Sheffield

Examples

• Consul at Sheffield, England, reported that a new steel had been introduced there for use in making table cutlery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In Sheffield, no master cutler can have more than one apprentice at a time, by a bye-law of the corporation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Many of the old family pieces of Sheffield have found their way into the melting pot in exchange for the modern electro-plated silverware. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• No, said the Jester, grinning, but they may reach Sheffield if they have good luck, and that is as fit a place for them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Be it so, said the Palmer; at Sheffield then we part, and half-an-hour's riding will bring us in sight of that town. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It replaced in many households pewter ware which, until the introduction of Sheffield plate, was the best substitute for sterling silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We are now not far from the town of Sheffield, where thou mayest easily find many of thy tribe with whom to take refuge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They parted, and took different roads for the town of Sheffield. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The process of making cast steel was reinvented in England by Benjamin Huntsman of Attercliff, near Sheffield, about 1740. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Nor do I recollect that Mr. Murdstone laughed at all that day, except at the Sheffield joke--and that, by the by, was his own. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Horace Walpole, writing in 1760, states: I passed through Sheffield, a business town in a charming situation, with 22,000 inhabitants, and they remit ￡11,000 a week to London. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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