Philadelphia
[,filə'delfjə;-fiə]
Definition
(noun.) the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Examples
- She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My quarto edition of the same, 'Arts et Metiers', I give to the Library Company of Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There is also another custom peculiar to the city of Philadelphia, and nearly allied to the former. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But another quarter of a century brought still grander results, which were displayed at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sanders’ United States patent, 21,027, July 27, 1858, was the basis of an experiment tried at the Girard House in Philadelphia. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My transfer carried me to the company of Captain McCall, who resigned from the army after the Mexican war and settled in Philadelphia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia finds its parallel in the very modest debut of Adams's friend in Boston. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Philadelphia, January 6, 1726-7. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Bell himself was too poor to be able to go to Philadelphia, and intended to stay in Boston, and try to find new deaf-mute pupils. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We proceeded to Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The Magnetic Telegraph Company was formed to carry a wire from New York to Philadelphia, and thence another line was run to Baltimore in 1846. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Philadelphia, 23d June, 1789. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He stayed on the train, without a ticket, without baggage, and reached Philadelphia with the Hubbards. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These sketches gave him a local reputation, and his friends were not surprised when at seventeen he left Lancaster to seek his fortune as a painter of portraits and miniatures in Philadelphia. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, has had a notable career in the field of locomotive construction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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