Tested

Examples

• But this theory can be tested by experiment. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The final operation in the motor assembly line is the block test, where the motor is inspected and tested before being assembled into the chassis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Quite true,' added Mr Boffin; 'and I tested Venus by making him a pretended proposal or two; and I found him on the whole a very honest man, Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Education is the laboratory in which philosophic distinctions become concrete and are tested. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In every case that can be tested, it is found that a north pole repels a north pole, and a south pole repels a south pole; but that a north and a south pole always attract each other. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Tumbled together on the table are some pieces of iron, purposely broken to be tested at various periods of their service, in various capacities. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I have tested the theory of clairvoyance--and I have never found the manifestations get beyond that point. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• His supposition was tested on a chur ch steeple at Paris, and, later, on the Puy de D?me, a mountain in Au vergne. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The truth of this can be tested in the socialist movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He felt of the seal, tested it with his forefinger, then handed both the safe-conduct and dispatch back to Andreu Nin. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The competitive lamps exhibited and tested at this time comprised those of Edison, Maxim, Swan, and Lane-Fox. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The spark was now tested in dark box and found to be very strong. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Its strength has often been severely tested, as it has been sometime drawn up by ships' anchors, and considerably strained; but it has not been broken, and the insulation is almost perfect. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• For the definition which we believe to hold good in states has still to be tested by the individual. Plato. The Republic.
• Then the suggested solution--the idea or theory--has to be tested by acting upon it. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The one in Austria was invented by a Spaniard, one Don Joseph de Lescatello, tested in Luxembourg in 1662. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Native wood craftsmen were offered a premium on every new species brought in, and in this way nearly a hundred species were tested, a greater number than was found in any other country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The aim, in short, is experimental, and hence constantly growing as it is tested in action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He had tested and weighed his convictions again and again, and saw no reason to alter them, though he had considerably lessened his plan. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• His creations are not tested by rule and measure; they are only appearances. Plato. The Republic.
• The field-regulating apparatus and the electrical-pressure indicator--first of its kind--were also tested, and in turn found satisfactory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They were welcomed and tested, and shortly afterward I shipped a hundred more. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The machine was then exhibited in England and there tested with success. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• His powers of resistance were to be still further tested. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The truth of this has been tested recently in the appearance of the direct actionists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• All were actually made and tested. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The machines were tested in the field, and astonished all who saw them operate. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A great variety was found, and over five hundred boxes of specimens were shipped to the laboratory from time to time, but none of them tested out with entirely satisfactory results. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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