Invented
[ɪn'ventɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Invent
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Examples
- Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The list would be too long to simply name all the ingenious machines there exhibited and subsequently invented for every important operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Jethro Tull in England shortly after invented and introduced a combined system of drilling, ploughing and cultivating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If there had been any system left to be invented they would have found it out at the universities long before this time. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He had invented, he informed us, a new mixture to moisten paint with, which he described as a vehicle. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Poririer, a Frenchman, invented a machine for making match boxes of pasteboard. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1882, however, a machine for doing this was invented, thereby dispensing with the old hand method and cheapening the operation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Case shot were invented in Germany but not brought into general use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Machines have also been invented which stamp out little nuggets of gum. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nor was any new office created or any new official title invented for his benefit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus Galileo invented the telescope, and Newton discovered the law of gravitation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A breech-loading rifle was also invented about this time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To meet this condition the Macdonald Spring Motor was invented and from the start proved a tremendous success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Air engines have been invented which can be used to either heat or cool the air, or do one or the other automatically. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Who Invented the First Adding Machine? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then a machine was needed and invented to wind the corn-brush with the cord or wire and tie it in a round bunch, preparatory to flattening and sewing it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Nasmyth not only invented the steam hammer, but the steam pile driver as well. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Two years thereafter, Mr. Emile Berliner of Washington had invented the _gramophone_, which consists in etching on a metallic plate the record of voice waves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is an oil engine which was invented by Rudolph Diesel in 1893. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nathan Read of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1791, invented a tubular boiler in which the flues and gases are conducted through tubes passing through the boiler into the smokestack. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This fuse was superseded by one invented by General Bormann of Belgium, which greatly added to the value of case shot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is also noted that In 1874 Edison invented a method of simultaneous transmission by induced currents, which has given very satisfactory results in experimental trials. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Within the last decade or so shells have been invented with the design simply to shatter or fracture the plate by which the way is broken for subsequent shots. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To meet this trouble and make the machines fool proof, he invented the automatic control in 1890. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This odd little symbol spins gaily round the world; it seems incredible that men would have invented and made a pet of it twice over. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Allow me my Italian humour--do I not come of the illustrious nation which invented the exhibition of Punch? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Means for so holding the material under compression appear to have been first invented and patented by Hamilton of America in 1874. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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