Cylindrical

Examples

• A cylindrical tube with a perforated end contained the liquid. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It was a little black leather-covered rectangular box, about six inches long, with a sort of blind eye at one end closed by a cylindrical shutter, substantially as seen in Fig. 203. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These are of irregular cylindrical form, depending on the form of the tusk’s circumference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On the ends of the shafts of the bottom and top rolls there were cylindrical sleeves, or bearings, having seven sheaves in which was run a half-inch endless wire rope. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The front end of this cylindrical shield is provided with a diaphragm or bulkhead in which are apertures which may be opened or closed at will. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It had a cylindrical boiler, eight feet long and thirty-four inches in diameter, with an internal flue tube passing through it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He made a cylindrical mantle of thin fabric, and then soaked it in a solution of thorium and cerium until it became saturated with the chemical. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• But it was concluded after experiment that a rectangular form was the best, as it is more rigid than either a cylindrical or elliptical tube. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the 18th century Smeaton devised the horizontal lengthened cylindrical boiler traversed by a flue. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This cylindrical counterweight is seen raised on the left of Fig. 272. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The name would indicate that the bridge was cylindrical in form, and this was the first idea. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• On the ends of the shafts of the bottom and top rolls there were cylindrical sleeves, or bearings, having seven sheaves, in which was run a half-inch endless wire rope. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The central cylindrical space in the receiver is now filled with water, and the operation is reversed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At one end of the journey we see the cylindrical bar of steel, black and unlovely; at the other, the silver-plated knife, light, well-balanced and heavily plated with pure silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Cylindrical rods placed at equal intervals apart pass through the framework and are fixed firmly into the sides. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It consists of a cylindrical container with a solution of sodium bicarbonate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This originally consisted of an internal tube of wrought iron or gun metal, with cylindrical casings of wrought iron shrunk on. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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