Lengths

Examples

• For different pitches, pipes of different lengths are used: for very low pitches long, closed pipes are used; for very high pitches short, open pipes are used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In some the pug mill is arranged horizontally to feed out the clay in the form of a long horizontal slab, which is cut up into proper lengths to form the bricks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the so-called wind instruments, sound is produced by vibrating columns of air inclosed in tubes or pipes of different lengths. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The symbols are thus made by deviations from the straight line, of different lengths and of varied combinations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan, which began hissing and crackling over the fire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• These iron plates were usually cast in lengths of six feet, and they were secured to transverse wooden sleepers by spikes and oaken pegs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Next he adjusts his receiving circuits for a number of wave lengths. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The branching and diverging dotted lines of unequal lengths proceeding from (A), may represent its varying offspring. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• There is no knowing to what lengths the mischief may go, said Sir James, anxiously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The hovel of a cutter of wood into lengths for burning, was the only house at that end; all else was wall. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• After me I dragged six lengths of leather from an equal number of my warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I had no idea of the lengths to which this would carry him, until the merest accident opened my eyes to it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• One of the main things is to see that the silage is cut to proper lengths, which would be about half-inch or one-inch pieces. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is quite impossible at present to guess at the relative lengths of these ages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These locks are 110 feet wide and have usable lengths of 1,000 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This agrees with the law of vibrating strings which gives high pitches for short lengths. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Miniatures, half-lengths, whole-lengths, pencil, crayon, and water-colours had been all tried in turn. Jane Austen. Emma.
• These Prussianizing Englishmen carried their imitation of Germany to the most extraordinary lengths. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• About this time, both in England and America, machines had been devised for sewing lengths of calico and other cloths together, previous to bleaching, dyeing or printing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I don't mean to be baffled by a little stiffness on your part; I'm prepared to go to considerable lengths. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Please cut it up into lengths and test each one and send results to me immediately. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Then I took two lengths of a fishing-rod, which came to just six feet, and I went back with my client to where the elm had been. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The drawing and twisting of the thread is effected as the carriage runs out, and when the carriage runs in these twisted lengths are wound around the spindles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Many forms of life came and went upon the Tree of Life, but still all were attached to the parent plant by stems of varying lengths. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A series of pipes of varying lengths were filled by an air-pump which was operated by a wind-mill. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Here was one who would go to the whole lengths of heaven or hell, whichever she had to go. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The early films were in very short lengths, continued the manufacturer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This metal is procured in sheet form of varying lengths. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The duration of the pressure on the key, whether instantaneous or prolonged for a moment, occasions the difference in the lengths of the lines indented on the paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This discovery did away entirely with sluggishness, and made it possible to secure high speeds over lines of comparatively great lengths. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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