Computed

Examples

• It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In the time of Julius C?sar the larger of the famous libraries of Alexandria, containing, i t is computed, some 490,000 rolls, caught fire from ships burning in the harbor, and perished. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The following figures are based upon the Special Reports of the Census Bureau, 1902 and 1907, with additions computed upon the increase that has subsequently taken place. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The distance from Corpus Christi to San Antonio was then computed at one hundred and fifty miles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The wages of labour are commonly computed by the quantity of silver which is paid to the labourer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If the computed exchange with France, therefore, was not more than two or three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If less than this was paid, the real exchange might be in favour of England, while the computed was in favour of France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The labour of each child, before it can leave their house, is computed to be worth a hundred pounds clear gain to them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• From this I computed the general direction of Helium and the distance at which it lay from the opening which led to Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At the end of every three months, they send this account to the treasurer, with the amount of the tax computed at the bottom of it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It has been computed by different authors at a fifth, at a tenth, at a twentieth, and at a thirtieth, part of that value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I computed the number of our people, by reckoning how many millions there might be of each religious sect, or political party among us. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• At Rome all accounts appear to have been kept, and the value of all estates to have been computed, either in asses or in sestertii. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In one of them it is computed at six shilling and eightpence the quarter, in the other at five shillings and eightpence only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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