Discarded

Examples

• He discarded the original porte-rule and type of the transmitter for the key or lever, moved up and down by hand to complete or break the circuit. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The hollow part at the base of the tusk must also be discarded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The chalk telephone was finally discarded in favor of the Bell receiver--the latter being more simple and cheaper. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• After that the other mines of Great Britain discarded the old expensive Newcomen engine, and sent in orders for Watt’s. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In 1827 he discarded the use of silver salts, and employed a resin known as Bitumen of Judea (asphaltum). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The early breech-loaders had been discarded, as it was not known how to make the breech gas-tight, and the explosions rendered the guns more dangerous to their users than to the enemy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And so much the worse grudge I owe him, for interfering and setting my discarded men against me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• When we speak the name of Moore, shame should be forgotten and fear discarded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Models of it were worn on breasts from which the Cross was discarded, and it was bowed down to and believed in where the Cross was denied. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Then he fitted up a corner of the baggage-car of his train as a miniature laboratory, and filled it with the bottles and retorts that had been discarded at the railroad workshops. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Hence it will never be discarded by those who can afford its use; but it alone is inadequate for heating and cooking purposes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At least six inches from the point of the tusk must be discarded because the circumference is too small. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is an ordinary indication that there has been an interesting meeting when the caretaker about fills a waste-basket with these discarded sketches. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

Edited by Lelia