Sections
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- In the following Sections some of these forms will be studied. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In these preceding ten sections we have been dealing with an age of division, of separated nationalities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Out of the few simple machines mentioned in the preceding Sections has developed the complex machinery of to-day. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- How refraction accomplishes these results will be explained in the following Sections. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He was a vivisector, made sections of the brain in order to determine the funct ions of its parts, and severed the gustatory, optic, and auditory nerves with a similar end in view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the next three sections we will consider the origin and quality of these irruptions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In some sections more anti-slavery men belonged to the Democratic party, and in others to the Whigs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The commutator had 73 sections. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The issue thus being joined, the legal battle raged over different sections of the country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The general scheme, briefly outlined, is to prepare a model and plans of the house to be cast, and then to design a set of molds in sections of convenient size. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- War at all times, whether a civil war between sections of a common country or between nations, ought to be avoided, if possible with honor. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And this schedule reaches out into the shipping and mailing departments, so arranging it that the first copies off the press are speeded to the far sections of the country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The molds are made of cast-iron in sections of such size and weight as will be most convenient for handling, mostly in pieces not exceeding two by four feet in rectangular dimensions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In order to overcome the disadvantage of a decrease in flow during the day, standpipes (Fig. 153) are sometimes placed in various sections. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The buds from which the plant men blossomed resembled large nuts about a foot in diameter, divided by double partition walls into four sections. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This canvas cover was then spread on a flat barge, small sections of pig iron being attached around the edges of it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It had open guard fingers, a knife made of triangular sections, reciprocating in the guard, and a cutter-bar on a hinged frame. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was cut up into sections, each consisting of two turns. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Several hundred years later the days were divided into sections which were called hours, such as the sixth hour (noon), the ninth hour (three o’clock), the eleventh hour (five o’clock), etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tube is in sections and quadrangular in form. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The accompanying diagrams represent sections of a gas meter, as seen in front and edgewise. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- After a year’s struggle he closed his studio, and traveled through the country sections of New England, looking for work as a portrait painter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Usually less seed should be planted per acre under dry-farming conditions than is used in humid sections. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Vast sections of it have been cleared, for this is the seat of the first iron-works of the country, and the trees have been felled to smelt the ore. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On a permanently constructed pocket table, right-angled plugs of the rubber cushion are screwed to the corner pocket irons and straight sections are screwed to the side pocket irons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was also the first to use mica in insulating the commutator sections from each other. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In practice, large mains lead from the reservoir to the city, smaller mains convey the water to the various sections of the city, and service pipes lead to the individual house taps. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Then it is necessary to print on separate presses the various sections, or signatures as they are called, which, when combined, will make up a complete magazine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This method of collecting the sections and binding them together was the one used until editions became so large that mechanical methods became necessary. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His plan of action is to keep his real program well concealed and to dole out sections of it to the public from time to time. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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