones, slightly off-kilter spheres and blocks of blue glass.

As hail stones are not perfect spheres it is difficult to calculate their speed accurately.

Stationed before them – the field marshal commanding his troops – stands a stone pillar topped with a pale sphere.

A stone table, topped with a metal sphere, marked the central axis.

In the current paper, a series of high velocity impact tests using ϕ50 and ϕ25 mm ice spheres and 0.32 g granite stones on non-crimp fabric (NCF) composite plates are reported.

As only the visible proximal aspect of the stone was approachable with the laser, a stable distal sphere in the duodenum remained.

An amorphous composite of watery silica spheres, it lacks the crystalline quality that allows most stones to be faceted.