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  • "Archimedes, Nathan," Tyler said, sighing.†   (source)
  • But young Archimedes figured that out, too.†   (source)
  • The Archimedean spiral is named after Archimedes.
  • "The Archimedes sphere can upgrade the ship," he said, hoping he was right.†   (source)
  • Leo punched some buttons and spun his Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • The magus rubbed his hand across the carefully bound copy of the second volume of Archimedes.†   (source)
  • "I know, I know, it's nothing more than Archimedes' Mirror writ large.†   (source)
  • You guys remember the giant Archimedes grabber arm I told you I was building?†   (source)
  • He was sure Passalos was going to ruin the Archimedes sphere any second now.†   (source)
  • "The Archimedes lock on the door," Hazel recalled.†   (source)
  • It was something only Archimedes would know.†   (source)
  • Originally, Archimedes had designed it to pluck enemy ships out of the water.†   (source)
  • But Archimedes was in a class by himself.†   (source)
  • And now he didn't even have his tool belt or his Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • Leo patted the Archimedes sphere embedded in the helm.†   (source)
  • Leo rested his hand on the Archimedes sphere, which now sat on the helm, ready to be installed.†   (source)
  • We found one like this in Rome, in the workshop of Archimedes.†   (source)
  • Archimedes was a genius—assuming this thing actually worked.†   (source)
  • Since Leo had found that Archimedes sphere, he'd been trying out a lot of "new installations."†   (source)
  • He lobbed it at Passalos, who was trying to juggle two pigeons and the Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • I've heard legends that the Romans confiscated the writings of Archimedes, but—"†   (source)
  • He was still clutching the Archimedes sphere, which didn't surprise him.†   (source)
  • "You can't be a demigod who's into building stuff and not know about Archimedes.†   (source)
  • Perhaps I should destroy these scrolls instead—priceless works by Archimedes!†   (source)
  • Then he pried the Archimedes sphere out of the command console.†   (source)
  • "The secrets of Archimedes," he murmured.†   (source)
  • He spent hours fixing the Archimedes sphere, cleaning it and repairing its circuits.†   (source)
  • If he could decipher Archimedes's scrolls, he could do amazing things.†   (source)
  • Passalos glanced at the Archimedes sphere, which had rolled between Leo's feet.†   (source)
  • Supposedly, Archimedes's last words had been: Don't disturb my circles.†   (source)
  • He looked at the bronze mirror, which he'd just finished wiring up to the Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • Leo clutched his Archimedes sphere as a funnel cloud of sleet lifted him off his feet.†   (source)
  • Archimedes would never do the same thing twice.†   (source)
  • In the center of the table, someone had disassembled an Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • Leo fiddled with the bronze Archimedes sphere that he'd installed on the console—his newest and most dangerous toy.†   (source)
  • But why should we worry ourselves that Proust and Hume and Aristotle and Archimedes are all fading into oblivion?†   (source)
  • The worktable was piled with photocopied blueprints from On Spheres, the forgotten Archimedes text Leo had liberated from an underground workshop in Rome.†   (source)
  • She advanced through Archimedes, Newton, Martin Gardner, and a dozen other classical mathematicians with unmitigated pleasure.†   (source)
  • Upon making this discovery, Archimedes supposedly shouted "Eureka!" and then ran naked through the streets.†   (source)
  • Of having bugs in my hair and being surrounded by people who think Archimedes was the man at the circus last year who could balance four olives on his nose.†   (source)
  • When Colin was about four, he read a book about Archimedes, the Greek philosopher who'd discovered that volume could be measured by water displacement when he sat down in the bathtub.†   (source)
  • I remember that Archimedes.†   (source)
  • From his tool belt, he fished out an Archimedes sphere and set the concentric circles to arm the device.†   (source)
  • He pulled out a second Archimedes sphere—the one he'd spent a whole thirty seconds modifying before they entered the stadium.†   (source)
  • He was just explaining to Frank how to avoid getting decapitated by his own Archimedes sphere when the sound of trumpets echoed through the stadium.†   (source)
  • A few Earthborn launched a volley of rocks, but from the sides of the hull a dozen Archimedes spheres sprayed out, intercepting the boulders and blasting them to dust.†   (source)
  • An Archimedes death ray!†   (source)
  • His hands were constantly in motion, pulling tools from his belt, working controls, tinkering with his beloved Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • You'd be amazed what you can do with an Archimedes sphere, a girl who can sense stuff underground, and a weasel."†   (source)
  • From his tool belt pouches he pulled some rope and a snap hook, then fastened the Archimedes sphere to his belt.†   (source)
  • None of his bones seemed broken, which was good; but mostly he was worried about his Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • 'Archimedes wrote this, describing his construction methods, but all the copies were lost in ancient times.†   (source)
