Practicable

Examples

• In the Hetton Railway, which ran for a part of its distance through rough country, he used stationary engines wherever he could not secure grades that would make locomotives practicable. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He therefore concluded that the stored-up fat in the animal was then converted into cream, and that it was practicable, therefore, to convert beef fat into butter fat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Before she had gone a quarter of a mile both passengers and observers on the shore were satisfied that the steamboat was a thoroughly practicable vessel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I saw then that there was scarcely a chance of this ever becoming a practicable route for moving troops through an enemy's country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This I promised, should the thing be practicable. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• So far as practicable all the armies are to move together, and towards one common centre. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The building of a practicable steamboat had long been in his mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is not practicable to give a full illustration of the state of the art in typewriters, as it has grown to an industry of large proportions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The land was so low and wet that it would not have been practicable to march an army across but for a levee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• However natural that conversion may seem, we cannot be sure it is practicable, before we have had experience of it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Arc lamps were operated from its circuits, and one of the first sets of practicable storage batteries was used experimentally at the station. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The rush of events was manifestly too powerful for such organized effort as was then practicable between men of fine intelligence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We must base our conception upon societies which actually exist, in order to have any assurance that our ideal is a practicable one. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Our crossing was thus made practicable without loss. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She conjured me, she commanded me to leave her-- Beware, O beware, she cried, fly while yet your escape is practicable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Many difficulties had to be surmounted before the screw was a practicable thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If you find it practicable, I would like you to cross the South Side Road, between Petersburg and Burkesville, and destroy it to some extent. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Since that is not practicable, a working substitute is set up. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• If practicable, come up in his rear at once. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• How can you imagine such conduct practicable? Jane Austen. Emma.
• If practicable, take parallel roads, so as to divide your troops and train. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• No other arrangement could possibly be considered as commercially practicable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Yet, doubtless, she reflected, it needed only habit to make it practicable and agreeable to any one. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Is it practicable for any of the others to double it? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Freight and passenger lines are possible with motor trucks where a steam railroad or trolley system would not be practicable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This movement was made for the purpose of extending our lines to the west as far as practicable towards the enemy's extreme right, or Five Forks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Soon after the first practicable motorcycle appeared in 1902 there arose a demand for a contrivance that would accommodate an additional passenger. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Interest in the development of mechanically propelled two-wheel vehicles began soon after the introduction of the bicycle in its first practicable form. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Steam-boats had been for many years in extensive use on the rivers and seas of Europe and America before it was thought practicable to make voyages in them across the Atlantic. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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