Otto
['ɒtəʊ] or ['ɑto]
Definition
(n.) See Attar.
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Definition
n. a fragrant oil obtained from certain flowers esp. the rose.
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Examples
- The Otto engine is covered by patent No. 194,047, August 14, 1877. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This was about the time that Otto von Guericke of Magdeburg, Germany, was born. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Boyle, Otto Guericke, a burgomaster of Magdeburg, celebrated as the inventor of the airpump, Dr. Wall, and Sir Isaac Newton, added some facts. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Otto von Guericke, a burgomaster of Magdeburg, who had traveled in France and Italy, succeeded in constru cting an air-pump by means of which air might be exhausted from a vessel. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Otto I was followed by Otto II (973-983), and he again by a third Otto (983-1002). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This Pope, John XII, was finally degraded by the new German Emperor Otto, who came over the Alps and down into Italy to be crowned in 962. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Crossley jointly, and then Otto singly, subsequently patented notable improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Otto was associated with Langen in producing his first machine, and its introduction at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876 excited great attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Simon Bischof and Clark, Hurd and Clayton in England; Daimler of Deutz on the Rhine, Riker and Wiegand of the United States, and others, have made improvements in the Otto system. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A German engineer, Otto Lilienthal, made a study of the mechanics of birds’ flights, and determined to learn their secret by actual trial. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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