  • The goddess Nemesis had promised him help, and he'd gotten it: the code to activate the Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • According to legends, the Roman general was a big fan of his work, so he raided Archimedes's workshop and carted a bunch of souvenirs back to Rome.†   (source)
  • Frank and Leo recounted what had happened in the room with the Archimedes spheres, and the visions Gaea had shown them in the bronze mirror.†   (source)
  • Leo scooped up the Archimedes sphere and ran over to Jason, who was still hanging upside down, thoroughly hog-tied except for his sword arm.†   (source)
  • Leo had been experimenting with all sorts of weapons based on the Archimedes sphere that he'd recovered in Rome.†   (source)
  • Guys, Archimedes constructed spheres.†   (source)
  • They had killed Archimedes, stolen his stuff, then messed with a piece of equipment they could never understand.†   (source)
  • Then, for good measure, Leo turned the dial on his Archimedes sphere, which unleashed a plume of foul white fog that filled the room.†   (source)
  • Leo hit the buttons on the Archimedes sphere, muttered a prayer to his dad, Hephaestus, and the Celestial bronze console hummed to life.†   (source)
  • "Look, I've read all about Archimedes.†   (source)
  • If I can get them back to Camp Half-Blood, maybe I can learn how to recreate Archimedes's inventions."†   (source)
  • He could jury-rig the Archimedes sphere into some sort of flying device, maybe, but only if he had his tool belt—which he didn't.†   (source)
  • Like a magician producing a rabbit, he pulled out the Archimedes sphere and began tinkering with the ancient bronze dials.†   (source)
  • The Roman general wanted to spare Archimedes, because he was so valuable—sort of like the Einstein of the ancient world—but some stupid Roman soldier killed him.†   (source)
  • Finally he spotted the Archimedes sphere—steaming and charred but still intact, making unhappy clicking noises in the center of the wreckage.†   (source)
  • "Basically," Leo explained, "I activated a hydraulic screw with the Archimedes device—which is going to be awesome once I install it in the ship, by the way.†   (source)
  • Archimedes?†   (source)
  • He turned the Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • Oh, and the Archimedes sphere.†   (source)
  • Archimedes was killed.†   (source)
  • Sorry, Archimedes.†   (source)
  • His Archimedes sphere was gone.†   (source)
  • Archimedes came through!†   (source)
  • Come, Archimedes, I want you to meet a friend of mine called Wart.†   (source)
  • "The nightingale," cried Archimedes desperately.†   (source)
  • What shall I do before dinner, Archimedes?†   (source)
  • "The conversation," observed Archimedes, "arose out of whether birds could talk."†   (source)
  • Archimedes has stayed with me since he was small, indeed since he had a tiny head like a chicken's.†   (source)
  • Come, Archimedes, say Good-bye to the company.†   (source)
  • Then Archimedes told us that he had been and killed a pigeon and was eating it.†   (source)
  • "They are mobs," said Archimedes, loftily.†   (source)
  • For Archimedes, while he was talking, was absent-mindedly spying for his dinner.†   (source)
  • Except for Archimedes, he is the most learned creature I know.†   (source)
  • He sent Archimedes to look for him on the way home.†   (source)
  • "They are intelligent birds," said Archimedes, "in spite of their low humour.†   (source)
  • You could go with Archimedes this evening, and he would tell you about them.†   (source)
  • "Good-bye," said Archimedes tenderly to the Wart.†   (source)
  • Archimedes sighed heavily, and remarked in prophetic tones, "You had better get it off your chest."†   (source)
  • "When we come to conditioned reflexes," remarked Archimedes sourly, "I prefer to look for a mouse."†   (source)
  • The temperature," said Archimedes, "depends on the vegetation of the bottom.†   (source)
  • The Wart copied Archimedes in zooming up toward the branch which they had chosen.†   (source)
  • He was to wait until Kay was asleep, and then Archimedes would come for him with Merlyn's magic.†   (source)
  • "You are beginning to fit things together," remarked Archimedes.†   (source)
  • "The pigeon," said Archimedes, "is a kind of Quaker.†   (source)
  • "What are you doing?" asked the Wart Even as he asked, Archimedes was gone.†   (source)
  • "The reasons are different," said Archimedes, "yet the fact is true.†   (source)
  • "And the old?" inquired Archimedes sarcastically.†   (source)
  • "As a matter of fact," said Archimedes, after waiting to crop his mouthful, "you may not.†   (source)
  • "I see," said Archimedes, more coolly than ever.†   (source)
  • Archimedes thought this over for some time, and then said, "Well, it is a large question.†   (source)
  • He was fast asleep when Archimedes came for him.†   (source)
  • Archimedes was married, and brought up several handsome famines of quilly youngsters in the tower room.†   (source)
  • "And what is your favourite bird?" asked Archimedes, feeling that his master ought to be allowed a say.†   (source)
  • "It seems now," said Archimedes, "that it is no longer a question of what we eat, but also what we drink or hear."†   (source)
  • Archimedes seemed to be accustomed to these scenes, for he now said in a reasonable voice: "Why don't you ask for the hat by name, master?†   (source)
