Conductor

Examples

• The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The conductor from the hopper to the machine is made of two strips of steel, down which the pins, held by their heads, slide. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It was lynch law of a kind; but in view of the responsibility, this action of the conductor lay well within his rights and duties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We were going up to the house, among some dark heavy trees, when he called after my conductor. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Citizen Defarge, said he to Darnay's conductor, as he took a slip of paper to write on. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Wood has been shown to be an even better conductor of sound than air. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He was never too good at getting about and he was conductor of a tram and that is not the best preparation for the hills. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• To which my conductor replied, Pumblechook. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There was an omnibus passing--going into the country; the conductor thought he was wishing for a place, and stopped near the pavement. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• At no time in his transit was he visible to any save his conductor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When he come to the grave, said our conductor, he showed his cloak beautiful. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Thus, the paper passed between the drum and the two small wheels, and, as dry paper is a non-conductor, current was prevented from passing until a perforation was reached. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Fig. 35 is an end view of a street car of the latter type, with the conduit and conductor rails in cross section. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It would rather, if any were in the walls, pass out of it into the rod, to get more readily by that conductor into the earth. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Method of distilling liquids by incandescent conductor immersed in the liquid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Substances which, like an air gap, interfere with the flow of electricity are called non-conductors, or, more commonly, insulators. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• His notes include the use of powdered silicon mixed with lime or other very infusible non-conductors or semi-conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Whenever Mr. Snagsby and his conductors are stationary, the crowd flows round, and from its squalid depths obsequious advice heaves up to Mr. Bucket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The percentage of drop varies according to the quantity of copper used in conductors, both as to cross-section and length. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Conductors were run from the station to supply each of the four quarters of the district with light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Substances which, like the earth, the human body, and all other moist objects, conduct electricity are conductors. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These data revealed the fact that the quantity of copper required for the main conductors would be exceedingly large and costly; and, if ever, Edison was somewhat dismayed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We are able to hear easily through the walls of many rooms because the material used in those walls are good conductors of sound. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• One notable afternoon was that on which the New York board of aldermen took a special train out to Menlo Park to see the lighting system with its conductors underground in operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He said he wanted to sell the energy outside of the station and not waste it in the dynamo and conductors, where it brought no profits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Even admitting that the size and weight of his low-tension conductors necessitated putting them underground, this argues nothing against the propriety and sanity of his methods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The electric or etheric waves thereby set up are detected and received by another special form of apparatus more or less distant, without any intervening wires or conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The street conductors were of the overhead pole-line construction, and were installed by the construction company that had been organized by Edison to build and equip central stations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We know that some things are better conductors of heat than others, and just in that same way, some things conduct sound better than others. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Of these two Brockton required the larger plant, but with the conductors placed underground. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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