Numbering

Examples

• The enemy had taken a strong natural position with most of the Grand Gulf garrison, numbering about seven or eight thousand men, under General Bowen. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Each firm had its own army of boys, numbering from twelve to fifteen, whose duties were to ascertain the latest quotations from the different exchanges. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• My respite was short-lived however, for soon the entire party, numbering some thousand men, came charging into view, racing madly toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• There are now on their way to join you three other brigades of the best cavalry, numbering at least five thousand men and horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There is one more industry, though of comparatively small extent, that is included in the activities of the Orange works, namely, the manufacture and sale of the Bates numbering machine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Included in these sixty thousand troops, there were two small divisions of cavalry, numbering altogether about four thousand men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In numbering the group of buildings, the galvanometer-room is No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He sat down, and for four and a half hours wrote the messages, numbering the pages and throwing them on the floor for the office boy to gather up. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A modern studio is now maintained on the fourth floor of the factory--the staff of skilled operators numbering twenty. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In comparison, it is interesting to mention the lighting equipment of the new Municipal Building, in New York City, numbering something over 15,000 lamps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• General Sheridan moved from Winchester on the 27th of February, with two divisions of cavalry, numbering about five thousand each. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Among these are numbering machines of all kinds, speedometers, cyclometers and counters used on printing presses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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