Then I, long tried / By natural ills, received the comfort fast, / While budding at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff / Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled.

This machine, designed and built by the engineer Robur, relied upon the twofold operation of the screw which, in turning, moves in the direction of its axis. If the axis is vertical, it moves vertically; if it is horizontal, it moves horizontally. It was the principle of the helicopteron which rises because it strikes the air obliquely as if it were moving along an inclined plane.

Although some people are religionlessly religious, others are not.

In various armies, major is the lowest field grade, full colonel the highest field grade.