Discoveries

Examples

• Were thy garments searched by as curious an eye, Isaac, said he, what discoveries might not be made? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• These discoveries, added to the long observed fact of coal oil floating on streams in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, led to the search for its natural source. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I prefer trying to report Mr. Franklin's discoveries, as nearly as may be, in Mr. Franklin's own words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Inventions and discoveries in the field of surgery relate not only to instrumentalities but processes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I am pleased with the late astronomical discoveries made by our society. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But the late discoveries of medical science have given us large power of alleviation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• His striking discoveries soon earned for him the nickname of The Wizard of Menlo Park. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• What shall we say to the instinct which leads the bee to make cells, and which has practically anticipated the discoveries of profound mathematicians? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The electric furnace, stimulated into higher heat by the dynamo than can be otherwise obtained, has brought about many valuable discoveries, and made great advances in various arts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As I rec overed my former state of mind, I felt an inclination to communicate the discoveries I had made during the experiment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I have made certain discoveries while in England, and now know more about Justinian than he thinks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You have examined the servants yourself, and you know what discoveries two of them made outside Rosanna's door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He has not merely happened on his discoveries. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• An American, a being of an inferior order, make discoveries! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Next to pure air to breathe we need pure water to drink, and modern discoveries and inventions have done and are doing much to help us to both. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I desired his leave to go with them, that I might see the country, and make what discoveries I could. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He makes discoveries. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Galileo made many great discoveries and inventions; there was hardly a field of science that he did not enter and explore; but his greatest work was to open a new world to men’s attention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I went upstairs to ascertain, but I made no discoveries, and when I questioned Laura, I found that she had not heard anything. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is interesting to note that discoveries and inventions, which may seem slight in themselves, sometimes form the basis of, or contribute to, other important inventions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• No, I said shortly; no adventures--no discoveries. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The discoveries in the elaboration of implements and the use of metals made by the settled peoples spread to them and improved their weapons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He left to inventors the practical application of his discoveries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Less conspicuous but still eminently useful were his discoveries and labours in other directions, in the expansion of gases, evaporation, steam, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In addition to scientific discoveries, the manufacture of glass in England received a great impetus by the removal of onerous excise duties which had been imposed on its manufacture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Nineteenth Century Inventions and Discoveries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It was through its agency that the telegraph, the electric light, and many other discoveries in electricity were made and rendered possible. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These discoveries were made by Scheele in his endeavours to find in light the source of phlogiston--that _ignis fatuus_ of the chemists of the last century. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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