Demonstrations

Examples

• He had it written up for the newspapers, and advertised public demonstrations of its powers, and arranged that Bell should lecture on it in different cities. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• So paradoxical and inoperative did this seem at first that it was met with incredulity, and not until repeated demonstrations established the fact was it accepted as an operative device. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The twins testified their joy by several inconvenient but innocent demonstrations. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The demonstrations of the enemy's immediate approach cut off all farther discourse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The earliest, most successful demonstrations of screw propellers and paddle wheels in steam vessels in the century were the construction and use of a boat with twin screws by Col. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In his public demonstrations, he could do wonders with the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• With Marconi’s successful demonstrations of wireless in England its use at once began. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This time Moore caught and, it appeared, comprehended his demonstrations. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My present business then must be to defend the definitions, and refute the demonstrations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• According to the legend, this great discovery elicited extravagant demonstrations of joy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But now they stood back to back, facing, in wide-eyed amazement, the very evidently hostile demonstrations of a common enemy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He made a curious grimace--one of his strange and equivocal demonstrations--threw down his cue and followed me from the room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In 1834 Thilorier made extensive experiments and demonstrations in the liquefaction of carbonic acid gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The mender of roads was now coming to himself, and was mistrustful of having made a mistake in his late demonstrations; but no. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Quimbo, said Legree to another, who was making zealous demonstrations to attract his attention, ye minded what I telled ye? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Lady Jane and her husband bade her farewell with the warmest demonstrations of good-will. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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