Oscillating

Examples

• In 1639 Galileo, then old and blind, dictated to his son one of his books in which he discussed the isochronal properties of oscillating bodies, and their adaptation as time measures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The impression is made by an oscillating type wheel, to which a variable throw is imparted by the key letters to bring any desired letter into printing position. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• To unite and interlace the fibres the wire cloth belt is given a lateral oscillating or shaking movement, which serves to interlock the fibres. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• My impression is, that I was in a state of confusion about it, and, oscillating between the two points, touched neither. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Meantime Miss Lavinia, oscillating between the kitchen and the opposite room, prepared the dining-table in the latter chamber. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I did so with a lightened heart; but when we last looked back, Mr. Guppy was still oscillating in the same troubled state of mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In one form of this class of machines an oscillating pendulum lever is employed, carrying at its end a revolving cylinder having thirty or more spiral blades. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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