V

Examples

• The next Pope elected, Clement V, was a Frenchman, the choice of King Philip of France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Ferdinand, the brother of Charles V, took over his abandoned work and met the German princes at the diet of Augsburg in 1555. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He also visited Rome, where he was received with the greatest good-will by Pope Paul V and his cardinals, and where he met the leading scientists of the capital. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Do you spell it with a “V” or a “W”? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The liquid ammonia flows through the regulating valve _V_ into the coil _E_, in which the pressure is kept low by the pump _C_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Elle ne dit que la vérité, I said. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A bas les grandes passions et les sévères vertus! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Hanging over the top of the board are several cores on which the resistance wire has been wound, showing the V-shaped heating element. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• V This was the story told by your cousin (under pressure of necessity) to Mr. Luker. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• V She has escaped from my Asylum! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• V The story of my first inquiries in Hampshire is soon told. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When Davy was about sixteen years old, his father died, leaving the widow and her five children, of whom Humphry was the eldest, with v ery scanty provision. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The result was a double heating element in the form of a V, the resistance wire used being symmetrically wound on a flat, thin mica core. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At length the same boy reappeared, and presented me with a note written in pencil, and headed, in a legal manner, 'Heep v. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A struggle then began in the courts, which on October 4, 1892, terminated in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals (Edison Electric Light Company vs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• All these notes refer specifically to Electricity vs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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