Cans

Examples

• A dog was nosing at one of the cans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• This does not require a multitude of cans and a great floor space, but a lot 25 by 50 feet is sufficient, for the ice is turned out in a continuous process like bricks from a brick machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• There were no refuse cans out. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• And so much harm has been done by food preservatives that the pure food laws require that cans and bottles contain a labeled statement of the kind and quantity of chemicals used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He'll be after the men's cans in the hay-field, and peeping in; and then there'll be an ado because it's not ginger beer, but I can't help it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Many hundred cans filled with pure water are lowered into the cold brine of the tank, and their upper ends form a complete floor, as seen in Fig. 297. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Come, friends, she added, changing at once from bluntness to courtesy, oblige me by taking your cans and going home. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In large plants the non-congealable liquid and cans of water to be frozen are (in order to get larger capacity) carried to a large floor tank in a removed situation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Outside along the street were the refuse cans from the houses waiting for the collector. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In the process of putting up canned goods the products are filled into the cans, and the caps, or heads, are soldered on. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• On returning to the station I passed away the time shooting at cans set on a pile of tins. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• From round iron cans on the top of the gun. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• When the water in the cans is frozen, the cans are raised out of the floor by a traveling crane and carried to one of the four doors seen at the far end of the room. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Into one of the cans a bottle of water is inverted. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Fire risk is reduced to a minimum, because there are no matches, no kindlings, no kerosene cans, no oil barrels and nothing of the sort to endanger life and property. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As I spoke Xodar had been tossing a great number of tiny cans within the prison cell. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The following cut represents the apparatus: [Illustration] It consists of two tomato cans connected by a tin tube. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The cold brine passes from _A_ to a tank in which are immersed cans filled with water, and within a short time the water in the cans is frozen into solid cakes of ice. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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