Consists
[kən'sɪsts]
Examples
- One of these consists of the crushing and grinding machinery, and the other of the long kilns. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The system of filling adopted consists of a culvert in each side wall feeding laterals from which are openings upward into the lock chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It consists chiefly of the four following articles. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Whatever is extended consists of parts; and whatever consists of parts is divisible, if not in reality, at least in the imagination. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Two years thereafter, Mr. Emile Berliner of Washington had invented the _gramophone_, which consists in etching on a metallic plate the record of voice waves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Steel making consists mainly in so treating cast iron as to get rid of a part of the carbon and other impurities. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Now this commission consists of the Health Officer, a physician and three citizens who serve without pay. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The method most commonly practiced in working with apple trees is called bud-grafting, and consists of transferring a plate of bark, with one or more buds attached, from one tree to another. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the cell consists of copper, zinc, and dilute sulphuric acid, the electromotive force has a definite value which is always the same no matter what the size or shape of the cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The car consists of heavy steel plate structure, erected upon a flat car of standard type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These machines mark an important departure, which consists in working the buttonhole by moving the stitch forming mechanism about the buttonhole, instead of moving the fabric. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- His revenue is, in the one case, profit, in the other intereSt. The revenue of a Tartar or Arabian chief consists in profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the next place our youth must be temperate, and temperance consists in self-control and obedience to authority. Plato. The Republic.
- The individual develops, but his proper development consists in repeating in orderly stages the past evolution of animal life and human history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A Swiss machine for this purpose consists of two disks carrying diamonds in their peripheries, which, being put in rapid revolution, cut parallel grooves in the face of the stone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The process consists in using the leaf for producing an impression as a printer uses type, the ink being green, and the pressure applied either by hand or with a press. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This quality, therefore, consists in the relations of objects to intelligent and rational beings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It consists of copper plates on a network of iron. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He continued, uttering each word distinctly, calmly, steadily, but not loudly-- It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This process is called _puddling_, and consists in exposing the molten metal to an oxidizing current of flame and air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The wheel and axle consists of a large wheel and a small axle so fastened that they rotate together. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This consists of a large cast-iron cylinder fitted with a plunger, which is made to work water-tight therein by means of suitable packing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It consists of a series of chalk cylinders mounted on a shaft revolved by hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The coast defense artillery consists of the 8-, 10-, 12- and 16-inch guns and the 12-inch mortars. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Another method, which is safe and cheap, consists in using a saturated solution of hyposulphite of soda to which a little bolted whiting has been added. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This bureau consists of a double column of drawers, with a central small cupboard between them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- One of the most important branches of the Dutch trade at present, consists in the carriage of French goods to other European countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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