Lonsdale
[lŏnz′dāl′]
- Irish physicist noted for using x-ray analysis to show that the carbon atoms in the benzene ring are arranged hexagonally and are in the same plane (1929).
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Examples from the Web for lonsdale
Contemporary Examples
The Cohens and Lonsdale all had active social lives and appeared to be immensely normal.
Historical Examples
Your address is you say 470, Lonsdale Street, West, so we know where to find you.
Australia RevengedBoomerang
Mr. Lonsdale placed two snails in a small and badly kept garden.
The Dawn of ReasonJames Weir
But you did not hear me speak of Lonsdale; it was her ladyship who mentioned it.
Salem Chapel, v.1/2Mrs. Oliphant
Do you know I have an uneasiness about these ladies in Lonsdale?
Salem Chapel, v.1/2Mrs. Oliphant
And your Lonsdale has been examined and exhausted; all is safe there.
Salem Chapel, v.1/2Mrs. Oliphant