Shells

Examples

• Now how did those masses of oyster-shells get there? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There are very few shells for this _m醧uina_, so I will keep it, Robert Jordan said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But shells and seaweed would adhere to the non-corroded surface, and hence the process was not entirely successful. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Japanese produce them by fastening a piece of mother-of-pearl in the shells of the pearl-oyster and allowing it to remain there for a number of years. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They were clean, nice oyster shells, large, and just like any other oyster shells. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Within the last decade or so shells have been invented with the design simply to shatter or fracture the plate by which the way is broken for subsequent shots. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• One of the most common is the clam-shell dredge, consisting of a pair of large, heavy iron jaws, hinged at the back, in general form resembling a pair of huge clam shells. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As early as 1747 he had been interested in geology and had seen specimens of the fossil remains of marine shells from th e strata of the highest parts of the Alleghany Mountains. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Guns were firing from the field behind the village and the shells, going away, had a comfortable sound. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In these the occupants were fully secure from the shells of the navy, which were dropped into the city night and dav without intermission. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Her little ears were like rosy shells--they had a pearl dangling from each of them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Porter was thus enabled to throw one hundred and fifteen shells per minute. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And besides, there were no champagne corks among the shells. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The embodiment of the charge of powder and ball in brass and copper shells was done in France by Galay Cazalat as early as 1826. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Lyell and Dr. Dawson in the carboniferous strata of North America; but now land-shells have been found in the lias. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The damage done to the fort by these shells was very slight, only two or three cannon being disabled in the fort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then we ate _paella_ with fresh sea food, clams in their shells, mussels, crayfish, and small eels. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The shells and balls whistled about our ears very fast for about a minute. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It is just possible that this hill is Mount Ararat, and that Noah's Ark rested here, and he ate oysters and threw the shells overboard. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Another important application is that of fishing for pearl shells, sponges and coral. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Among the oyster-shells were mixed many fragments of ancient, broken crockery ware. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Drawn metallic shells were made by Flobert and Lefaucheux, in 1853, and Palmer, in 1854. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• You could always get shells. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• At that time there had not been a man on our side injured except by one of the shells from the fleet. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Two mules to carry the shells and a mule with a mortar on each side of the pack saddle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• These answered as cochorns, and shells were successfully thrown from them into the trenches of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The adoption of the Paixhans long-chambered guns, designed to throw heavy shells horizontally as well as at a slight elevation and as easily as solid shot, was attended with great results. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The woods were set on fire by the bursting shells, and the conflagration raged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He kept Macmurdo in cigars and sent over quantities of shells, cayenne pepper, hot pickles, guava jelly, and colonial produce to Lady Jane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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