Maintained

Examples

• In this a vacuum is maintained by a condenser, the vapors passing from the pan to the condenser through the great curved pipe rising from the top, which pipe is five feet in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Volta of Pavia, took decided issue with Galvani and maintained that the pretended animal electricity was nothing but electricity developed by the contact of two different metals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is called a siphon recorder because the record is made by a little glass siphon down which a flow of ink is maintained like a fountain pen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Some authors have maintained that the amount of variation in our domestic productions is soon reached, and can never afterward be exceeded. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The draught is maintained by placing the apparatus on a couple of bricks, and regulated by closing the intervening space with mud, leaving only a sufficient aperture to keep the fire burning. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In such cases their internal freedom was maintained by a royal or imperial charter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• So close was this resemblance, that a native Dyak maintained that the foliaceous excrescences were really moss. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The buzzer, R, is maintained in rapid vibration by its independent auxiliary battery, B<1S>. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In both the Republic and Statesman a close connection is maintained between Politics and Dialectic. Plato. The Republic.
• He maintained all his delightful qualities to the last, until we started forth, at eight o'clock, for Mr. Peggotty's boat. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• By removing his stock, he would put an end to all the industry which it had maintained in the country which he left. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I maintained a grave silence for some minutes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In 1844 he proceeded to apply the principles maintained in his earlier study to changes of temperature as related to changes in the density of gases. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This role of mind in continuous activity is not always maintained, however. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Wamba did him the service he required, and they rode side by side for some time, during which Gurth maintained a moody silence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• My mother would be very proud could she only know how well I have maintained the traditions of my father's prowess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Discipline must be maintained. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Fleets and armies are maintained, not with gold and silver, but with consumable goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He lived in chambers in the Albany, did Fledgeby, and maintained a spruce appearance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The accompanying diagram and explanation may serve to remove the difficulty of understanding why the two circuits are maintained quite distinct. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The other youth maintained the contest with such spirit as to call forth enthusiastic bursts of applause. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• From these facts it can no longer be maintained that varieties when crossed are invariably quite fertile. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Hence it appeals to thought; it demands that an idea of an end be steadily maintained, so that activity cannot be either routine or capricious. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I rather inferred that, sir,' replied John Rokesmith, 'from the scale on which your new establishment is to be maintained. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Sedley still maintained his ascendency over the family of Mr. Clapp, his ex-clerk. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But you maintained your post? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In the sixth chapter I enumerated the chief objections which might be justly urged against the views maintained in this volume. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In the midst of this intemperate riot, Attila alone, without change of countenance, maintained his steadfast and inflexible gravity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This line of argument seems to have had great weight in leading Fritz Muller to accept the views maintained by me in this volume. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Bergmann maintained that he must be mistaken. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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