Fineness

Examples

• Upon this history, therefore, mechanical and illiberal as it may seem (all fineness and daintiness set aside), the greatest diligence must be bestowed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• When the proper fineness had been obtained in this way, the cotton, as it passed from the second pair of rollers, was twisted into a firm strong thread by spindles attached to the frame. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then they were stamped to indicate their fineness and guarantee their purity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It seemed apparent, therefore, that in order to obtain the desired speed there would have to be sacrificed that fineness of emulsion necessary for the securing of sharp pictures. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A short man was his Lordship, broad-chested and bow-legged, but proud of the fineness of his foot and ankle, and always caressing his garter-knee. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The fineness of gold, it has been said, is more difficult to be ascertained than that of silver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The long travel of the carriage back and forth, and the simultaneous twisting and drawing of the yarns, produced threads of great fineness and regularity. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• My old beau, Wellington, is going on famously, thanks to the fineness of his nerves and his want of feeling, and his excellent luck. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The fineness of gold is estimated by carats, pure gold being twenty-four carats fine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But he was really impersonal, he had the fineness of an elegant piece of machinery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The mills of the modern gods, the inventors, grind with exceeding and exact fineness, but the work of a human hand upon a manufactured article still appeals to human sympathy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The French livre contained, in the time of Charlemagne, a pound, Troyes weight, of silver of a known fineness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They are generally thickest in the middle, while their teeth are of various degrees of fineness and of different forms. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The rock is broken down and then ground to a fineness of 80 to 90 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The ductility of glass at high temperatures seems to be unlimited, while its flexibility increases in proportion to the fineness to which its threads are drawn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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