Evans
['evənz]
Definition
(noun.) British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941).
(noun.) United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971).
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Examples
- Evans' System Prevailed for Three Quarters of a Century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His name was Evans, but he afterwards changed it, like myself, and he is now a rich and prosperous man in the south of England. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The same year Oliver Evans used a stern paddle wheel boat on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Jonathan Hulls and Oliver Evans (1789) had stern wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Allen, Rumsey, Franklin, and Evans (1786) proposed to employ a backwardly discharged column of water issuing from a pump. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Evans system, with minor modifications and improvements, was the prevailing one for three-quarters of a century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A great advance in milling was made both in America and Europe by the inventions of Oliver Evans. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1787 Oliver Evans obtained a patent in Maryland for the exclusive right to make steam road wagons. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Oliver Evans, the great American contemporary of Watt, had in 1779 devised a high-pressure non-condensing steam engine in a form still used. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Oliver Evans followed with two longitudinal flues. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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