Indicating

Examples

• Only very slowly did the human mind develop methods of indicating action and relationship in a formal manner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are divided into classes by names indicating their purpose and mode of operation, such as single, double-acting, lift or force, reciprocating or rotary, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• With which commentary on human life, indicating an experience of it not exclusively his own, he made the best of his way to the end of his journey. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A device for continuously indicating on a galvanometer the depths of the ocean. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They came with broad smiles on their faces, indicating intense joy, to ask what I was going to do now without anything for my soldiers to eat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You must ask our friend opposite about that,' said the host knowingly, indicating the clergyman by a nod of his head. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Each burner is operated by an indicating snap switch which has three separate heats, full, medium and low; medium being one-half of full and low one-half of medium. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Then I had him draw a map of Omean, indicating plainly the position of Shador and of the opening in the dome which led to the outer world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• You fellows dig here, said Snipes, indicating a spot beneath the tree. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• And again later in the day, indicating my plans for his relief, as follows: Your dispatch and Dana's just received. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Among the many innovations appearing in this plant are two that stand out in bold relief as indicating the large scale by which Edison measures his ideas. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Everywhere in a large city or in a small village, smoke is seen, indicating the presence of fire; hence there must exist a large supply of oxygen to keep all the fires alive. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The two are illustrated, diagrammatically, side by side, the arrows indicating flow of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• While with them I devised a printer to print gold quotations instead of indicating them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I asked of Sola, indicating Dejah Thoris by an inclination of my head. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• They had no method of counting beyond a method of indicating two by a dual number, and some way of expressing many. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This cowardly slave of a slave is to serve you well, he said to me, indicating Xodar with a wave of his hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The abacus may be defined as an arrangement of movable beads which slip along fixed rods, indicating by their arrangement some definite numerical quantity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Then this must have been Lady Greystoke, said Jane reverently, indicating the poor mass of bones upon the bed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Therefore Morse knew that if he devised his alphabet he had only to choose the best method of indicating the dots and dashes by the current. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The indicating instruments were of the crudest construction, consisting of two voltmeters connected by pressure wires to the centre of electrical distribution. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The man jerked his head a little on one side, indicating Ursula, and said, with curious amiable, jeering warmth: 'What she warnt? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Here is a good place, said the rat-faced sailor, indicating a spot beneath Tarzan's tree. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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