Whereby

Examples

• An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The alchemists sought to discover processes whereby one metal might be transmuted into another. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The term is also applied to the extraordinary phenomenon of the human body, which has been told of some people, whereby it is reduced to ashes without the application of fire. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Here the greatest difficulty confronted Clayton, for he had no means whereby to hang his massive door now that he had built it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She never broke her word, and was much exercised in her mind how to get round it, and at last devised a plan whereby she could satisfy herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In 1763 Hargreaves invented the spinning-jenny (see Fig. 285), in which a multiplicity of spindles was employed, whereby one person could attend to the making of many threads simultaneously. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A telephone receiver whereby the vibrations of the diaphragm are considerably amplified. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is organized in principle after the Bunsen burner, whereby a perfect combustion of the carbon is obtained with maximum heating effect and without smoke or deposits of lampblack. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Had he been as acute as he was meddling, as profound as he was prying, he might have found that in Sir Philip's face whereby to correct his inference. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Among the latest inventions are electrical connections with the safe, whereby tampering therewith alarms one or more watchmen at a near station. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements have no place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to express them in their language. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Furnaces to hold the crucibles, and made of iron cylinders lined with fire brick, whereby the crucibles were subjected to greater heat, were also known. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The gas regulator is simply a little automatic apparatus whereby the variation of pressure in the gas main is reduced and the flow rendered perfectly uniform at the burner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• We had a box made thus: whereby two points could be brought together within a dark box provided with an eyepiece. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Finally, Xodar, who is a fiend for subtle craftiness, evolved a plan whereby we might worm the information from him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• How my lords then made a Minute, number five thousand one hundred and three, whereby they resigned the business to the Circumlocution Office. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The most important, perhaps, are those relating to spindle structure, whereby the speed and efficiency of spinning machines have been greatly increased. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Another form is an arrangement of desk drawers, whereby when one drawer is locked or unlocked all the rest are locked or unlocked automatically. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Later on a treaty was made with the Republic of Panama whereby the United States was granted control of a ten-mile strip constituting the Canal Zone. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Whereby I was in reality the man's best friend, and tried to take care of him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If now the motors were made to run dynamos conveying low-pressure currents to the public, there is no possible way whereby this high-pressure current could get to the public. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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