Adding
[æd]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Add
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Examples
- Notwithstanding its simple action, its structure is complicated by a large amount of adding mechanism. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was on a Friday that he intimated this to Mrs. Sparsit at the Bank, adding: 'But you'll go down to-morrow, ma'am, all the same. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Many of these are quite large, and at least one-third of them require one additional helper, thus adding, say, 33,000 employees to the number already mentioned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Who Invented the First Adding Machine? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They had seen the Roosevelt influence adding to the resources of life--irrigation, and waterways, conservation, the Panama Canal, the country life movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Again he laughed, adding, It is precisely as I conjectured. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Adding machines may be found at work in all kinds of business places from corner groceries to department stores and manufacturing plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- All these things do I now think over, adding, He had his faults, yet scarce ever was a finer nature; liberal, suave, impressible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As sold it is invariably too thick for this purpose, and should be thinned by adding several drops of balsam of copaiba to as much ink as may be taken on a salt spoon. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Get it then,' said Eugene; adding very heartily under his breath, '--You Brute! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A beautiful gloss may be given to this or any other black ink by adding a strong solution of shellac and borax. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It was for a ten-key adding machine which did not print and only added in one column. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Without adding machines the public would be obliged to wait for days for the results of most elections. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And small good he's told you of me, Mrs. O'Dowd replied; adding that George was a wicked divvle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He then folded the quittance, and put it under his cap, adding,--Peril of thy beard, Jew, see that this be full and ample! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- After Babbage, there was much experimenting done by inventors to produce a real adding and listing machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- How are Adding Machines Used? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This was a sore trouble to me, adding, as I then thought, one more instance of the abrupt appearance of a great group of species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Yes, said Miss Rose; without, however, adding that it was the history of Mr. Humphrey Clinker. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The composition should be made somewhat softer for winter use than for summer, which can be done by adding a little larger proportion of glycerine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He wrung his hand, only adding, 'Blind leaders of the blind, Pancks! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I cannot forbear adding to these reasonings an observation, which may, perhaps, be found of some importance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Very fine bronze may be made into ink by adding water and gum arabic and shaking occasionally while writing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- An improvement consists in adding one ounce of carbonate of barium to the fluid while warm. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When I left, I had a worse, but I am saved from adding that guilt to the rest. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And he could imagine Sillerton Jackson adding with authority: My dear fellow, haven't you heard? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- No, said the man, at last, adding that he did not choose to have his name handed about in such company. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- How Big is the Largest Adding Machine in the World? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some surprising uses are found for adding machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are individual American banks, like the Corn Exchange National Bank of New York, that employ as many as 150 adding machines in their work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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