Structures

Examples

• The scantlings of the Marquis of Worcester were now being converted into complete structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• After the structures built for the special purpose comes the modification of building already erected. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Omitting the laboratory structures, it had only about seven houses, the best looking of which Edison lived in, a place that had a windmill pumping water into a reservoir. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Leaving the main building with its corps of busy experimenters, and coming out into the spacious yard, one notes the four long single-story brick structures mentioned above. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In point of fact, the invention of these structures was possible only because electric light already existed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Throughout whole classes various structures are formed on the same pattern, and at a very early age the embryos closely resemble each other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The adoption of this form was due to Fairbairn, the celebrated English inventor and engineer of iron structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In general I am adverse to stone structures for this purpose unless thus boarded. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Skilled masons moved from place to place to assist in building the magnificent sacred structures--cathedrals, abbeys, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These curious and interesting structures, which may be considered the forerunners of the gigantic iron Tubular Bridges of the present day, were burnt by the French in 1799. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Rudimentary organs will speak infallibly with respect to the nature of long-lost structures. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• But it is impossible to attribute to this cause the innumerable structures which are so well adapted to the habits of life of each species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In addition to these twelve concrete structures there are a few smaller brick and wooden buildings on the grounds, in which some special operations are conducted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Of course, the same hardening of the organic conditions affects the physiological structures which are involved in thinking. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• We may safely attribute these structures to inheritance. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Otis, an American, invented and patented in America and England in 1859 the first approach to the modern passenger elevator for hotels, warehouses, and other structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• From such structures we may advance till we come to such a case of extraordinary adaptation as that lately described by Dr. Cruger in the Coryanthes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Homoplastic structures are the same with those which I have classed, though in a very imperfect manner, as analogous modifications or resemblances. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Although such structures had been referred to in publications before, yet the modern bicycle appears to have been first practically constructed in Germany. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The temporary houses, first built over the water in the harbor, soon gave way to more solid structures. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Here he studied the geological structures, and collected all the information he could in regard to agriculture. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Closely related to the railroad, however, is bridge building, and many of these noble structures hang between heaven and earth, conspicuous monuments of the engineer’s skill. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Under domestication monstrosities sometimes occur which resemble normal structures in widely different animals. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Consequently other means than the slow processes of nature to dry brick and other ceramics, and the crude kilns are giving way to modern heat distributing structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Rudimentary structures on this view are as good as, or even sometimes better than other parts of the organisation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In fishes and reptiles, as Owen has remarked, The range of gradation of dioptric structures is very great. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In this case, as the struggle for life did not depend on such structures, they could not have been acquired through natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• We may extend this view to widely distinct structures and to whole classes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The Inquest was over, the letter was public, the Bank was broken, the other model structures of straw had taken fire and were turned to smoke. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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