Compressed

Examples

• The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The principle of the air brake is to store up compressed air in a reservoir on the locomotive by means of a steam pump. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was at the bottom of a page, and was for want of room compressed into a smaller space than that occupied by the marriages above. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Manila hemp is obtained from the leaf stalks of the Philippine plant known as the Abacá, the leaf stems of which are compressed together, and constitute the trunk of the plant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• In passing through materials saturated with water, the shield is assisted by using compressed air in the working chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A similar process of embossing, was devised in Paris and called Xyloplasty, by which steam-softened wood is compressed in carved moulds, which give it bas-relief impressions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Every time we squeeze the bulb of an atomizer, we force compressed or condensed air through the atomizer, and the condensed air pushes the liquid out of the nozzle (Fig. 51). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• To the lay mind a storage battery presents itself in the aspect of a device in which electric energy is STORED, just as compressed air is stored or accumulated in a tank. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Hence, even when the plunger is moving upward, water is forced through the pipe because of the pressure of the compressed air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• More important, however, is the compressed air rock drill, in which a piston has the drill bit directly on its piston rod and cuts by a reciprocating action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A reservoir containing highly compressed air is fixed on the diver’s back, which supplies him with air by a self-regulating apparatus at a pressure corresponding to his depth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The diver sometimes carries on his back a tank of compressed air, from which the air escapes through a tube to the space between the body and the suit. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Margaret went very white, and compressed her lips a little more. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• As the hammers move back the mainspring is compressed, and when the dog B is removed from the notch by pulling on the trigger, the hammers are released and the gun fired. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• We saw in Section 84 that gases have a tendency to expand, but that they can be compressed by the application of force. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Divers and men who work under water carry on their backs a tank of compressed air, and take from it, at will, the amount required. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In our study of the atmosphere we saw that air can be compressed and rarefied; in other words, we saw that air is very elastic. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If a waterfall is convenient, air is compressed by the body of descending water, and used to ventilate tunnels, and deep shafts and mines, or drive the drills or other tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If too much air is blown into a toy balloon, the balloon bursts because it cannot support the great pressure exerted by the compressed air within. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If a gas is cooled and compressed at the same time, liquefaction occurs much more surely and easily than though either factor alone were depended upon. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Immediately Gudrun saw the famous sociologist as a flat bottle, containing tabloids of compressed liberty. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Liquid air is simply air which has been compressed and cooled to what is called its critical temperature and pressure, _i. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• After full recoil, the gun is automatically returned to its forward position by the action of the coil springs, which are compressed during the recoil. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Mention has already been made of office and other elevators, in which compressed air is an important factor in operating the same and for preventing accidents. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If 2 cubic feet of air are compressed to 1 cubic foot, the pressure of the compressed air is doubled. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• While it is true that air is easily compressed, it is also true that air is elastic and capable of very rapid and easy expansion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When air is compressed, its pressure increases, and it exerts a greater force against the matter with which it comes in contact. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In comparison with the past, what centuries of improvement has this single agent compressed in the short compass of fifty years! William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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