Illuminating

Examples

• There are two distinct states of carbonization in illuminating gas. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A dangerous but very extensively used illuminating liquid before coal oil was discovered was camphene, distilled from turpentine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Winsor takes British patent for Illuminating Gas, lights Lyceum Theatre, and organizes First Gas Company. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In the meantime, in 1801, Le Bon, a Frenchman at Paris, had succeeded in making illuminating gas from wood, lit his house therewith, and proposed to light the whole city of Paris. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For while it is illuminating to see how environment moulds men, it is absolutely essential that men regard themselves as moulders of their environment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I am simply trying to point out an illuminating fact whose essential truth can hardly be disputed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Water gas has neither the illuminating nor the heating qualities of coal gas, and it is also much more poisonous. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Thus it may be said that illuminating gas and the new century were born together--the former preceding the latter a little and lighting the way. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Nicholas Douglass, however, invented a new system of dovetailing, and great improvements have been made in the system of illuminating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Boghead coal is now commonly used for mixing its gas with that of inferior quality, to bring up the illuminating power to the required standard. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The fire illuminating this room, reader, is such as, if you be a southern, you do not often see burning on the hearth of a private apartment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Under a law passed by the United States Congress in 1907, on alcohol intended for use as fuel or for illuminating purposes, or other mechanical employment, the internal tax need not be paid. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is a book to which all intelligent readers come sooner or later, abounding as it does in illuminating errors and Boswellian charm. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A most illuminating remark. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sch?ffer proved wonderfully adept at cutting type, and later at illuminating the initial letters that were needed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• When you see how business controls politics, it certainly is not very illuminating to call the successful business men of a nation criminals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Human statistics are illuminating to those who know humanity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Many important products besides illuminating gas are obtained from the distillation of soft coal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Another method of giving illuminating power to water gas was to surround the flame with platinum gauze, which was rendered incandescent by the heat, and became highly luminous. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• One time there was to be a convention of the managers of Edison illuminating companies at Chicago. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The reader must bear in mind that illuminating remark of Winckler's, which says that this renascent Athens bore for a time the face of Pericles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The gas thus collected possessed little illuminating power, but it was afterwards mixed with the rich gas from cannel coal, and raised to the requisite illuminating standard. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In the annual report for 1898 of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York, its statement shows that for that city alone the gross earnings were $2,898,021. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Such a lamp necessarily had a small illuminating power compared with that of the arc light, which was the only electric light then in commercial use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The illuminating property of coal gas depends on the quantity of carbon it contains. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The first public display of its illuminating power was made at the rejoicings for the peace of Amiens, in 1802, on which occasion part of the work-shops of Messrs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• There is an illuminating chapter on The Social Evil and the Police. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• One ton of this material yields 15,000 cubic feet of gas, which is equal in illuminating power to 1,930 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Dr. Carver, would there be time, before you start for the Blenkers' to explain to Mr. Archer your illuminating discovery of the Direct Contact? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• As facts are better than theories, it will be of interest to adduce a recent example of gunnery of a most illuminating type, but as regards distance and remarkable accuracy of aim. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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