Perfecting

Examples

• It was exploited under the powerful patronage of a syndicate of newspaper men, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in perfecting it before any practical results were obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The plate is then returned to the engraving department, which completes the work, burnishing darks, engraving highlights, removing slight imperfections and otherwise perfecting the plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Edison in bringing out and perfecting his system of incandescent lighting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was very much occupied perfecting new commercial schemes, protecting his patents from a horde of pirates, and planning to introduce his invention into Europe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Henry had succeeded in perfecting the electromagnet, that dial and printing telegraphs were successfully produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Fourdrinier having expended ￡60,000 in perfecting the machine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Prior to 1871, inventions in this art were mainly directed to perfecting the structure of this primary gin. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And the idea of perfecting an inner personality is a sure sign of social divisions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• To-day it stands a triumph of human ingenuity, ranking in importance with the rotary web-perfecting press, and is probably the most ingenious piece of practical mechanism in existence. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• One of the latest quadruple stereotype perfecting presses made by Hoe & Co. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Both logically and educationally, science is the perfecting of knowing, its last stage. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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