Disc

Examples

• In the following year Davy reported other chemical changes produced by electricity; he had succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalis and disc overing the elements potassium and sodium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• You speak against a tiny disc of sheet-iron, and the disc trembles. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The wire in each disc is 1,140 feet long; and the total length of wire in the regenerator is 41? miles, or equal to the surface of four steam boilers, each 40 feet long and 4 feet diameter. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The disc is divided into eight or ten compartments, in each one of which the same figures are repeated, though the positions of one or more of them are changed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Here is the foresight, said he putting his finger upon the little disc and loop of the hat-securer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Only so much of this disc was exposed to view as to show a single letter at a time, through a small aperture, as the seconds wheel revolved. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Again and again he crosses and obscures the disc I want always to see clear; ever and anon he renders me to you a mere bore and nuisance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The effect of screening the objects from the eye at short intervals is produced by looking with one eye through the openings at the image of the disc, reflected from a mirror. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The disc stove conveys the heat to the food by the principle of conduction, _i. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The same effect would be produced if the disc, during its rotation, were seen by successive electric sparks. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It is most conspicuous when the illuminated part of the disc is at its smallest, as soon after new moon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As the waxed disc and pan are revolved, the stylus and diaphragm are gradually moved by gears toward the center of the disc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He perfected the dot and dash code, he invented the device for embossing the message, and replaced the inking pen by a metal disc, smeared with ink, that rolled the dots and dashes on the paper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This stud projects from the fact and near the edge of a small steel disc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Several discs of metal, old coins apparently, such as I hold here, were scattered over the bottom of the box, but it contained nothing else. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The same principle, that of using discs with figures on their peripheries, is employed in present-day calculating machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This consisted of alternate discs of copper and zinc, separated by layers of cloth steeped in an acidulated solution. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Many improvements have been made on the disc stoves and they are sold not only as single, but as double or twin, and triple discs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The arms are formed by curved partitions between the discs, which radiate from the centre to the outer rim, towards which the space between the discs is contracted. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Watson, who helped him construct the two armatures, or vibrating discs, at the end of an electrified wire that stretched from the workshop to an adjoining room. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• She could only watch the brilliant little discs of the daisies veering slowly in travel on the dark, lustrous water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Edited by Harold