Automobile
['ɔːtəməbiːl] or [,ɔtəmə'bil]
Definition
adj. self-moving.—n. a motor-car.
Editor: Lora
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you ride in an automobile, denotes that you will be restless under pleasant conditions, and will make a change in your affairs. There is grave danger of impolitic conduct intimated through a dream of this nature. If one breaks down with you, the enjoyment of a pleasure will not extend to the heights you contemplate. To find yourself escaping from the path of one, signifies that you will do well to avoid some rival as much as you can honestly allow. For a young woman to look for one, she will be disappointed in her aims to entice some one into her favor.
Checker: Noelle
Unserious Contents or Definition
From Eng. ought to, and Lat. moveo, to move. A vehicle which ought to move, but frequently can't.
Edited by Cecilia
Examples
- The Columbia two-seated Dos-a-Dos (Fig. 188), Woods’ Victoria Hansom Cab, and the Riker Electric Delivery Wagon are representative types of the modern electric automobile. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Since that episode, which will probably be appreciated by most automobilists, Edison has taken up the electric automobile, and is now using it as well as developing it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The great growth of automobile carriages in the past year has greatly stimulated the output of storage batteries. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They were sitting in the little, stuffy parlor when the distant chugging of an approaching automobile caught their attention. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Birkin had lighted the lamps of the automobile. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Story of an Automobile Factory[59] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In his automobile he has made long tours, and with his family has particularly indulged his taste for botany. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And then, finally, the delicate and ingenious bicycle and automobile steam engines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For this reason gasoline is extensively used, and in the average automobile the source of power is the force generated by exploding gases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As before stated, the modern automobile cannot be considered as a new invention so far as fundamental principles are concerned. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Like the first steam engine, telephone or automobile, the first addressograph was crudely simple and of course presented an uncouth mechanical appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This shows a perfectly equipped electric automobile. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The automobile is older even than the locomotive, and is, in fact, the early model from which the rail locomotive was evolved. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Probably the most popular type of the automobile in the United States is the electric. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The application of machinery in the harvest-field had begun with the embryonic reaper, while both the bicycle and the automobile were heralded in primitive prototypes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Modern science uses the force of such exploding gases for the accomplishment of work, such as running of automobiles and launches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This announcement broke up further conversation, and the entire party went out to the waiting automobiles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We are all familiar with the less powerful ones which are universally used on automobiles for night driving and in a multitude of other every-day practices. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The invention and extensive use of bicycles, automobiles, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The use of gasoline in launches and automobiles is familiar to many. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the 4-cycle type of gas engines (Fig. 130)--the kind used in automobiles--the four strokes are as follows: 1. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These vapour engines are used for vapour launches, bicycles and automobiles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In automobiles of the explosive gas type probably the earliest example is found in the British patent to Pinkus, No. 8,207, of 1839. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is one of the lightest and cheapest of automobiles, runs easily at ten to twelve miles an hour, and is an efficient hill-climber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Westward rushed a multitude of automobiles packed with soldiers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was an urgent want of cheap automobiles to move about goods and workers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The greatest activity, however, is to be found in France, which claims over 600 manufacturers and has in use 6,000 automobiles out of a total of 11,000 in all of Europe. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- So we have the _Automobiles_ in great variety. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In visiting the factory where a half million automobiles are made each year, the visitor first comes to the power house. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Automobiles have been largely responsible for the gas engine. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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