Preserving

Examples

• Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We use the crab-apple for preserving even now, although man’s ingenuity has succeeded in inducing nature to give us many better tasting kinds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These are some of the same lot; they were made as follows: The meat was chopped, put into the preserving fluid for one night, and then mixed with the other material in the ordinary way. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• 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.
• Now, if this flesh were cut up in small pieces, and put into the preserving liquid for a night, it would, even in that hot climate, keep good for some time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Preserve her--for her own sake I know that you will--if you require any other spur, think that, in preserving her, you preserve me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• With regard to preserving morbid specimens he thought it would answer perfectly well. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• As soon as Roosevelt had thrown off the burden of preserving a false harmony among irreconcilable Republicans, he issued a platform full of definiteness and square dealing with many issues. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In those days public opinion was not so alive as now to the desirability of preserving shade-trees, and of enhancing the beauty of a city instead of destroying it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Another means of preserving health, to be attended to, is the having a constant supply of fresh air in your bedchamber. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He saw that pigeon-fanciers and stock-breeders deve lop certain types by preserving those variations that have the desired characteristics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Machines for Gathering, Packing, Preserving, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Yes, I met her this evening, he said, as though it were spoken under the sheer necessity of preserving honesty. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We discussed the best means of preventing infection, and of preserving health and activity in a large city thus afflicted--London, for instance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• As to the proportions, 1 in 20 was the strongest he used, and 1 in 60 the weakest; for preserving meat 1 in 50 answered perfectly well--1?lb. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I do not yet know which is the best method of preserving the silo from decaying. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In practice this is done by means of a special instrument known as a continuity preserving transmitter, or, usually, as a transmitter. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It might not be known to the meeting that boracic acid had been used for a great many years for preserving food, and in fact many of them in summer time had their milk well dosed with it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Barff, the inventor of the boroglyceride process, read a paper before the Royal Society of Arts, London, in regard to his method of preserving food. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• There is also a Jamaica pigeon, also just cooked here, and a _vol au vent_, which I have had made from oysters which were sent open in the preserving stuff from Jamaica. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The practice of preserving roots, vegetables, and plants by covering them with earth or by placing them in cellars, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Preserving her unmoved countenance, and with her fingers still going, Estella shook her head. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The question is, how far an opinion is life-furthering, life-preserving, species-preserving, perhaps species-rearing. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Schaumberg & Dillon’s method of preserving fruit juices consists in bottling and sealing the juices, and then heating the bottles to 170 deg. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It is also well to place a paper soaked in the salicylic acid solution on the top of them, which greatly enhances the preserving effect. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This evidence will be still augmented, if we reverse the experiment, and preserving still the same relations, begin only with a different passion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The mistress and maid had been in full feud the whole day, on the subject of preserving certain black cherries, hard as marbles, sour as sloes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Unless there is some other way of preserving the child,' replied Mrs. Maylie. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He (who had been formerly inclined to be a sad free-thinker on these points) entered into poaching and game preserving with ardour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The few chapters relating to the infancy of the Saviour contain many things which seem frivolous and not worth preserving. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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