Manufacturing
[,mænjʊ'fæktʃərɪŋ] or [,mænju'fæktʃərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manufacture
(a.) Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.
(a.) Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.
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Examples
- The art of manufacturing gems synthetically, that is, by the combination of chemical elements present in the real stone, has reached a high degree of success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I reckon 'at us manufacturing lads i' th' north is a deal more intelligent, and knaws a deal more nor th' farming folk i' th' south. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At any rate, he has property there, which has very much increased in value since Milton has become such a large manufacturing town. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Thus, broadly, the manufacturing end of the problem of introduction was cared for. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- 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.
- 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.
- In February of 1897 the receiver sold the three Field patents to their original owner, and he in turn sold them to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Not the least curious of the smaller contrivances is an apparatus which deserves notice as a useful application of magnetism to manufacturing purposes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- By far the most perplexing of these new manufacturing problems was the lamp. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The father of one of his students was engaged in the manufacture of alcohol from beetroot sugar, and Pasteur came to be consulted when difficulties arose in the manufacturing process. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- With regard to the conditions attendant upon the manufacture of the lamps, Edison says: When we first started the electric light we had to have a factory for manufacturing lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the larger manufacturing towns the same tragedy was acted on a smaller, yet more disastrous scale. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mercantile stock is equally barren and unproductive with manufacturing stock. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The chewing gum wrapping machine is considered by machinery builders to be one of the most ingenious automatic manufacturing machines in use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The story of Menlo has been told in another chapter, but the point was not emphasized that Edison then, as later, tried hard to drop manufacturing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The industry was not successful, however, till 1836, when the Howe Manufacturing Company was formed at Birmingham, Conn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The manufacturing town in Darkshire? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- In a rude state of society, there are no great mercantile or manufacturing capitals. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This process is known to make a very pure salt and has been used for some time as a practical method for manufacturing high-grade dairy and table salt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But he felt that manufacturing was not his forte. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Electric motive power was not devised to supply the great manufacturing establishments of the present. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Absence of fire risk accounts for the introduction of electric heating units of different kinds into the motion-picture film manufacturing industry, a rapidly growing province. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The manufacturing policy of the company is to make unit assemblies in different departments and deliver them to the final assembly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Now I remember, you were against me this morning, and were quite Miltonian and manufacturing in your preferences. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Several years later this same man attempted to defraud a leading firm of manufacturing chemists in New York, and was sent to State prison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The big cities before Rome were trading and manufacturing cities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- First, it maybe employed in raising, manufacturing, or purchasing goods, and selling them again with a profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Feudalism was doomed by the applications of the new science, for they transferred power from the landed nobility to the manufacturing centers. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Love was made on these occasions in the form of bracelets; and, on all occasions during the period of betrothal, took a manufacturing aspect. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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