Simplest

Examples

• The simplest form of electric magnet is shown in Fig. 2. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We seem to want the oldest and simplest human clothing where the clothing of the earth is so primitive. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• So far Morse had only used his recorder over a few yards of wire, his electro-magnet had been of the simplest make, and his battery was a single pair of plates. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• And with all this, the sweetest tempered person (I allude to Mr. Godfrey)--the simplest and pleasantest and easiest to please--you ever met with. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They proved to be the simplest instructions I had ever received in the whole of my professional career. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Why was this easiest, simplest work of self-culture always too much for me? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Questions put to him seemed the simplest in the world, but turned out to be anything rather than that, after he had answered 'em. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I was indebted to Marian's quick perception for meeting this necessity at once by the best and simplest means. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As my eyes wandered about the garden, the sight of the hundreds of air craft lying unguarded around us suggested the simplest avenue to freedom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The simplest illustration of electro-metallic deposition is obtained by immersing a silver spoon and a strip of zinc into a solution of sulphate of copper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• They seem to be ignorant of the simplest rules of discipline. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• My pet,' returned her father, in the simplest good faith, 'don't make yourself uneasy about that. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My reason is the simplest imaginable, and the most easily acknowledged, he answered, still bearing with her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Among other important improvements in the steam engine are those for replenishing the water in the boiler, and the Giffard Injector is the simplest and most ingenious of all boiler feeds. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• May I make a suggestion, at once the simplest and the most profound? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Uncouth and clumsy doors, windows and blinds, were framed on the simplest utilitarian basis, and a scanty supply of rude hand-made furniture imperfectly filled the simple wants of the home. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was infinitely the simplest and the safest way of disposing of him for the night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I live so much in the open air that, like Nature, I live on the simplest things. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The simplest species of clothing, the skins of animals, require somewhat more labour to dress and prepare them for use. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Could one never do the simplest, the most harmless thing, without subjecting one's self to some odious conjecture? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The simplest and most effective means for doing this in the laboratory is to surround it with a vacuum. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It must suffice to say, it started with the harp, in its simplest form, composed of a frame with animal tendons stretched tight thereon and twanged by the fingers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The simplest form and most effective sweeper comprises a large cylinder armed with spiral rows of splints and hung diagonally on the under side and across a frame having two or four wheels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• That was the simplest expression of it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• With its mechanism reduced to the fewest and simplest parts, the whole machine weighs only six pounds, and it differs in many respects from the ordinary typewriter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Several other cutting machines have since been invented, the simplest of which is the one patented by Mr. Dickinson, which is represented in the woodcut. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But as if to repress such vainglorious thoughts, there stood in the transept of the building, surrounded by and contrasting with the handiworks of man, one of the simplest productions of Nature. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• We see Him in a figure only, and of figures of speech we select but a few, and those the simplest, to be the expression of Him. Plato. The Republic.
• The making of a nail, however, is by no means one of the simplest operations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Neither is the soul variable and diverse; for that which is immortal must be of the fairest and simplest composition. Plato. The Republic.

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