Jacob's ladder

English vertical Polemonium reptans 2009.jpg Creeping Jacob’s ladder (2), Polemonium reptans species JacobsLadderSail.jpg ladder to the upper masts (3) Jacob's Ladder toy demonstration.ogv toy (4) Jacob's Ladder (ascending electrical arc).webm electrical device (7) Alternative forms en Jacob's-ladder Jacob's Ladder Etymology After the Biblical Jacob's Ladder.Genesis 28 10 19 Noun en biblical A ladder leading to heaven. en angel's ladder en The Jerusalem Sinner Saved 1691 The Works of John Bunyan 1 w:John Bunyan https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6046/pg6046.html Jacob's ladder; Christ is Jacob's ladder that reacheth up to heaven; and he that refuseth to go by this ladder thither, will scarce by other means get up so high. A flowering plant of the genus Polemonium. XV I Hetty could have cast all her past life behind her and never cared to be reminded of it again. I think she had no feeling at all towards the old house, and did not like the Jacob's Ladder and the long row of hollyhocks in the garden better than other flowers—perhaps not so well. en Flowers of Mountain and Plain Edith S. Clements https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47339/47339-h/47339-h.htm 1926 3rd The H. W. Wilson Company New York Jacob’s Ladder doubtless receives its name from the ladder-like leaves. The flowers are delicately blue with white tubes and are clustered on graceful stems a foot tall or less. They may be found in spruce forests on the mountains at 8000-14000 ft. and bloom in summer, often so abundantly as to form a blue carpet on the forest floor. en nautical A rope ladder from the ratline to the upper mast. en w:Golden Days for Boys and Girls XIII 1 Nov. 28, 1891 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16638/16638-h/16638-h.htm Rigging and Rigs W. J. Gordon And this is one of the signs by which you can tell a man-of-war from a merchantman, for in war-ships the catch ratline is on the aftermost shroud instead of on the foremost. In a man-of-war, too, the topgallant-rigging is never rattled down, as a Jacob's ladder leads from the topgallantmast-head down to the crosstrees; but this Jacob's ladder arrangement is found in many clippers. A toy consisting of blocks of wood, held together by strings or ribbons, that appear to cascade downward as they flip over. A pocketknife consisting of two handle segments joined by a pivot, with a blade connected by a second pivot to the end of one handle segment. en balisong en mathematics A noncompact surface resembling a ladder made of handlebodies. en Alberto Candel; Lawrence Conlon Foliations 2000 American Mathematical Society Graduate Studies in Mathematics 23 https://books.google.com/books?id=cZyKWQarcVsC&pg=PA311&dq=%22Jacob's+ladder%22+loch+ness&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Jacob's%20ladder%22%20loch%20ness&f=false 978-0-8218-7213-0 311 The infinite Loch Ness monster and Jacob's ladder (Figure 12.1.1) are diffeomorphic surfaces. A high-voltage electrical device, often used as a visual effect in old movies, which has a pair of vertical electrodes that form an arc between them starting at the bottom, rising to the top, then repeating. en https://nypost.com/2016/04/20/teen-kills-himself-trying-youtube-science-experiment/ Teen kills himself trying YouTube science experiment 2016-04-20 New York Post Jacob’s Ladder displays are sometimes found in science museums and centers. In demonstrations, an electric spark jumps between two parallel wires when electrons fed into one of the wires repel each other, heating up the surrounding air so the spark rises with the hot air before dying at the top of the wires. https://web.archive.org/web/20241204221302/https://nypost.com/2016/04/20/teen-kills-himself-trying-youtube-science-experiment/ 4 December 2024 en UK A serving of short ribs. en now rare A ladder or run in an item of hosiery. en 1869 Belgravia 7 198 [T]he left leg of her tights has exhibited symptoms of the defect in the warp known as a "Jacob's ladder." III They wrote about minute things such as the best way to repair a Jacob's ladder in a stocking. Derived terms Appalachian Jacob's ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae species) Translations flowering plant Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 花荵 huārěn Dutch: nl jakobsladder f German: de Jakobsleiter f, de Himmelsleiter f, de Sperrkraut n Japanese: ja 花忍 hanashinobu Kazakh: kk көкшегүл Polish: pl wielosił m rope ladder to the upper masts Dutch: nl jakobsladder f German: de Jakobsleiter f, de Lotsentreppe f toy German: de Jakobsleiter f pocketknife high-voltage device German: de Jakobsleiter f Polish: pl drabina Jakuba f See also en Ladder of Jacob References ladder or run in tights 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary Further reading Jacob's Ladder Jacob's ladder (plant) Jacob's ladder (nautical) Jacob's ladder (toy) Jacob's ladder (knife) Jacob's ladder (electrical) en eponyms terms derived from the Bible en Ericales order plants Toys Electronics Meats