Machines

Examples

• Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The list would be too long to simply name all the ingenious machines there exhibited and subsequently invented for every important operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• All these features are now given to the shingle by modern machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The manufacture of the projecting machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• From this point of time successful embroidery machines were made. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Up in the top loft of the factory we stored those machines, and at night we put up the benches and got everything all ready. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Thirdly, and lastly, the machines and instruments of trade, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• People admired the machines as a curiosity, but none were induced to buy them or help him pecuniarily. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Leather Sewing Machines of Greenough and Corliss, 1842-43. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Baldwin, a construction engineer, living in the United States, began to work on calculating machines in 1870. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Scientists and inventors now had two forms of electrical machines to produce light: the voltaic battery and the magneto-electric apparatus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He has occasion for no machines or instruments of trade, unless his shop or warehouse be considered as such. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Each of those machines, with a boy as an attendant, will fold 2,700 envelopes in an hour, which is nearly the same number that an experienced workman can fold in a day with a folding stick. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Machines have also been invented which stamp out little nuggets of gum. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The machines for drilling and boring are the best that money can buy, and the operatives the most skilful to be found anywhere. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Certain mechanics in New England, who had heard descriptions of his model, built machines on its lines, and sold them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I only wish the machines--the frames--were safe here, and lodged within the walls of this mill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Other improvements were made, and in 1891 the first hundred machines that were really marketable were manufactured. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Machines with fine metal card teeth are now largely used for this purpose, and of which the planetary napping machine of Ott, patent No. 344,981, July 6, 1886, is an example. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He had seen one of the machines on exhibition, and had decided to try it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• By 1872 two hundred and ninety-nine Fourdrinier machines were running in the United States alone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The only American machines besides the Wrights’ biplanes which have made a name for themselves are the Curtiss biplanes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There are now in use in America something over 5,000 Linotype machines; and in other countries about 2,000, making 7,000 in all. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These machines still remained in a dusty storeroom to mock him. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Electricity fascinated him, and he could watch the machines and listen to the music of their clicking by the hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Within the last forty years nearly two hundred patents have been taken out in the United States alone for machines for making horseshoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Adding machines may be found at work in all kinds of business places from corner groceries to department stores and manufacturing plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They are all labor-saving machines themselves, every one of 'em. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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