Materials

Examples

• In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This statement needs to be rendered more specific by connecting it with the materials of school instruction, the studies which make up the curriculum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And this is what you call guarding one's materials, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The acid used to liberate the chlorine from the bleaching powder, and the chlorine also, rot materials with which they remain in contact for any length of time. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Besides air this process required as raw materials limestone and coke. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The skins of the larger animals were the original materials of clothing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Bring writing materials when you come next to my cell, and within a few hours we shall see you garbed in a style befitting your birth and carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The operation is novel, not the materials out of which it is constructed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Besides different forms and sizes he tried various materials of construction, and ultimately various means of propulsion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He was also rapidly getting out the materials and constructing the boats for a third bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But I was determined not to seem at a loss for occupation or amusement: I had brought my drawing materials with me, and they served me for both. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It treats of cohesion and resistance to fracture (strength of materials), and uniform, accelerated, and projectile motion (dynamics). Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In a tool-shed at the bottom of the garden, lay the relics of building-materials, left by masons lately employed to repair a part of the premises. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I rose, and set her drawing materials in order, and placed them near her again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Pots are used containing the materials to be melted and not heated in the presence of the burning fuel, but by the heated gases in separate compartments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In passing through materials saturated with water, the shield is assisted by using compressed air in the working chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And I take it for granted,' pursued Fledgeby, 'that to get the most of your materials for nothing would be well worth your while, Miss Jenny? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The guides bring with them materials for renewing the light, but we had none--our only resource was to return as we came. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• There is good reason to believe that Dr. Franklin had no inconsiderable share at least in furnishing materials for this work. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The formation of mind is wholly a matter of the presentation of the proper educational materials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Higgins nodded to her as a sign of greeting; and she softly adjusted her working materials on the table, and prepared to listen. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The principal improvements in the art of glass-making effected during the nineteenth century may be summarised as follows: First, Materials. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He sat, still and silent, until his future landlord accepted his proposals, and brought writing materials to complete the business. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Tiggin and Welps were in the printed calico and waistcoat piece line, gentlemen, so my uncle knew all the materials at once. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Unfortunately, however, this latter furnishes the chief materials of the imitative arts. Plato. The Republic.
• Hence, materials suspended in the water are borne along and deposited at various places (Fig. 34). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Faust advanced Gutenberg the sum of 2,020 florins, taking a mortgage on his printing materials as security. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In England the masters alone usually leave the nest to collect building materials and food for themselves, their slaves and larvae. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Materials were very crude. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In the one state, therefore, there is always a superabundance of these materials, which are frequently, upon that account, of little or no value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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