Investigations

Examples

• It was made in pursuance of his investigations into the subject of harmonic telegraphs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• As a result, fragmentary investigations can be brought together and applied to the work of statecraft. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The sanctity of their dress will not only protect them, but serve to conceal their political and commercial investigations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Until the time of Edison's investigations of 1875, now under consideration, electricity had never been known to manifest itself except through a closed circuit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Information of both outrages was communicated to the police, and the needful investigations were pursued, I believe, with great energy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• With your permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations outside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Pasteur now applied his energies to the study of virulent diseases, following the principles of his earlier investigations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He was not fond of taking a leading part in such investigations as could never terminate in any degree of certainty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But finally Jack found an ice-cream saloon, and that closed investigations for that evening. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Colonel had dissipated the greater part of his fortune in his chemical investigations. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Very early in his investigations Langley thought he received through watching the anemometer a clue to the mystery of flight. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The same result attended the next investigations, which were secretly instituted on the subject of Mrs. Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In 1826 these two gentlemen became acquainted, and conjointly prosecuted the investigations which led to the beautiful result of the Daguerreotype. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I could not stop to make any fresh investigations. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Spying, informing, constant investigations of everybody and everything must become the rule where there is a forcible attempt to moralize society from the top. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Where are the doubts that should have honored these investigations, the frank statement of all the gaps in knowledge, and the obscurities in morals? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• My friend, Professor Von Reisenberg, of the University of Ghent, pursued a series of investigations into the capacity of various animals to receive ideas. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This decision was reached only after the most careful investigations and calculations, as Mr. Edison was just as full of fight and ambition to make it a success as when he first started. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Close at hand is a microscope which is in frequent use by him in these investigations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Abo ut three years after Langley's death the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution established the Langley Medal for investigations in aerodromics in its application to aviation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The religious investigations of William James were a study, not of ecclesiastical institutions or the history of creeds. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• When I told her she could not conceal her surprise at the indifference with which I spoke of the failure of my investigations thus far. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Since Edison completed his final series of investigations on his storage battery and brought it to its present state of perfection, the commercial values have increased by leaps and bounds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Both of these philosophers illustrated by their own investigations the efficiency of the methods which they advocated. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• That practical issues hang upon these investigations can be shown by an example from Mr. Wallas's book. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• At the very beginning of the 19th century John Dalton in England, 1801-1807, and Gay-Lussac in France began their investigations of gases and vapours. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Harvey in his investigations made use of many species of animals--at least eighty-seven. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He knew, as well as I did, that he could expect no more help from me, now that I had discovered the turn which his investigations were really taking. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Morse in 1837 commenced to put the results of his experiments and investigations in the form of caveats, applications and letters patent in the United States and in Europe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Herbert assented to all this, and we went out immediately after breakfast to pursue our investigations. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Editor: Rhoda