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"We've only managed a quarter light speed, but it's taken a ship three times larger to house the engine."

In the dusky quarter light a shadow moved up the end of the ledge.

They are 5.8 arcminutes, or at least a quarter light year apart.

The dim quarters lit up just a little.

There is a Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter, and the other quarters light blue.

For the past half hour it had been drumming on the roof of the car and seeping in through the half-open quarter light.

Unlike the SA the front doors did not have separate quarter light windows.

Quarter light were fitted to the windows.

The rarer Lux model available from 1987 had wind down rear quarter lights.

"Hutch, the chindi has been moving at a quarter light speed.

There were six side windows like the Sherborne and the quarter lights were fixed.

Flesh hung from her face, in the quarter light of the night Katya could see her hunger.

Although there were no external doors to the dining saloon, the windows retained the droplight and quarter light arrangement.

A patch of quartered light reveals an unshuttered window in the narrow alleyway beside the inn.

A closed carriage may have side windows called quarter lights (British) as well as windows in the doors, hence a "glass coach".

Steel supports around the quarter lights allowed the windscreen to be both more steeply raked and moved forwards to provide more interior room.

Externally the main changes were to the doors, which gained wind-up windows, swivelling quarter lights, external handles and separate locks.

It was essentially a budget version of the Morris Oxford with less chrome, no heater, fixed front quarter lights and a simplified dashboard.

Dors touched a contact on a recessed wall panel and the dining section of their living quarters lit up with a soft peach-colored glow.

It was designed to be a self-contained fortification, with its own water and food supplies, and luxurious quarters lit by large windows on the upper floors.

It was also incredibly rust-prone thanks to water ingress via the quarter lights but the Zundapp's main problems were its price and its timing.

Removable rear quarter lights allowed an unobstructed view in and out from the front vent window on back, much valued in the model's popular role as "parade car".

He reeled, following their directions, across an unpleasantly warm floor, staggering and falling (the binary planet was a quarter lighter than Earth), until he got his balance.

The distances between stellar groups is incredibly vast, so even traveling at a quarter light speed, it would take decades, if not centuries, to cross between star groups.

Other changes were to negative earth wiring and alternator, chunckier boot lock handle, internal door latch handles, and quarter light window handles.

However, only the front quarter windows and door handles are shared.

There were large fixed quarter windows behind the rear doors.

It has a larger glass hatchback and additional side quarter windows.

New triangular rear quarter window, of much slimmer design than before, were seen.

Quarter windows were of sliding rather than hinged construction.

Some closed bodies got an octagonal rear quarter window as a "beauty" feature.

As on that show car, the quarter window glass retracted rearward into a sail panel.

With its front quarter windows and avant-garde dash layout, one gets the feeling they're at the helm of the Enterprise.

Swing-out quarter windows could be ordered for the coupe.

The rear quarter windows were hinged to open.

The glazed surfaces, including the rear window and triangular quarter windows, provided good visibility.

The quarter window was open, allowing fresh air into the cabin, and helping alleviate the stink of coal.

From long years of instinct, Brim glanced out the quarter window, judging their touchdown as if he were at the controls.

The rear quarter windows remained as well.

Quarter windows are within on both elevations.

Windshield and rear quarter windows were made stationary.

Some of the later cars had rear quarter windows replacing the louvres behind the rear door.

From the guest quarters windows she watched as grayish water flooded up the drive from the harbor, then seemed to stop.

Later, when he listened outside the officers' quarters window, however, he learned that Stephen and Michael thought it must be a weapon.

Limited wagons received blackout paint and chrome trim surrounding their rear quarter windows.

A rare option was a Cabriolet mock-convertible roof, featuring a blocked-out quarter window.

In 1970 new doors were developed, with sliding windows were exchanged for roll-down items, incorporating a quarter window.

It featured a unique leather interior and a leather-covered top that blacked out the rear quarter windows.

The rear end was squared off featuring large rear quarter windows to eliminate blind spots.

Swing-out rear quarter windows were optional.