Curved

Examples

• Brass tubes can easily be bent by ramming full of sand, stopping the ends, and bending them over a curved surface. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In this a vacuum is maintained by a condenser, the vapors passing from the pan to the condenser through the great curved pipe rising from the top, which pipe is five feet in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Formerly augers and similar boring tools had merely a curved sharpened end and a concavity to hold the chips, and the whole tool had to be withdrawn to empty the chips. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This is the case: I observed that the young flower-peduncles of the above Maurandia curved themselves a little towards the side which was touched. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The cock, being curved like a snake, was called the serpentine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The intermittent grasp and feed of the cloth were hardly perceptible, and yet it permitted the cloth to be turned to make a curved seam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the Report of the Jury the influence of the curved shape of the radial arms is considered very important in producing the effects. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In 1806 Gladstone devised a front-draft, side-cut machine, in which a curved segment-bar with fingers gathered the grain and held it while a horizontally revolving knife cut the same. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She would sit up there, with her paws curved under her breast, and sleep in the sun half the afternoon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The more curved the lens, the shorter the focal length, and the nearer the focus is to the lens. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Many familiar illustrations of lenses, or curved refracting surfaces, and their work, are known to all of us. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• For this purpose the lens is movably mounted for a semi-circular swing, and the image is flashed across a curved film in the case. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It is an interesting fact in the history of the invention, that the curved form was formerly adopted in some of the American pumps, and afterwards abandoned. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Four arches form each span, each arch consisting of an upper and lower curved member or rib, extending from pier to pier, and each member composed of two parallel steel tubes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I looked at that delicately curved nose, at the marked eyebrows, at the straight mouth, and the strong little chin beneath it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A fat gray cat with a tail that lifted like a plume crossed the floor to our table and curved against my leg to purr each time she rubbed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Some of the Arabs use them to this day in the form of strange-looking guns with long, slender muzzles and very light, curved stocks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A lens is any transparent material, but usually glass, with one or both sides curved. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The plan of the machine was well enough; it consisted of a row of short curved sickles that were fastened to upright posts. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The curved dotted line beside the shafts indicated a bowed guard to press the standing grain away from the horse. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He was a tall and stately person, scrupulously dressed, with a drawn, thin face, and a nose which was grotesquely curved and long. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• This apparatus as invented by Edison consists of a flaring box, curved at one end to fit closely over the forehead and eyes, while the other end of the box is closed by a paste-board cover. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A curved eye-pointed needle was carried at the end of a pendent vibrating lever, which had a motion simulating that of a pick-ax in the hands of a workman. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Once in a while they even took the whole horns of some young sheep, that had not curved too much, and used the pair just as they grew. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They were made of cloth, arched over ribs to imitate the curved surfaces of bird’s wings, and were fastened to two rectangular wooden frames, fixed one above the other by braces of wood and wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The two lights of a vehicle almost immediately curved round towards her, like two eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Near at hand came the long rows of dwellings, approaching curved up the hill-slope, in straight lines along the brow of the hill. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A still later invention, curved spring teeth, has been found far superior to spikes or disks in throwing up, separating and pulverising the soil. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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