Million

Examples

• 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.
• There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Moreove r, they worked simple equations involving one unknown, and had a hieroglyph for a million (the drawing of a man overcome with wonder), and another for ten million. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• To-day the friction match is turned out by automatic machinery by the million, and constitutes probably the most ubiquitous and useful of all the minor inventions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Over one-half million miles of these railway tracks are on the earth's surface to-day! William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is stated that the present output of the American factory of the Singer Company amounts to over 11,000 weekly, or more than half a million annually. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He is worth a Million of you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Fifty-five Million Pairs of Boots and Shoes then Annually Pegged. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In 1847 the subject was again taken up for serious consideration, the work begun in 1860, and finished in 1869, at a cost of ￡20,500,000, or more than a hundred million dollars. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• You must think one five hundred million times more above me than the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There is (according to Soddy) about on e part of radium in five million parts of the best pitchblende, but the new element is about one million times more radio active than uranium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• A million veteran fighting-men from Helium's thin waterways man the battleships, the transports, and the convoys, he replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In fact, over two million dollars were spent in the attempt. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• One million, therefore, will be sufficient to circulate it after them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But, suppose we should rise up tomorrow and emancipate, who would educate these millions, and teach them how to use their freedom? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In 1854 there were 111 millions of passengers conveyed on railways, each passenger travelling an average of 12 miles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Hundreds of cities and millions of dollars have been thus saved from destruction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• By touching something deeply instinctive in millions of people, Judge Lindsey animated dull proposals with human interest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Scores of millions were suffering and enfeebled by under-nourishment and misery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is 20,000_l. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Of this edition, up to the present period (1858), the astonishing number of TWELVE MILLIONS OF SHEETS have been issued, the weight of which amounts to upwards of 335 tons! Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Millions of people are employed in its production and manufacture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• By means of this system, there is annually levied in Great Britain, upon less than eight millions of people, more than ten millions of revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Medals and diplomas, the Cross of the Legion of Honour, and millions of money became his. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The reality that is worthy of attention is a change in the very texture and quality of millions of lives--a change that will be vividly perceptible only in the retrospect of history. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The result has been the saving of vast amounts of maritime property, estimated at many millions of dollars yearly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Hence I am contented, and say it is better with me than with millions. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It is in this little place that there was developed the remarkable mixture which is to play so vital a part in the successful construction of these everlasting homes for living millions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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