Galvanized

Examples

• He seemed a mere automaton, galvanized into moving and speaking by the wayward Eustacia's will. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• To make this incubator get your tinner to make you a tank 15 inches wide, 30 inches long, and 12 inches deep, of galvanized iron or zinc, the iron being preferable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• So the scream of Sabor, the lioness, galvanized the brain and muscles of little Tarzan into instant action. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They are generally galvanized to prevent them from rusting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Dr. Steinheil also introduced the use of galvanized iron wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Galvanized Iron invented by Craufurd. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The wires themselves are about one-sixth of an inch in diameter; they are made of iron coated with zinc, or galvanized, as it is termed, to protect them from rust. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Zinc does not combine with oxygen under ordinary circumstances, and hence galvanized iron is immune from rust. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Of course her approach always galvanized him to new and spasmodic life: the game of romps was sure to be exacted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A two-inch galvanized iron pipe with a strong, pointed end containing small perforations is driven into the ground with a sledge hammer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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