Outset

Examples

• The fly-wheel carries forward the work at the outset and the gearing the rest of the time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Watt had already done much more, for in trying to find how the engine might be made of greater service he had discovered at the outset the principle of the latent heat of steam. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• As stated at the outset the psychology of scientific discovery must be the subject of prolonged investigation, but some data are already available. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Such was the nature of the problem that confronted Edison at the outset. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I saw that my only chance with this woman was to speak to her in her own tone, and to meet her, at the outset of our interview, on her own ground. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have kept many things from your knowledge, Marian, for fear of distressing you, and making you unhappy at the outset of our new lives. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It hinged from the outset upon the pince-nez. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• From the outset, an innate recognition of system dictated the desirability and wisdom of preserving records of his experiments and inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Technical concepts, with their definitions, are introduced at the outset. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• We passed without notice his polite insolence at the outset of the interview. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Hanau, the valet of Gutenberg’s father, and a young scholar named Martin Duttlinger, joined them at the outset. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Or this sizing may be applied to the pulp at the outset of the operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At the outset of the war this had been used chiefly for scouting, and by the Germans for the dropping of marks for the artillery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They seemed, at the outset, at least, resolved to understand one another plainly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But at the outset she perceived a subtle resistance to her efforts. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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