Consisting

Examples

• Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Morse telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, is given in Figure 218. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Again, the experiments demonstrated that the force necessary to maintain at high velocity an apparatus consisting of planes and motors could be produced by means already available. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Again descending, it brought up another loop, enchained it with the one last made, making a chain stitch, consisting of a series of loops on the upper side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The receiving instrument at the other end of the line was constructed upon much the same general lines as the transmitter, consisting of a metallic drum and reels for the paper tape. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The underlying phenomena were similar, the difference consisting largely in the arrangement of the circuits and apparatus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Education is not infrequently defined as consisting in the acquisition of those habits that effect an adjustment of an individual and his environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• One of the most common is the clam-shell dredge, consisting of a pair of large, heavy iron jaws, hinged at the back, in general form resembling a pair of huge clam shells. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is supported by four iron wire cables, each consisting of 1056 wires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Seidlitz powder is a simple remedy consisting of two powders, one containing bicarbonate of soda, and the other, some acid such as cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Returning to Marion, he met a force under Breckinridge, consisting, among other troops, of the garrison of Saltville, that had started in pursuit. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He arranged an electrometer, consisting of an iron needle poised on a pivot, by which to note the action of the magnet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The supper, consisting of bread, and milk diluted with tepid water, was brought in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Beneath it, in the ground, there lies the main body of the temple consisting in six hundred and eighty-seven circular chambers, one below another. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• We were to have a superb dinner, consisting of a leg of pickled pork and greens, and a pair of roast stuffed fowls. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Four arches form each span, each arch consisting of an upper and lower curved member or rib, extending from pier to pier, and each member composed of two parallel steel tubes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Adrian and his division, consisting in all of five hundred persons, were to take the direction of Dover and Calais. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This was cut up into sections, each consisting of two turns. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He had made a capital di scovery of far-reaching importance, namely, that racemic acid is composite, consisting of dextro-tartaric and l?vo-tartaric acids . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• On a shelf over the pans was a smooth and solid yellow mass of a hemispherical form, consisting of beeswax from the same take of honey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Kepler studied Galileo’s instrument, and then designed one consisting of two convex lenses. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Air columns vibrate in segments just as do strings, and the tone emitted by a pipe of given length is complex, consisting of the fundamental and one or more overtones. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The equipment of an operator on a car was quite simple consisting merely of a small lap-board, on which were mounted the key, coil, and buzzer, leaving room for telegraph blanks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The invention of mechanical puddlers, hereinafter referred to, consisting chiefly of rotating furnaces, were among the beneficent developments of the nineteenth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He arranged in the cellar what he called his 'rat paralyzer,' a very simple contrivance consisting of two plates insulated from each other and connected with the main battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is made nearly in the same manner, by distillation in retorts; the principal difference consisting in the degree and regulation of the temperature. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The emperor of Blefuscu, having taken three days to consult, returned an answer consisting of many civilities and excuses. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Progress is sometimes thought of as consisting in getting nearer to ends already sought. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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