Built

Examples

• She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Then came Julius Griffith, in 1821, of Brompton, who patented a steam carriage which was built by Joseph Bramah, one of the ablest mechanics of his time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Cleveland was a spacious, modern-built house, situated on a sloping lawn. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• In 1813 Puffing Billy was built by Wm. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Forty-Niners took revolvers to California, foreign governments sent orders for them, and armories were built in England and in Russia for their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At one end he built a fireplace of small stones from the beach. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The English crown has been gradually built up from the plain circlet with four trefoil heads worn by William the Conqueror. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Near the churchyard, and in the middle of a garden, stood a well-built though small house, which I had no doubt was the parsonage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• These ovens were always built on the banks of a stream, a big spring, or pool of water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Certain mechanics in New England, who had heard descriptions of his model, built machines on its lines, and sold them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The houses were built of stone and generally only one story high. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The machine he built looked like an ordinary stage-coach on four wheels. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In 1804, at Pen y Darran, South Wales, a third engine was built, which was the first steam locomotive ever to run on rails. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Nine years later Sir Isaac Newton, having studied Gregory’s plans, built the first reflecting telescope, which is now to be seen in the hall of the Royal Society in London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, owned by the North German Lloyd Company, and built in 1897, is shown in Fig. 114, and for three years held the record as the fastest steamship afloat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Furnace and Ashton built a boat, which plied on the river, between Hull and Beverley, for some time, and answered exceedingly well. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A number of others similar to the Holland were subsequently built. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The latest achievement in marine architecture, however, is the Deutschland, built for the Hamburg-American Company. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The first railroads to be built were principally branches of the Liverpool and Manchester one, and chiefly located in the mining and manufacturing county of Lancaster. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Such boilers are adapted for portable stationary engines, locomotives, fire and marine engines, and the fire is built within the boiler frame. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Nimrod built that city. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The motorcycle in its form of today was designed and built by America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Lord Dundas at the beginning of the century had an iron boat built for the Forth and Clyde Canal, which was propelled by steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• An important addition was made in 1901 in a French boat, the Morse, built at Cherbourg. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The car was designed and built within twenty-seven days. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The _hypocaust_ was a hot-air furnace built in the basement or cellar of the house and from which the heat was conducted by flues to the bath rooms and other apartments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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