Hughes
[hju:z]
Definition
(noun.) United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948).
(noun.) United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976).
(noun.) United States writer (1902-1967).
(noun.) English poet (born in 1930).
Checked by Leon--From WordNet
Examples
- Among those most prominently identified with its development are Bell, Edison, Berliner, Hughes, Gray, Dolbear and Phelps. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The system was subsequently greatly improved by Hughes and others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Published dates will show that Hughes came along after me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Hughes conducted most of this work, and later on took a prominent part in Edison's electric-railway experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Dr. Hughes I declareand Mrs. Hughes. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Must go and speak to Dr. and Mrs. Hughes for a moment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Professor Hughes spent an afternoon in examining the apparatus, and in about a month came out with his microphone, which was absolutely nothing more nor less than my exact invention. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hughes was rescued from destruction, and has become the property of the Pratt Institute, of Brooklyn, to whose thousands of technical students it is a constant example and incentive. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hughes was in charge of the track construction at Menlo Park. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The utility of the telephone has been greatly increased by the inventions of Hughes and Edison of the _microphone_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hughes, who went with Edison in 1879, and was in charge of much of the work, states that they were second street-car rails, insulated with tar canvas paper and things of that sort--asphalt. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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