Containing

Examples

• A generator containing a strong solution of ammonia is connected by a pipe to an empty receiver immersed in cold water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Here's a cigar, and the doctor has a prescription containing hot water and a lemon, which is good medicine on a night like this. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• While the arcs with plain carbons are bluish-white, those with carbons containing calcium fluoride have a notable golden glow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A fire extinguisher is a metal case containing a solution of bicarbonate of soda, and a glass vessel full of strong sulphuric acid. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• At No. 12 a tumbler of whiskey is frozen solid by immersing a tube containing liquid air in it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Of the eight volumes already issued, each containing about 350 closely printed pages for half-a-crown, nearly 170,000 copies have been sold within a period of less than three years. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It was evident that subsequen tly to the formation of the basalt that portion of the coast containing the white stratum had been elevated. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The tube is then removed from the boiling water, and after cooling for a few minutes, it is placed in a vessel containing finely chopped ice (Fig. 10). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When dry, dip the paper into a solution of iodide of potassium, containing 500 grains dissolved in 1 pint of water, and let it remain in the solution two or three minutes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A couple of glazed book-cases were here, containing standard works in stout gilt bindings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He found that when cows were deprived of food containing fat they still continued to give milk yielding cream or fatty products. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And he shuffled across the room to a cupboard, from which he took a little old case containing jewels of some value. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There may be, there probably are, thousands of deposits still untouched containing countless fragments and vestiges of man and his progenitors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Pots are used containing the materials to be melted and not heated in the presence of the burning fuel, but by the heated gases in separate compartments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Atkinson commanding, and containing 12th Georgia Battalion. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This is a large oven containing shelves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Papers containing reports of these speeches immediately reached the Northern States, and they were republished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Containing a position which I deny,' interrupted he of the dirty countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• To the faces of these rolls were bolted a series of heavy, chilled-iron plates containing a number of projecting knobs two inches high. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Three days further brought them to an island containing a lake (? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The engine was placed behind the carriage, which was capable of containing sixteen persons, besides the engineer and guide. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Seidlitz powder is a simple remedy consisting of two powders, one containing bicarbonate of soda, and the other, some acid such as cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In one hand he bore a light, in the other a receptacle containing a gruel-like mixture--the common prison fare of Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In the top was constructed a scientific laboratory surmounted by a lantern containing a powerful electric light. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Around the room, on shelves, are hundreds of bottles each containing a small quantity of nickel hydrate made in as many different ways, each labelled correspondingly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• 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.
• Licensees under Edison patents in this country alone produce upward of 60,000,000 feet of films annually, containing more than a billion and a half separate photographs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Frezier, who visited Peru in 1713, represents Lima as containing between twenty-five and twenty-eight thousand inhabitants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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