Revolved

Examples

• In 1784, Mr. Bramah obtained a patent for a propeller similar in its forms to the vanes of a windmill, which by acting obliquely on the water as it revolved, pushed the boat forward. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Only so much of this disc was exposed to view as to show a single letter at a time, through a small aperture, as the seconds wheel revolved. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The contrivance was a mere toy, employing no light and being merely a little machine which, when revolved, gave figures, printed in different positions, the semblance of motion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In Tarzan's clever little mind many thoughts revolved, and back of these was his divine power of reason. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The heat, of whatever origin, is applied from below, and the shaft being revolved, four of the armatures lose their magnetism constantly, while the other four gain it, so to speak. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I revolved a thousand and a thousand plans. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I revolved many projects; but that on which I finally fixed was, to enter the dwelling when the blind old man should be alone. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• It consists of a series of chalk cylinders mounted on a shaft revolved by hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These people whom she had ridiculed and yet envied were glad to make a place for her in the charmed circle about which all her desires revolved. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• As the waxed disc and pan are revolved, the stylus and diaphragm are gradually moved by gears toward the center of the disc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Alfred's serious air shewed that he still revolved the tragic story related by the Italian boy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I revolved rapidly in my mind a multitude of thoughts, and endeavoured to arrive at some conclusion. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Alone again, Clennam became a prey to his old doubts in reference to his mother and Little Dorrit, and revolved the old thoughts and suspicions. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The gyroscopes in this, moved by a gasoline engine, revolved in a vacuum at a speed of three thousand rotations a minute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As I ran down the passage, my sister's door was unlocked, and revolved slowly upon its hinges. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It consisted of a circular series of barrels mounted on a central shaft, and revolved by suitable gears and a hand crank. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Care had to be taken that the wound core corresponded to the direction of the current, supposing it were placed in a field and revolved. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Jo revolved, and Amy gave a touch here and there, then fell back, with her head on one side, observing graciously, Yes, you'll do. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In the ordinary lathe the work is revolved rapidly, and the cutting tool is held stationary, or only slowly shifted in the hand. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It does enable us to rid ourselves of an officer we don't like instead of having to wait until the earth has revolved to a certain place about the sun. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The exposed machinery creaked and groaned, the unguarded paddle-wheels revolved ponderously and splashed a great deal of water, the tiller was badly placed for steering. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A chalk cylinder moistened with a chemical solution was revolved by hand or a small motor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This, however, revolved about a horizontal axis. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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