Curtis
['kə:tis]
Definition
(noun.) English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799).
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Examples
- Amy Curtis March Witnesses: Estelle Valnor, Theodore Laurence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This Goebel claim was then investigated by the leading counsel for the defence, Mr. Curtis. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- AMY CURTIS MARCH Dear Mis March, I jes drop a line to say we git on fust rate. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Pictorial Story of the Airship [Illustration: A PUSHER OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WITH MANY OF THE MORE PROMINENT AIR-MEN _Courtesy of The Curtis Aeroplane Co. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Curtis pushed forward and came near to Fort Fisher, capturing the small garrison at what was called the Flag Pond Battery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The other troops then came up, Pennypacker's following Curtis, and Bell, who commanded the 3d brigade of Ames's division, following Pennypacker. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Again Curtis's brigade of Ame's division had the lead. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this assault on Fort Fisher, Bell, one of the brigade commanders, was killed, and two, Curtis and Pennypacker, were badly wounded. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Why was it not shown to Mr. Curtis, the leading counsel for the defendants in the New York cases, when he was asked to produce a lamp and promised to do so? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Curtis had got within a few yards of the works. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He got all his troops aboard, except Curtis's brigade, and started back. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 25th a landing was effected without opposition, and a reconnoissance, under Brevet Brigadier-General Curtis, pushed up towards the fort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Curtis w as invited to send apparatus to Washington for the Langley Day Celebration. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The only American machines besides the Wrights’ biplanes which have made a name for themselves are the Curtiss biplanes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Curtiss is one of the most daring aviators in the world, and his flight down the Hudson River attracted the widest attention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Langley' s method of launching had been proved practical, but Curtiss finally deci ded to start from the water, and accordingly fitted the aeroplane with hydroae roplane floats. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Curtiss, an American, saw an Antoinette aeroplane approaching him at right angles, and flying upon the same level. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The machine was taken to the Curtiss Aviation Field at Keuka Lake, New York. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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