Files

Examples

• How are Files Made? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Holmes spent the evening in rummaging among the files of the old daily papers with which one of our lumber-rooms was packed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Boil the old files or rasps in this solution for half an hour. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Files are usually made with the hand, file-cutting machines not having been as yet perfectly successful on account of the delicacy of touch required in the work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Rasps are files which have isolated sharp teeth separated by comparatively wide spaces, and are chiefly used for soft materials such as wood and horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Look over your files,' said the boss to the man handling the press stuff. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The files, except those that are used for soft substances, are hardened by heating them to a cherry-red color and then dipping them in water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A good tool-kit holds a number of files of various shapes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Coarse files should remain in the bath twelve hours and fine ones two or three hours less. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The end to be pointed passes over a series of coarse, medium and fine revolving files or cutters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All the old files of the Ring were in it; and Tandyman wouldn't pay; no, dammy, he wouldn't pay. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In making fine files a good file-cutter will cut upwards of two hundred teeth within the space of an inch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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