conoid
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From some experiments I made myself a score of years ago, I am inclined to prefer a plane surface for the conoid to work upon.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
Its conoid head is very elongated, and by reason of this elegant form it always falls upon its point, even at falling angles of an amplitude approaching 60 degrees.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various
It is an obtuse conoid, closed with a star-shaped disk.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The stolen object is a globe; the object presented in exchange is an elliptical conoid studded with angular projections along the edge of the base.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The stolen object is a globe; the object presented in exchange is an elliptical conoid studded with angular projections along the edge of the base.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