  • Archimedes sent his own great-great-grandson, so that he could sit on the back of the King's throne at dinner, and make messes on the floor.†   (source)
  • I find it most convenient"—and handed it to the Wart, who held it out rather gingerly toward Archimedes.†   (source)
  • "For heaven's sake," panted Archimedes, bobbing in the dark air beside him, "stop flying like a woodpecker.†   (source)
  • "It is true," said Archimedes reflectively, "that all the corvidae have a distorted sense of humour."†   (source)
  • Archimedes, who had been standing forgotten on his shoulder all this time, was gently touching himself against him.†   (source)
  • The magician was inside, with Archimedes sitting on the back of his chair, busily trying to find the square root of minus one.†   (source)
  • "Did you know," added Archimedes, "that a pair of pigeons always roost head to tail, so that they can keep a look-out in both directions?"†   (source)
  • "I will not," said Archimedes, looking the other way and holding tight "Oh, he is lovely," said the Wart again.†   (source)
  • Archimedes finished his sparrow, wiped his beak politely on the bough, and turned his eyes full on the Wart.†   (source)
  • "You are a cunning master," said Archimedes, "and as far as a poor owl is concerned you will just have to get away with it.†   (source)
  • "You have not had it," said Archimedes.†   (source)
  • The nutty curved beak looked as it if were capable of doing damage, but Archimedes looked closely at the mouse, blinked at the Wart, moved nearer on the finger, closed his eyes and leaned forward.†   (source)
  • Wart paid little or no attention to the lecture, but got his eyes accustomed to the strange tones of light instead, and watched Archimedes from the corner of one of them.†   (source)
  • The leg of the top remains in the same place, but the apex makes circles which get bigger and bigger toward the end This is what Archimedes was absent-mindedly doing.†   (source)
  • Would you do that, Archimedes?†   (source)
  • The call note arises out of imitation and then the various bird songs are developed by repeating the call note and descanting upon it" "I see," said Archimedes coldly.†   (source)
  • Wart sat down again on the floor, and Archimedes resumed his toilet, pulling his pinions and tail feathers through his beak to smooth the barbs together.†   (source)
  • "We see so little company," explained the magician, wiping his head with half a worn-out pair of pyjamas which he kept for that purpose, "that Archimedes is a little shy of strangers.†   (source)
  • "Assuredly," said Merlyn, who stood patiently among the throng with his arms folded in his necromantic gown, while Archimedes sat very stiff and elongated on the top of his head.†   (source)
  • He stood on his toes, while Archimedes held tight to his shoulder—began to spin on them slowly like a top—spun faster and faster till he was only a blur of greyish light—and in a few seconds there was no one there at all.†   (source)
  • The owl is called Archimedes.†   (source)
  • The Wart and Archimedes looked at each other, wondering which was meant—Archimedes had been sitting all the while on the window-sill and looking at the view, for, of course, he never left his master—but Merlyn did not pay them any attention.†   (source)
  • "Would you mind telling us," said Archimedes, "since you know so much about it, how many various things we birds are able to express by altering the tempo and emphasis of the elaborations of our call-notes?"†   (source)
  • "Why?" asked Archimedes.†   (source)
  • "Four hundred and seventy-five livres," said d'Artagnan, who reckoned like Archimedes.†   (source)
  • Greek fire did not disgrace Archimedes, boiling pitch did not disgrace Bayard.†   (source)
  • 'Dos pou sto,' said Archimedes.†   (source)
  • After pointlessly multiplying pi by diameter to find the circumference of innumerable circles, pi by the square of the radius to find their area, the prosecutor increasingly began to wonder if since the days of Archimedes humanity had not just been making the whole thing too complicated, if the solution to the problem was not childishly simple.†   (source)
  • To the culture of the world an Archimedes, a New-ton is indispensable; so she guards them by a certain aridity.†   (source)
  • I explained, as well as I could in a hurry, the principle of Archimedes' lever; from which he said he could move the world if he had a point from which his mechanism might operate, and promised to have a long talk on the subject of mechanics when we should be safe on land.†   (source)
  • "Archimedes," says Plutarch, "was of so lofty a spirit, that he never condescended to write any treatise on the manner of constructing all these engines of offence and defence.†   (source)
  • Once immersed in water, all these objects lost a part of their weight equal to the weight of the liquid they displaced, and thanks to this law of physics discovered by Archimedes, I did just fine.†   (source)
  • He was drawing in this circle geometrical lines, and seemed as much absorbed in his problem as Archimedes was when the soldier of Marcellus slew him.†   (source)
  • He was thinking by himself, and even seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when someone tapped gently at his door.†   (source)
  • Archimedes.†   (source)
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