Seconds

Examples

• He paused for a few seconds, and added in a voice broken by emotion, 'You have loved her from a child, my friend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The Babylonian astr onomers also observed that the successive vernal (or autumnal) equinoxes follow each other at intervals of a few seconds less than a year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• A few seconds later a roar like thunder burst upon our ears, and as the smoke thinned away there was no sign left of the _Gloria Scott_. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Only so much of this disc was exposed to view as to show a single letter at a time, through a small aperture, as the seconds wheel revolved. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• He lay for some seconds looking placidly at his old prison companion, and then, all at once, with a cry of surprise and alarm, sprang out of bed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Time, eight minutes, forty-one seconds. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mrs Tickit, though minutely circumstantial in her reply, had no settled opinion between five seconds and ten minutes. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A few seconds afterwards, a deafening watery sound came up with awful peal from the spot where they had disappeared. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Muzzle velocity, 2,900-foot seconds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Time, eight minutes, forty-six seconds. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She hung motionless for some seconds, then she sat down again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• At the end of one minute and twenty seconds the propellers began to slow down owing to the exhaustion of fuel. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The entire lock can be filled or emptied in fifteen minutes and forty-two seconds when one culvert is used and seven minutes and fifty-one seconds, using both culverts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• By this time great astronomers like Tycho Brahe and Valherius had divided the time-recording dials into minutes and seconds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If one square inch of platina be heated to 100 degrees it will fall to, say, zero in one second, whereas, if it was at 200 degrees it would require two seconds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It had traversed a distance of one thousand feet i n twenty-seven seconds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• 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.
• We may place our men, then, I think,' observed the officer, with as much indifference as if the principals were chess-men, and the seconds players. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Nor was he mistaken, for it quickly passed from mouth to mouth, and in a few seconds the air teemed with shouts of 'Weller! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the Long Island Sound experiments the diver was hoisted to the surface in eighty-seven seconds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• After lingering a few seconds he passed on again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They both smoked, for some seconds, in silence. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Muzzle velocity, 1,750-foot seconds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The seconds retired, the gentleman on the camp-stool did the same, and the belligerents approached each other. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He appeared to be struggling with various conflicting emotions for a few seconds, and then said in a low voice-- 'Tupman only wants your money. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Then the plane broke the world’s record of one hour, nine minutes, and forty seconds, that Wilbur Wright had made earlier in the year. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The dropped note was snatched up eagerly, the seal was broken--it was read in two seconds. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In thirty seconds it had gone the way of its companions. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The elapsed time of the flight was fourteen minutes and forty-two seconds, which meant that the airship had attained a speed of a little more than forty-two miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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