Comments for Turtle Reader » The Invisible Man http://www.turtlereader.com Slow and steady, page by page... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:25:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on The Invisible Man - Day 40 of 66 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man-day-40-of-66/#comment-415 TurtleReader Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:00:24 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man/the-invisible-man-day-40-of-66/#comment-415 <dl><dt><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen" rel="nofollow">Röntgen vibrations</a></dt><dd>Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.</dd></dl>
Röntgen vibrations
Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
]]> Comment on The Invisible Man - Day 37 of 66 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man-day-37-of-66/#comment-414 TurtleReader Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:47:33 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man/the-invisible-man-day-37-of-66/#comment-414 <dl><dt>cum grano</dt><dd>'with a grain' (cum grano salis: with a grain of salt)</dd></dl>
cum grano
‘with a grain’ (cum grano salis: with a grain of salt)
]]> Comment on The Invisible Man - Day 30 of 66 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man-day-30-of-66/#comment-408 TurtleReader Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:40:07 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man/the-invisible-man-day-30-of-66/#comment-408 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/settee" rel="nofollow">settee</a></dt><dd>A long wooden bench with a back</dd></dl>
settee
A long wooden bench with a back
]]> Comment on The Invisible Man - Day 28 of 66 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man-day-28-of-66/#comment-404 TurtleReader Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:49:07 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man/the-invisible-man-day-28-of-66/#comment-404 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rouleaux" rel="nofollow">rouleaux</a></dt><dd>A small roll, especially of coins wrapped in paper</dd></dl>
rouleaux
A small roll, especially of coins wrapped in paper
]]> Comment on The Invisible Man - Day 18 of 66 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man-day-18-of-66/#comment-365 TurtleReader Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:05:46 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-invisible-man-day-18-of-66/#comment-365 <blockquote>Vox et—what is it?—jabber.</blockquote> I think he's thinking of "<i lang="la"><a href="http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1251890" rel="nofollow">vox et praeterea nihil</a></i>" meaning "A voice and nothing more", a quote from a story by Plutarch about a man who plucked a nightingale and found little left.

Vox et—what is it?—jabber.

I think he’s thinking of “vox et praeterea nihil” meaning “A voice and nothing more”, a quote from a story by Plutarch about a man who plucked a nightingale and found little left.

]]> Comment on The Invisible Man - Day 13 of 66 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man-day-13-of-66/#comment-346 TurtleReader Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:43:46 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-invisible-man-day-13-of-66/#comment-346 <dl><dt><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whit_Monday" rel="nofollow">Whit Monday</a></dt><dd>The holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost (50 days after Easter).</dd><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/piqu%e9" rel="nofollow">piqué</a></dt><dd>A tightly woven fabric with various raised patterns, produced especially by a double warp</dd></dl>
Whit Monday
The holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost (50 days after Easter).
piqué
A tightly woven fabric with various raised patterns, produced especially by a double warp
]]> Comment on The Invisible Man - Day 1 of 66 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-invisible-man-day-1-of-66/#comment-290 TurtleReader Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:13:41 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-invisible-man-day-1-of-66/#comment-290 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/portmanteau" rel="nofollow">portmanteau</a></dt><dd>A large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments</dd> <dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/%e9clat" rel="nofollow">éclat</a></dt><dd> Great brilliance, as of performance or achievement</dd></dl>
portmanteau
A large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments
éclat
Great brilliance, as of performance or achievement
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