Adapted

Examples

• I had scant luggage to take with me to London, for little of the little I possessed was adapted to my new station. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They were best adapted to work on leather and in embroidering. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The engineering establishment of Mr. Hall, at Dartford, in Kent, was selected as best adapted for the purpose of making the machinery and for carrying the plans into operation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Douglas Galton of the English army for use in barracks, but this stove is also admirably adapted for houses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Such boilers are adapted for portable stationary engines, locomotives, fire and marine engines, and the fire is built within the boiler frame. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This heavy oil engine, weighing about five hundred pounds per horse-power, was not adapted to the submarine, and efforts have been made to decrease the weight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When you go out to look at my island, I will supply you with a less embarrassing dress—more adapted for walking and climbing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The state of affairs in North America in 1750 is indicated very clearly by a map we have adapted from one in Robinson's _Medieval and Modern Times_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This process is best adapted to what are known as free milling or porous ores, where the gold is free and very fine and is attracted readily by mercury. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Soon he increased his speed, to which I easily adapted my pace. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• As some species die out, forms better adapted to utilize the obstacles against which they struggled in vain come into being. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A room not large enough to skate in; nor adapted to the easy pursuit of any other occupation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This portable Diorama can be most conveniently shown by lamplight, the flame of an argand lamp, the wick of which can be heightened and lowered, being best adapted for the purpose. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Five of these great thoroughfares radiate from one ample centre--a centre which is exceedingly well adapted to the accommodation of heavy artillery. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Nothing could be more agreeable than his frank and courteous bearing, or adapted with a more gentlemanly instinct to the circumstances of his visit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But to enumerate the industrial arts to which air and other pneumatic machines have been adapted would be to catalogue them all. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Mesozoic life, animal and vegetable alike, was adapted to warm conditions and capable of little resistance to cold. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The arc light is adapted for streets and great buildings, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In these a single machine is provided with various tools, and adapted to perform a great variety of work by shifting the position of the material and the tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Dare say he may be; never was much adapted to anything that I set him about, I'll be bound. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The success of this experiment induced Mr. Miller to have a larger boat built, expressly adapted for the introduction of a steam engine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It was not adapted to the cheek of the young person. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is natural to her to be a lady; she has adapted herself to our new fortunes with wonderful ease. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He said, Well, it was really very pleasant to see how things lazily adapted themselves to purposes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A long line of inventions has appeared especially adapted to break up and separate coal into different sizes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• They were borrowed from the French, as was the farce, but Livius had adapted it with some taste to the English stage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• We have before, in the chapter on metal-working, shown the importance of the _slide-rest_, _planer_ and _lathe_, _when combined_, and which also are extensively adapted to wood-working. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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