Appliances

Examples

• In their plays, they like to construct their own toys and appliances. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Among table appliances are toasters, coffee percolators, electric teapots, chafing dishes and numerous other articles that add to the convenience of preparing food. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The economic revolution has stimulated science by setting problems for solution, by producing greater intellectual respect for mechanical appliances. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is now possible, by means of electric appliances, practically to eliminate all drudgery from housework. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The eighteenth century, keenly curious and ceaselessly active in this fascinating field of investigation, had not, after all, left much of a legacy in either principles or appliances. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The building was wired from top to bottom, and equipped with all the appliances of the art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In heating appliances, steam and water heating systems, base burning and Latrobe stoves, hot air furnaces, gas and oil stoves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• One thing most desirable in connection with practically all of the lamp-socket appliances described and illustrated in this section is the very small cost of operation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These are termed light-duty appliances, as they operate from the light socket. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He must go to bed immediately, must have a regular nurse, and various appliances and precautions must be used, about which Lydgate was particular. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Dreary and solemn the old house looks, with so many appliances of habitation and with no inhabitants except the pictured forms upon the walls. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The principle in these appliances is the employment of two different metals which expand unequally, and thus maintain an uniformity of operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And even for the individual worker, the convenient appliances and helps that have been invented have greatly relieved the occupation of pain and drudgery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And it was this new model which caused the addressograph to take its place in the business world as one of the leading office appliances. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It was natural that in the first development of mechanical appliances they should be devoted to those pursuits in which men had the greatest practical interest. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It might be well to explain that the lamp-socket appliances are those operating from the light socket and are built to carry not over 660 watts of current. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• From the early days when growing industry demanded more coal, inventors have been busy devising all sorts of safety appliances for the miner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He had better workmen, better appliances, and better material in Birmingham than he had had in Glasgow, and the engine was soon beginning to justify his hopes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Thus, with modern appliances, the housewife operates them at high, medium or low to suit her desires. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Within each of these fields are assembled innumerable appliances which are the offspring of the inventive genius of the century just closed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Benday process, so called, is the use of mechanical appliances for adding lines or stipples to either drawings or plates. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Each has become specialized not merely in its appliances and its demands upon time, but in its aim and animating spirit. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Without the aid of artificial appliances a skilful diver may remain under water for two, or even three minutes; accounts of longer periods are doubtful or absurd. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The capitalization in electrical appliances in the United States in 1898 is estimated at $1,900,000,000, most of which is devoted to industries in which the electric motor is used. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The silent drama, however, calls also for many representations which employ conventional acting, staging, and the varied appliances of stagecraft. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It has given to the artists, through its chemists, a world of new colours, and through its mechanics new and convenient appliances. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Closely allied to the dairy appliances are the incubator and the bee hive, both of which have claimed a large share of attention, and for which many patents have been granted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Who, standing in the portal, received them with ghostly gloom, and all her other appliances of ceremony. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There must be more actual material, more stuff, more appliances, and more opportunities for doing things, before the gap can be overcome. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Of the various applications of electricity in body wear and appliances there is scarcely any end. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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