Elevator

Examples

• In the hydraulic form of elevator, a motor worked by water is employed to lift the car, although steam power is also employed to raise the water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• On another occasion he encountered a more novel peril by falling into the pile of wheat in a grain elevator and being almost smothered. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The walls are 15 feet thick at the base, and 18 inches at the top, and its summit is reached by an internal winding staircase and a central elevator. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The elevator rose steadily and stopped. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It is by means of the modern elevator that the business of a whole town may be transacted under a single roof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• While moving on this elevator the cases are cooled so that they can be handled as soon as they are lowered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I saw the doors of the elevator closed, and the grill shut and the fourth-floor button pushed by the porter. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I paid the driver, and then we rode upstairs in the elevator. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It consisted of a large collection of bolts and screws which had been _cold-punched_, as well as of elevator and carrier chains, the links of which had been so punched. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Here is also a chain elevator, which raises the wheels out of the freight cars to a runaway on which they travel by gravity to the third floor of the main factory. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He knew where every elevator shaft and boiler and fire-wall was, and also how much gas each resident used and what he paid for it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Of close kin to the elevator are the _fire escape_, _dumb waiter_ and _grain elevator_, each of which fills a more or less important function in the life of to-day. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It has been called an elevator with the doors always open. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And he darted to the elevator to forestall the two women. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This, in its latest form known as the gearless traction elevator, does away with all intricate machinery, and yields a machine moving with equal speed whatever the height. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mention has already been made of office and other elevators, in which compressed air is an important factor in operating the same and for preventing accidents. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The century was half through with before it was proposed to use water and steam for passenger elevators. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Not only are passengers conveyed up and down by electric elevators in skyscrapers, but the buildings themselves are erected by means of electricity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Story in Elevators and Escalators[15] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The operating-room referred to was on the fifth floor of the building with no elevators. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The supplies for cities and for families are estimated, measured and recorded as easily as are the supplies of illuminating gas, or the flow of food from elevators. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The summit of the tower was reached by staircases containing 1,793 steps, and by hydraulic elevators running in four stages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Then came the overhead circuits for distributing electrical energy to motors for operating elevators, driving machinery, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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