Dimensions

Examples

• Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Around the sides of the room, bounding this open space, run two tiers of gallery, divided, as is the main floor beneath them; into alcoves of liberal dimensions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If it be conjoined with the extension, it must exist somewhere within its dimensions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Wot do you say to another o' the same dimensions? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Methought the apartment only was changed, being of different proportions and dimensions. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He performed the real task of a leader--a task which has essentially two dimensions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• No matter how staunch, sound and grand in dimensions man may build his ships, old Neptune can still toss them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• After numerous experiments, in which the dimensions of the screw were successively diminished, the propeller was at length reduced to two oblique blades. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In the British patent to Puckle, No. 418, of 1718, is shown and described a well-constructed revolver carried on a tripod, and of the dimensions of the modern machine gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Baptistery, which is a few years older than the Leaning Tower, is a stately rotunda, of huge dimensions, and was a costly structure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It takes the dimensions and proportions of figures justly; but roughly, and with some liberty. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The dimensions of the Brys' ball-room must rankle: you may be sure she knows 'em as well as if she'd been there last night with a yard-measure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The molds are made of cast-iron in sections of such size and weight as will be most convenient for handling, mostly in pieces not exceeding two by four feet in rectangular dimensions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For the Egyptians, geometry was concerned w ith surfaces and dimensions, with areas and cubical contents; for the Greek, with his powers of abstraction, it became a study of line and angle. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It was not Harriet's hand that he was certain ofit was the dimensions of some famous ox. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But it still remains to elucidate the actual thing done; to reduce it to concrete data, and in reducing, to unfold its colossal dimensions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Forged dimensions: outside diameter, 141 inches; inside diameter, 131 inches; width, 51 inches. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The quantity of water which flows through the trough each second depends upon the dimensions of the trough and the velocity of the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The boilers were consequently made of less dimensions, but more extensive in their heating surface. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• After heating, the ingot is placed under a 14,000-ton hydraulic forging press and forged to the required dimensions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Rough machined dimensions: outside diameter, 139-3/8 inches; inside diameter, 130 inches; width, 50-3/4 inches; weight, 28,840 pounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All the distances and all the dimensions about Versailles are vast. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Accurate measurements show that these ornaments were not handwork, for there is not the slightest deviation in dimensions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• After the Niagara bridge, above described, he commenced another bridge of greater dimensions over the same river, which was finished within two or three years. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The thickness and evenness of the sheets depended altogether on the judgment and skill of the workman, and their size was necessarily limited by the dimensions of the frame. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The box may be of any required dimensions, to suit the size of the drawing, which is to be fitted into a groove at _a b_, and the interior must be blackened. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• She related the subjects of the pictures, the dimensions of the rooms, and the price of the furniture, in vain. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• There was yet an upper staircase, of a steeper inclination and of contracted dimensions, to be ascended, before the garret story was reached. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Furnaces were enlarged to colossal dimensions, some being a hundred feet high and capable of yielding 80 or 100 tons of metal per day. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I knew its dimensions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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