Manchester

Examples

• The first railroads to be built were principally branches of the Liverpool and Manchester one, and chiefly located in the mining and manufacturing county of Lancaster. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• So that among the founders of our science, next to the name of the great French Philosopher, Lavoisier, will stand in future ages the name of John Dalton, of Manchester. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But the big Manchester manufacturers refused to trade with him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But in his Manchester Mill he made use of a hydraulic wheel, supplied with water by a single-stroke atmospheric steam-engine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We have been informed that as many as 1,000 letters per minute have occasionally been transmitted by this means from Manchester to London. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The journey was completed without any further mishap, and the people of Manchester gave the eight trains a warm welcome. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Sixteen milesnay, eighteenit must be full eighteen to Manchester-streetwas a serious obstacle. Jane Austen. Emma.
• We emerged at last into a small road, lined with old, gloomy houses, which led us into Manchester Street, and so to Blandford Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Men of Manchester, I beg your pardon for this slight _résumé_ of warlike facts, but it is of no consequence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You would have a very mean opinion of a Manchester man if he spun cotton for no other purpose. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Business men were delighted at being able to leave Liverpool in the morning, travel to Manchester, do business there, and return home the same afternoon. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In 1864 magnesium light was employed by Mr. Brothers, of Manchester, for photographic purposes, and about 1876-8 Van der Weyde made use of the electric light for the same purpose. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The original estimate for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was ￡300,000, but the amount expended on the works at the time of opening was nearly ￡800,000. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• George Stephenson’s Locomotive, Rocket, takes prizes of Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In 1829 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was completed, and the directors offered a prize of ￡500 for the best locomotive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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