Comprises
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Examples
- A piano comprises five principal parts: first, the framing; second, the sounding board; third, the stringing; fourth, the key mechanism, or action, and fifth, the ornamental case. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The simplest form and most effective sweeper comprises a large cylinder armed with spiral rows of splints and hung diagonally on the under side and across a frame having two or four wheels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It comprises a great array of annunciator drops, spring jacks with plug seats, and connecting cords with metal plugs at their opposite ends. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It comprises a power car and ten other cars, each of a five-ton capacity, which trail along behind. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Glenn’s wheat farm comprises 45,000 acres; the Dalrymples’, in North Dakota, 70,000; and Mr. Mitchell, in the San Joaquin Valley, in California, has 90,000 acres. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The word politics, sir,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'comprises in itself, a difficult study of no inconsiderable magnitude. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What it Comprises in the Art of Spinning and Weaving. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A plant for the two-part method comprises two or more horizontal strand-forming machines, several bobbin frames, and a vertical laying-machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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