Livingstone
['liviŋstən]
Definition
(noun.) Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873).
Typist: Maura--From WordNet
Examples
- Livingstone states that good domestic breeds are highly valued by the negroes in the interior of Africa who have not associated with Europeans. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We could go into the hotel and register as Doctor and Mrs Livingstone I presume, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This steam-vessel was launched at New York in 1807, and was called the Clermont, the name of Mr. Livingstone's residence on the banks of the Hudson. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Its earliest modes of manufacture were doubtless still followed when Dr Livingstone explored the interior, as they now also are. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was a much more powerful engine than any that had been used in any former experiment; the one employed by Mr. Livingstone having had only five-horse power. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Fulton, who had entered into partnership with Mr. Livingstone, possessed advantages in the construction of the vessel he built in America, far greater than any previous inventor. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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