Adjusted

Examples

• Double cultivators are constructed so that their outside teeth may be adjusted in and out from the centre of the machine to meet the width of the rows between which they operate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If it is equipped with a three-heat switch, it can be adjusted to 600 watts at full, 300 at medium and 150 at low, which means a great saving in current for most small cooking operations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Her mother came into the room before this whirl of thoughts was adjusted into anything like order. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Emanuel adjusted it to the lock of this door. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Tuning forks do not produce strong tones unless mounted on hollow wooden boxes (Fig. 175), whose size and shape are so adjusted that resonance occurs and strengthens the sound. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The planchets, after being adjusted, are taken to the coining and milling rooms, and are passed through the milling machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Higgins nodded to her as a sign of greeting; and she softly adjusted her working materials on the table, and prepared to listen. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The locks are so finely adjusted that the doors are released by the action of a certain combination of thought waves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The preliminaries are adjusted, and the butcher and myself stand face to face. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The depth to which the shares or cultivator blades work in the ground may be adjusted by a gauge wheel upon the draught beam, or a roller on the back of the frame. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• How are they to be adjusted? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When the bricks in E′ C′ become cooled by the passage of gas and air, the valves are again adjusted to reverse the currents of gas and air, sending them now through chambers C and E again. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She gave him her fan to hold while she adjusted her cloak, and it was his blessed privilege to give her his arm down-stairs again. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• For quick action, nicely adjusted machinery, and showy finish the steam fire engine is a familiar and conspicuous application of steam power. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• There was the Thomson reflecting mirror galvanometer and electrometer, while nearby were the standard cells by which the galvanometers were adjusted and standardized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Europe was a system of governing machines abominably adjusted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Orville Wright adjusted the spark, and took his seat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Mr Carriston adjusted his _pince-nez_, and gazed long and earnestly at the perfect beauty of the woman's countenance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He adjusted himself at once, became normally distant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her gentle hand adjusted Rachael's shawl upon her shining black hair in the usual manner of her wearing it, and they went out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• This measures the frequency of one circuit, and then the other circuit can be adjusted to give a corresponding wave length. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He took one; and drawing a spectacle-case from his pocket, leisurely pulled out a pair of spectacles, which he adjusted on his nose. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Lorry adjusted his little wig at both ears as a means towards that end, and bit the feather of a pen. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Some are adjusted to temperature and three positions, and still others to temperature only. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I adjusted the reproducer, and the machine reproduced it perfectly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Watches of the highest grades are adjusted to five positions as well as to temperature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The rector adjusted his _pince-nez_, and, smoothing open the letter, read the name aloud:— Count Constantine Caliphronas. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She paused before the mantelpiece, studying herself in the mirror while she adjusted her veil. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Not only are foreign bodies so located, but the fractures of the bones may also be accurately observed, studied and adjusted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• When he is at last adjusted like a lay-figure, Mr. Chadband, retiring behind the table, holds up his bear's-paw and says, My friends! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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