Records

Examples

• After the destruction of Palmyra, the desert Arabs began to be spoken of in the Roman and Persian records as Saracens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some of Edison's most remarkable inventions are revealed in a number of interesting patents relating to the duplication of phonograph records. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Each side had to train men in ability to study and expound the records which were relied upon. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was in the early temples that the records and tallies of events were kept and that writing began. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A very important feature in record-making, from a commercial standpoint, is in means for cheaply duplicating records. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Hence it is always mentioned in the old records, as the Gentle and Joyous Passage of Arms of Ashby. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Beautiful records of such beginnings of science were among the neglected treasures of the rich men's libraries throughout the imperial domains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All records had been heretofore traced for visual inspection only. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque 'Lone Star' was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It records an absolutely unique experience in the career both of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and of myself. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• These copies or duplicates are the talking-machine records which the public ultimately purchases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When Lalande's records in Paris were studied, it was found that he had made two observations of Neptune on May 8 and 10. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• And I have no doubt that the time taken by the court would be enormously less, because if a judge attempts to read the bulky records and briefs, that work alone would require several days. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If every record cylinder had to be made by the separate act of a performer such records would be very expensive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Chinese history is still very imperfectly known to European students, and our accounts of the early records are particularly unsatisfactory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The industry employs many thousands of people in the manufacture of these instruments and records which afford entertainment, instruction and amusement to the entire world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Professor Dilth ey has collected many other records of the hallucinatory clearness of the visual imagery of literary artists. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Not merely for its general ideas and their artistic presentation but for its models of law it went to the records of alien peoples. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Another United States patent, covering a method of duplicating or copying sound records, was granted to Charles Sumner Tainter in 1886. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Already in the very oldest records the Pharaoh has a power and importance exceeding that of any priest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The records of As syria and Babylonia, like those of Egypt, are fragmentary and still in need of interpretation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• 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.
• Hours, minutes and seconds began to be carefully prized, both by the trades and professions, and the demand from the common people for accurate time records became great. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The year '87 furnished us with a long series of cases of greater or less interest, of which I retain the records. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• To the microscope the art of photography has lent its valuable aid, so that all the revelations of the microscope are susceptible of preservation in permanent records, as photomicrographs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• New names appear on the records, Lord Brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, John Evelyn, Brereton, Ball, Robert Hooke, and Abraham Cowley. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Thus the demand for the new machines and wax records grew apace as the corporations organized to handle the business extended their lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• After a few days of further experiment and observation, however, he changed it to Etheric Force, and the further records thereof (all in Mr. Batchelor's handwriting) were under that heading. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Here also are other cabinets containing old papers and records, while further along the wall are piled up boxes of historical models and instruments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In this matter, again, the records of ancient civilizations show the pains that were taken to fix these essentials of science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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