Vehicles

Examples

• Thus as to steam it was first applied to the raising of water from mines and then to road vehicles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Electric Vehicles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It moved entirely under its own power, could climb hills and could travel on the level road at speeds which had never before been exhibited by vehicles of that type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Moore lifted his lantern and looked into the vehicles. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Some train had newly arrived in Coketown, which had put a number of vehicles in motion, and scattered a considerable bustle about the town. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Counting both pleasure and business vehicles, the borough of Manhattan boasted about 2,500 storage-battery driven wagons in active use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The bridge is divided into five avenues: one central one for foot passengers, two outer ones for vehicles, and the others for the street cars. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Then the car was over the bridge and out of sight behind the trees and the abandoned vehicles on the road. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The column of vehicles did not move but the troops kept passing alongside. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• There were thousands upon thousands of vehicles abroad, and the scene was full of life and gaiety. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There was little or no interest in motor vehicles of any description in that period of the early nineties, consequently the Pennington efforts were fruitless. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These latter gentry stood outside--stood quietly by their long line of vehicles and said never a word. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Here, too, were found vehicles of a great variety for the comfort and convenience of every family, from the smallest to the largest means. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• We passed two British ambulances, abandoned in the block of vehicles. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The column did not move, although, on the other side beyond the stalled vehicles I could see the troops moving. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In the equipments owned by such companies there are included 68,636 electric cars and 17,568 trailers and others, making a total of 86,204 of such vehicles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To be sure, efforts were made to produce two-wheel motor vehicles, but little success is recorded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These vehicles cannot navigate the Holy City. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Their use on many other vehicles has accomplished his objects, of lessening the power required to draw carriages, rendering the motion easier, and diminishing the noise. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Robert Jordan saw them there on the slope, close to him now, and below he saw the road and the bridge and the long lines of vehicles below it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• This great and growing industry, together with the now common use of rubber tires on horse-drawn vehicles, raises the sum total of rubber employed in the arts to an enormous figure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• We were going along the side of a road crowded with vehicles and troops. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• All vehicles should be got out of hearing of the enemy before the troops move, and then move off quietly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was quite natural that when the rubber cushion and pneumatic tires rounded the pleasure of easy and noiseless riding in vehicles that _Motor vehicles_ should be revived and improved. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It was the combination of horse and motor vehicles. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The application of the electric motor to the propulsion of vehicles dates back to quite an early period. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Interest in the development of mechanically propelled two-wheel vehicles began soon after the introduction of the bicycle in its first practicable form. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This was the only route on that side for vehicles to the captain's retreat. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We walked all night, making better time than the vehicles. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• That motor trucks not only furnish cheaper transportation than horse-drawn vehicles, but greatly extend the radius of operation, is quite generally conceded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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