Distances

Examples

• They are tried first with short distances, which are then gradually increased. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The ability of the eye to adjust itself to varying distances is called accommodation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I myself caught one 370 miles from the coast of Africa, and have heard of others caught at greater distances. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Up to this time my troops had been kept in supporting distances of each other, as far as the nature of the country would admit. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Locusts are sometimes blown to great distances from the land. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Lifting heavy weights through great distances is not the only way in which work is done. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• By this means the marks may be impressed on the paper at distances of 400 miles or more apart. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Every foot of road had to be guarded by troops stationed at convenient distances apart. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was at first supposed that the friction against the pipes would oppose so much resistance to the passage of the gas, that it could not be transmitted to great distances. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• By means of this method one high-class clock, usually in an astronomical observatory, compels a number of other clocks at considerable distances to keep time with it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Sir Percival usually takes Isaac of York for the short distances. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the latter case, pipes closely wrapped with a non-conducting material carry steam long distances underground to heat remote buildings. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The case is the same, as when we correct the different sentiments of virtue, which proceed from its different distances from ourselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• About it at great distances circle not only our earth, but certain kindred bodies called the planets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Within there, where the light was, was the man who as to both distances could give him up to ruin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Distances traveled by human feet are also estimated by hours and minutes, though I do not know what the base of the calculation is. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All distances in the East are measured by hours, not miles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• These friends, like astronomical distances, are only to be spoken of in the very largest figures. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Many irrigating systems use centrifugal pumps to force water over long distances and to supply it in quantities sufficient for vast agricultural needs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Orders came from greater distances. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The relative thickness of the rims is perhaps designed to express the relative distances of the planets. Plato. The Republic.
• She leaned forward, clasping her knee in her thin hands, and looking away from him into remote dark distances. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The gunboats ran up close under the bluffs, delivering their fire in return at short distances, probably without much effect. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When used as linings of cloaks the black tuft from the tail is sewed to the skin at irregular distances. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All the distances and all the dimensions about Versailles are vast. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It embodied, for the practical purpose of transmitting articulate speech to distances, the union of the two great forces,--sound and electricity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the dormitories I observed loopholes at certain distances all along just under the ceiling, which I thought judiciously placed for change of air. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I could give many facts showing how frequently birds of many kinds are blown by gales to vast distances across the ocean. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It was a stout pale pudding, heavy and flabby, and with great flat raisins in it, stuck in whole at wide distances apart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The fashionable world--tremendous orb, nearly five miles round--is in full swing, and the solar system works respectfully at its appointed distances. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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