Strips

Examples

• The conductor from the hopper to the machine is made of two strips of steel, down which the pins, held by their heads, slide. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• When the bed is finished, the strips are clamped with steel clamps, the turned-up ends of which firmly grip the sides of the bed, thus preventing warping or spreading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This is finished similar to the maple strips. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The height of the leveling strips, plus the height of the bed, lift its surface about six inches from the foundation floor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All the letters had been pieced together with strips of thin paper. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Other mechanisms cut and divided the block into strips, which were then dipped at one end, dried and tied in bundles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The rough stock-strips for the alley bed, leveling strips, return chute, post and kick-backs are sawed out of certain of the logs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For this purpose the spindles were set upright at the end of the frame, and the rovings or strips of untwisted fibre were carried on bobbins on the inclined frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The side strips, the breaker strip and finally the tread are applied. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He had fearful wounds upon him, and she bound them up with her dress torn into strips. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• On the leveling strips at the extreme side of where the bed is to lie, a 3 x 1-inch maple strip is laid, widest side downward, with its finished one-inch edge nearest to the gutter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We have pictures of this from ancient Egypt, in which the process of twisting strips of leather into rope is shown on the walls of their tombs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It will be remembered that many of the earlier experiments were based on the use of strips of platinum; while other rare metals were the subject of casual trial. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the ante-room the dancing girls were lying in strips of darkness and moonlight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The perforated strips were prepared in thirty minutes by ten persons, and duplicated by nine copyists. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The current flows to the coil through the thin metal strips called brushes, which rest lightly upon the disks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These strips are now taken to the cutting machines, each of which will cut 225 planchets per minute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At the edge of the table is a stack of mica strips known as cores. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Platinum even in those days was very expensive, costing several dollars an ounce, and I owned only three small strips. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In beginning the construction of an alley, the mechanic lays the leveling strips on which the bed is to rest. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The other end of the strip is continued by adding other strips the full length of the bed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The charge of a Leyden jar was sent through strips of tin foil, pasted on to a flat piece of glass, so as to form several lines, joined at the ends alternately into a continuous circuit. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But they early resorted to strips of the papyrus reed fastened together, from whose name comes our word paper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He arranged strips of bone, on which were figures, so that they could be brought into various fixed combinations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The moment they got their legs across both strips there was a flash of light and the cockroaches went into gas. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Sometimes they cut spiral strips from the curving horns of a mountain sheep, and steamed them straight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• My orderly had cut paper into strips and tied the strips to a stick to make a brush that swished the flies away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The rubber is molded in long strips in some form of isosceles triangle, depending on the style of the game to be played. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• With his knife he severed many strips of meat from Horta's carcass, but he did not cook them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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