Brushes

Examples

• To cleanse use well-made brushes, soft quill, or wood toothpicks, an antacid styptic tooth wash, and precipitated chalk. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The brushes then swept the cotton clear of the gin. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Nearly a hundred species of brushes might be enumerated, each having an especial construction for a particular use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The current flows to the coil through the thin metal strips called brushes, which rest lightly upon the disks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And now, Mr Lightwood, was she ever,' pursues Podsnap, with his indignation rising high into those hair-brushes of his, 'a factory girl? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The dampened and plastic papier maché sheets are beaten into the face of the type form by means of brushes, are then removed, dried, and used as moulds to cast the stereotype plate from. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It brushes the Newgate cobwebs away, and pleases the Aged. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Heated casts of previously carved models were pressed into or on to wet wood, and the charcoal surfaces then brushed off with hard brushes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Brushes with 70 holes can be turned out by this machine at the rate of one a minute. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As armature, commutator, and shaft rotate, the brushes connect first with one segment of the commutator and then with the other. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The brushes which carry the current are set on opposite sides of the ring and do not rotate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Carbon for commutator brushes has been superseded by graphite in some cases, the latter material being found much more advantageous, electrically. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A Hundred Species of Brushes, each Made by a Special Machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The other cylinder was covered with brushes, and so placed that the tips of the bristles of these brushes touched the saw-teeth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Smaller developments of lights are worked out by careful manipulation of the etching fluid with small sable brushes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He was writing at a table, with a great confusion of clothes, tin cases, books, boots, brushes, and portmanteaus strewn all about the floor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Wouldn't it be fun if we had brushes like a fox? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The whole array of toilet articles, including combs, brushes, mirrors, shoe horns, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• For heaven's sake, said Amy, with whom Lowther was certainly in love, do turn away your valet, and burn these nasty, dirty brushes and things. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• To touch its brushes may be instant death, for the dynamo is the prison house of the lightning, and resents intrusion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

Edited by Lilian