Birmingham

Examples

• Here, bending towards Mr. Pickwick, he whispered in a deep, hollow voice, 'A Buff ball, Sir, will take place in Birmingham to-morrow evening. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The rifle grooves, however, were first made spiral or screwed by Koster, of Birmingham, about 1620, while straight grooves are said to have been in use as far back as 1498. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He had married a second time, and made a home for his wife and children in Birmingham. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I sat up half the night hugging myself over it, and next day I was off to Birmingham in a train that would take me in plenty time for my appointment. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• In 1636 the pinmakers of London formed a corporation and established the industry of Bristol and Birmingham. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He sent a model of this to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers at Birmingham, of which he was president, together with a report describing it in full. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This London and Birmingham road, 112 miles long, was opened September 17, 1838. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• As for Robert, from Birmingham he had gone on to London, where he still sojourned. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• One factory in Birmingham, England, is said to produce about twelve hundred weekly, and Belgium shares in their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mrs. Nathaniel Winkle, who married the son of the old man at Birmingham? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The industry was not successful, however, till 1836, when the Howe Manufacturing Company was formed at Birmingham, Conn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Two men, Wyatt and Paul, of Birmingham, had earlier built a machine to spin stronger yarn than that usually used, but their machine had shown many defects, and they had abandoned its use. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• His success led him to order certain parts of a steam-engine from the firm of Boulton and Watt in Birmingham, these to be shipped to America. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• While I was in Birmingham I looked a little into reality, considered closely and at their source the causes of the present troubles of this country. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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