Born a Congregationalist, he had been baptized as a tiny baby in the usual manner by having a few drops of water sprinkled on his head, yet nowhere in the whole of the New Testament could he find a description of anybody being baptized by sprinkling.

George French Angus may have collected a description of a bunyip in his account of a " water spirit " from the Moorundi people of the Murray River before 1847, stating it is " much dreaded by them … It inhabits the Murray ; but … they have some difficulty describing it.

The simplest description ( besides the entire area-floodplain ) of the water divide is a " south-bank Orinoco River strip " at the exit point of the Orinoco, also the origin of the Casiquiare canal.

In the historical description of gazpacho it was remarked that the original recipe uses bread, water, vinegar, oil and salt.

For an analogy, the supergravity description is like treating water as a continuous, incompressible fluid.

While the supergravity description assumes a continuous space-time, Matrix theory predicts that, at short distances, non-commutative geometry takes over, somewhat similar to the way the continuum of water breaks down at short distances in favor of the graininess of molecules.

In the codex's description of the first meeting between Moctezuma and Cortés, the Aztec ruler is described as giving a prepared speech in classical oratorial Nahuatl, a speech which as described verbatim in the codex ( written by Sahagún's Tlatelolcan informants who were probably not eyewitnesses of the meeting ) included such prostrate declarations of divine or near-divine admiration as, " You have graciously come on earth, you have graciously approached your water, your high place of Mexico, you have come down to your mat, your throne, which I have briefly kept for you, I who used to keep it for you ," and, " You have graciously arrived, you have known pain, you have known weariness, now come on earth, take your rest, enter into your palace, rest your limbs ; may our lords come on earth.

The Pepsi-Cola's description is a flavoring-syrup for soda water.

Stalactites can also form on concrete, and on plumbing where there is a slow leak and limestone ( or other minerals ) in the water supply, although they form much more rapidly there than in the natural cave environment ( description and experiments see literature ).

The wave equation is an important second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves – as they occur in physics – such as sound waves, light waves and water waves.

The same effect over bodies of salt water is called _____-effect snow, where the blank would contain the description of the relevant body of water ( e. g., ocean, sea, bay, sound ).

Below is a description of these features, looking first at the walls above, moving west to east as a visitor does when entering the valley, then visiting the waterfalls and other water features, returning east to west with the flow of water.

A large number of phrases within Shakespeare's play are taken directly from North's prose, including Ahenobarbus's famous description of Cleopatra's barge, beginning " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne / Burned on the water.

Petroleum geology and geophysics focus on provision of a static description of the hydrocarbon reservoir rock, while petroleum engineering focuses on estimation of the recoverable volume of this resource using a detailed understanding of the physical behavior of oil, water and gas within porous rock at very high pressure.

And since the galleries, each projecting beyond another, all received the light, they contained many royal lodgings of every description ; and there was one gallery which contained openings leading from the topmost surface and machines for supplying the gardens with water, the machines raising the water in great abundance from the river, although no one outside could see it being done.

* Pneumatica, a description of machines working on air, steam or water pressure, including the hydraulis or water organ.

The word " vessel " includes every description of watercraft, including non-displacement craft, WIG craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

The patent has no illustrations or even description, but in 1702 Savery described the machine in his book The Miner's Friend ; or, An Engine to Raise Water by Fire, in which he claimed that it could pump water out of mines.

Some sources say it is a corruption of the French description of the clay ( glaise ) water ( eau ), whereas others say it comes from a Native American word meaning ' fallen timbers '.

The description offered by Herodotus and several Egyptian texts suggest that water surrounded the temple on three ( out of four ) sides, forming a type of lake known as isheru,

The name Wetumpka is a historic Creek place word meaning " rumbling waters ", supposedly a description of the sound of the nearby Coosa River as the water falls over the rapids of the Devil's Staircase.

In 1730 Harrison created a description and drawings for a proposed marine clock to compete for the Longitude Prize and went to London seeking financial assistance.

In 1629, many decades before clockmaking was established in the Black Forest, an Augsburg nobleman by the name of Philipp Hainhofer ( 1578 – 1647 ) penned the first known description of a modern cuckoo clock.

Actually, the earliest description of an escapement, in Richard of Wallingford's 1327 manuscript Tractatus Horologii Astronomici on the clock he built at the Abbey of St. Albans, was not a verge, but a variation called a ' strob ' escapement.

This description is the golden reference model that describes in detail which operations will be executed during which clock cycle and by which pieces of hardware.

:" The fight appears to have begun, from Curley's description of the situation of the sun, about 2: 30 or 3 o ' clock p. m., and continued without intermission until nearly sunset.

A team time trial ( TTT ) is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock ( see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events ).

Starting in 1930, astrologer Evangeline Adams would consult the heavens on behalf of listeners who sent in their birthdays, a description of their problems — and a box-top from sponsor Forhan's toothpaste.

Though Gesner's description could apply to the black rat, his mention of a large percentage of albino specimens — not uncommon among wild populations of brown rats — adds credibility to this conclusion.

Likewise he gives a good description of an Osprey fishing, but adds the mythical detail that the bird has one webbed foot.

" Wigner used several examples to demonstrate why ' bafflement ' is an appropriate description, such as showing how mathematics adds to situational knowledge in ways that are either not possible otherwise or are so outside normal thought to be of little notice.

The system of ethics contained in the appendix is based for the most part on a description and criticism of thirteen different objects of life, to which Saadia adds his own counsels for rational and moral living.

The Saradatilaka, adds to this description that Raja-Matangi plays the veena, wears conch-shell earrings and flower garlands, and has flower paintings adorning her forehead.

Adversus Haereses ( 1: 23-28 ) gives, in what seems intended for chronological order, a list of heresies, beginning with Simon Magus and ending with Tatian, and adds in a kind of appendix a description of a variety of Gnostic sects deriving their origin, as Irenaeus maintains, from the heresy of Simon Magus.

Herodotus adds an account and description of later Mysians who fought in Darius ' army.

Lemak is a culinary description in the Malay language which specifically refers to the presence of coconut milk which adds a distinctive richness to a dish.

Matthew's description of the Baptism adds John's statement to Jesus: " I should be baptized by you ", attempting to do away with the embarrassment of John baptising Jesus, implying John's seniority.

Pliny the Elder's Natural History adds to the obligate description — that they " abound in fruit and birds of every kind "— the unexpected detail " These islands, however, are greatly annoyed by the putrefying bodies of monsters, which are constantly thrown up by the sea ".

According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented " to recognize an individual ( s ) who takes previously recorded material and adds or alters it in such a way as to create a new and unique performance ".

* The image adds significant value to the article by depicting the look of an early fighting game to aid the genre's description in the article.

The back of the album cover gives a description of Stevens ' versatility as an artist and adds that a better title for the album would be Both Sides of Ray Stevens ; ironically, 13 years after this album's release, a collection of previously recorded songs entitled Both Sides of Ray Stevens was released.

# the image helps to demonstrate the description of New New York in the Space Pilot 3000 article and adds to the discussion of the production techniques established in the pilot episode ( Space Pilot 3000 # Production ).

If the person makes any mistakes, adds any operations, omits any steps, or has to ask any questions to clarify the written description then the description is not sufficiently technological and requires improvement.

Each detail in the description adds one more die to the roll ( up to dice ' cap ' determined by the gamemaster ), thus making the action more effective.

" The Westminster Larger Catechism adds certain attributes to this description, such as " all-sufficient ," " incomprehensible ," " every where present " and " knowing all things ".