They would press it into the chest and the machine would take a reading.
With an accurate clock, you could take a reading from the sun at noon and figure out your longitude.
Mr Barnard said their first measurement had been so close, OS had asked them to go back and take a second reading.
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Not only do you have to find an excellent translator, one who works well in both languages and is a stylist to boot (or who can work in tandem with someone else, like the excellent Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky do in Russian), but the copy editing and proof reading take on a new layer of work.
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"The government is firmly committed to making reading a daily part of children's lives and we have a range of initiatives to encourage all young people to take an interest in reading for pleasure, " a spokeswoman said.
For anyone holidaying on a Greek island this summer, Mr MacGillivray's take on a 20th-century myth makes engrossing reading.
He also hopes employees will take a softer view of their own boss after reading the book, which portrays Mr. Jobs as a brilliant but mercurial leader.
Point both NODE and an iPhone at an object being scanned and you can take a photo that displays the numerical reading on the image.
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"This is not a decision at any stage that we take lightly, " said Mr Duncan Smith during a brief third reading debate.
Reader that I am and wordsmith I fashion myself to be, I take particular delight in hearing or reading a word used in an extraordinary manner.
Counselors at Beth Israel Medical Center have been advising families camped out at hospitals to avoid burning out by leaning on their personal support networks, trying to take time away, even just reading a book.
More than this, people are hard-wired, when reading a magazine, to take in everything on the page, from editorial to advertising.
Of course Zingarevich would like to stay in the Premiership and take the necessary time to grow Reading as a brand, but instead he must deal with the concept that the glory of Premiership soccer must be earned, and that will lead to extra excitement and drama for everyone involved.
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CoeSo if I tell you that I have read his most recent novel, The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim, and that my wife is now reading it, please take that as a recommendation in lieu of a more conventional review.
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Take a peek below if you're interested in a full photo tour of the 520, and continue reading for more impressions and specs.
The tablet PC, which Brass calls the "continuous Holy Grail of computing, " will also become more of a reality once immersive reading technologies such as ClearType take off.
The results came as workers at the group's brewery in Reading, Berkshire, voted to take industrial action in a row over pay.
As a lifelong admirer of European culture who has garnered many a goosebump from reading about great European explorers, I take no pleasure in this harsh indictment.
That should not have been the case for Pompey, who still had a slim chance to finish above Bolton and Reading to take the final Uefa Cup spot.
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Reading the book is like being an eavesdropper as two companions take a long country walk.
Not only was the February reading revised lower to 60.9 but the current reading fell more than forecast to 57.1 causing investors to take a dim view of the health of the economy ahead.
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No rubbish collections will take place across Reading on either strike day and services will be disrupted for more than a week.
The Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation is always looking for eligible women, so if anyone reading this knows of a servicewoman, living or deceased, help her take her rightful place in history.
More impressive is the e-reader's ability to learn your reading speed and give you information on how long it will take you to finish a chapter, or the entire book.
Knapp can see a time not so far in the future when even taxi drivers will take plastic, as they do in London, punching them into meters that double as a card-reading machines.
Over the course of the year, a full programme of events will take place aimed at encouraging both residents and tourists to discover the pleasures of opening up a book and reading in any form.
"There are very few times when adults are judged on being timed in reading, " unlike the standardized tests kids take in school, says Tyler Lucas, a New York-based orthopedic surgeon who realized he was dyslexic after his daughter was diagnosed with it.
They would often insist that the answer to a legal question should consist of nothing more than reading the applicable code section, which should take no more than 20 minutes.
If a kid sees a woman wearing a T-shirt reading "I'm With Stupid, " he or she might take the words to heart, thereafter treating the woman's husband with scorn, derision and perhaps even contumely.
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Since the second reading and the ensuing committee of the whole house are to take place on Tuesday, this could be a pretty interesting occasion, from a number of points of view.
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