Instantaneous

Examples

• In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As she said it, with her eyes upon the fire-glow, there was an instantaneous escape of distress into her face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Success with the stock news system was instantaneous. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The love of honour turns to love of money; the conversion is instantaneous. Plato. The Republic.
• These Instantaneous Lights are made without sulphur, consequently the disagreeable smell of the common Lucifer is avoided. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In applying them for the purpose of obtaining instantaneous light, they were mixed together in an adhesive menstruum, into which the ends of small rectangular matches were dipped. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The touch had its instantaneous effect. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The glance was instantaneous. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I felt the blood rush into my face for the first time, but it was only an instantaneous emotion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Casaubon's words had been quite reasonable, yet they had brought a vague instantaneous sense of aloofness on his part. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• All felt the instantaneous conviction. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This sight had an instantaneous effect on Raymond; his eyes beamed with tenderness, and remorse clothed his manners with earnestness and truth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Fig. 283 represents one of these submarine mines carrying 250 pounds of dynamite, and Fig. 284 is an instantaneous photograph at the moment of explosion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The instantaneous and dastardly destruction of our battleship, The Maine, with 250 of her crew, in Havana harbor, February 15, 1898, by one of these agencies, is a harrowing illustration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Relief was instantaneous, the corner was broken, but the harm had been done. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In Fig. 200 is shown a succession of instantaneous photographs of a sportsman shooting a glass ball, and the firing of a disappearing gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In 1851 the first instantaneous views were made by Mr. Cady and Mr. Beckers, of New York, and also by Mr. Talbot, who employed as a flash light a spark from a Leyden jar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• His death had certainly been instantaneous and painless. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The electric spark is so instantaneous that a cannon ball might be seen in its rapid flight, if illuminated by a flash of lightning, and would seem to be stationary. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Sir Thomas could not give so instantaneous and unqualified a consent. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The next improvement was the Congreve match, in which recourse was had to the materials previously used, separately, for obtaining instantaneous lights. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The convenience of smokers has also been consulted in the manufacture of Instantaneous Lights. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The duration of the pressure on the key, whether instantaneous or prolonged for a moment, occasions the difference in the lengths of the lines indented on the paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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