Blocks

Examples

• He persuaded them to start cutting the blocks for the Gospel of St. Matthew. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The metal casting of each page is very thin, and when required to be used, it is screwed on to blocks of wood to the same height as ordinary types. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In time the blocks were all finished. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Railroad ties and street paving blocks are ordinarily protected by oil rather than paint. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He forgot all about his fire-blocks while he sat stock still and thought. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It was desired to divide large blocks generally at the quarries to facilitate transportation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I looked very closely, and the whole book is made from blocks, like the playing-card. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It's lucky I've got this stuff in blocks, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Brunel’s mortising machine for making ships’ blocks is another early form described in British patent No. 2,478, of 1801. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The bulk of the crude chicle manufactured is shipped in blocks to Canada, where it is further evaporated and carefully refined prior to importation into the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Printing from wood blocks began about the same time as tea-drinking, and with the seventh century came a remarkable revival of poetry. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Printing from letters engraved on blocks of wood is an ancient art, having had its origin in China many centuries before the Christian era. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But by-and-by we shall meet with plenty of stumbling-blocks, no doubt. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I'd give anything to show you the baby, Miss Bart, and we live right down the street here--it's only three blocks off. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They are made from blocks, like the St. Christopher. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Having prepared the house and packing cut the blocks of ice of precisely equal size, using a cross-cut saw with one handle removed, to go under water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Dost thou see, Anna, how much better these blocks are than the slower way of copying by hand? Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In this, the relief blocks are replaced by engraved copper rolls which rotate continuously and in the course of their rotation automatically receive coloring matter on the engraved portion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Riffe, the third apprentice, was admitted to the business, and after that the four took turns looking after the jewelry shop and working over the blocks for the History. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Night after night he worked at it, until a great pile of engraved blocks was done. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• They wanted to go back to the blocks, but Gutenberg insisted that his new way was the better. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The process is as follows: The tusk is sawed into blocks about 2-3/4 inches in size. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It was walled three feet above ground with squared and heavy blocks of stone, after the manner of Bible pictures. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They saw their master bending over wooden blocks, a pile of tools, and the open pages of the History. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Every street in Horta is handsomely paved with the heavy Russ blocks, and the surface is neat and true as a floor--not marred by holes like Broadway. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At most, this only blocks out in outline the field in which further growth is to be directed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The imagination makes what it will of chairs, blocks, leaves, chips, if they serve the purpose of carrying activity forward. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Sometimes it is in the form of pancakes or in blocks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In this manner, after much labour, the rock was prepared to receive the blocks of granite, which were laid one on the other, till they rose above the surface of the water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Second, all wood parts are built up with veneer layers; never are they constructed of solid blocks of wood. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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