Grades

Examples

• But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In the Hetton Railway, which ran for a part of its distance through rough country, he used stationary engines wherever he could not secure grades that would make locomotives practicable. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In mountainous regions, the topography of the land prevents the elimination of all steep grades, but nevertheless the attempt is always made to follow the easiest grades. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There are several grades of lawyers' clerks. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The efficiency of the Diesel engine is high, and it can use low grades of fuel, but it has the disadvantage of greater weight per horse-power than other engines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Oranges are usually divided in grades into four classes called, in the order of their quality, Extra Choice, Choice, Standards and Culls. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We have to deal with all grades of life from the frontier to the metropolis, with men who differ in sense of fact, in ideal, in the very groundwork of morals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Watches of the highest grades are adjusted to five positions as well as to temperature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At that time the railways were laid in the most careless fashion, little attention was paid to the rails’ proper joining, and less to the grades of the roads. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The history of science reveals men of all grades of intelligence and of all social ranks co?perating in the cause of human progress. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The officers of the lower grades were but little superior to the men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Variations of the two above processes make possible the production of certain grades of table salt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On the cheap grades there are no blind rails, the bolts being decorated with brass caps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They said the grades were excessive, and it would cost too much to do it with steam locomotives, even if they could climb the grades. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Curves were modified, and grades eliminated where possible by the erection of numerous trestles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Now all such rubber is reclaimed, and used in many grades of goods which do not require a pure gum. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This vast army of men consisted of all nationalities and all grades and conditions of labor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In modern states they were also of various forms until heralds devised a regular series to mark the grades of rank from the imperial crown to the baron’s coronet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• You might as well talk abstractly about the goodness or badness of this universe which contains happiness, pain, exhilaration and indifference in a thousand varying grades and quantities. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Whatever your philosophy, when you come to the test of actual facts you find, I think, all grades of freedom and determinism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• So many could receive the pay of non-commissioned officers of the various grades, and the remainder the pay of privates. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Their special work was the production of glass for the finest scientific and optical purposes, and the highest grades of commercial glass. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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