Constructed

Examples

• It is said that as far back as 1835 Stratingh and Becker, of Groeningen, and in 1836 Botto, of Turin, constructed crude electric carriages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• American youths to-day are given, if of a mechanical turn of mind, to amateur telegraphy or telephony, but seldom, if ever, have to make any part of the system constructed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Double cultivators are constructed so that their outside teeth may be adjusted in and out from the centre of the machine to meet the width of the rows between which they operate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Over 2,000 buildings were constructed besides the remodeling of 1,500 buildings turned over by the French company. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We picture political institutions as mechanically constructed contrivances within which the nation's life is contained and compelled to approximate some abstract idea of justice or liberty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Edison constructed a primitive machine capable of recording and reproducing sounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The operation is novel, not the materials out of which it is constructed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In the meantime he constructed a typewriter to print in raised letters, without ink. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• That they are not (or need not be, if properly constructed) nuisances to the public. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• 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 first electrical railway was constructed and operated at Berlin in 1879, by Messrs Siemens and Halske. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The laryngoscope, for obtaining a view of the larynx, was said to have been constructed by Mr. John Avery, of London, as early as 1846. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In his time it was more economical to convey the hard water by aqueducts than by such pipes as could then be constructed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Among the most successful of those engineers, who constructed steam carriages to run on roads, were Mr. Gurney, Mr. Birstall, Mr. Trevethick, Mr. Handcock, and Colonel Maceroni. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Although by far the largest undertaking yet made, the improvement in rock-boring machinery enabled it to be constructed much more rapidly and at less expense. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• One temple is said to have been so constructed as to face that part of the eastern horizon at which this star arose at the critical season of inundation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In illustration of this idea he invented a crane, which was erected on Newcastle quay in 1846; another was constructed on the Albert dock at Liverpool, and others at other places. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This class of bridges is usually constructed with chains or cables passing over towers, with the roadway suspended beneath. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Symington and his fellow Scotchmen, Miller and Taylor, in 1788-89 also constructed working steamboats. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The piece of ordnance referred to, was mounted in a separate fortress, constructed of lattice-work. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• First he constructed a new telescope, which as he said made objects appear more than sixty times larger. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Upon this wall a sill should be laid which had best be constructed of 2×10 inch plank. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Next follow those that are constructed for twilight; and, last of all, those destined for total darkness, and whose formation is quite peculiar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I constructed an instrument that would record the sound, and set out to make a preliminary report, but I found that they never intended to do anything but let the people complain. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Under the patent he constructed the machine shown in Fig. 136. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In the top was constructed a scientific laboratory surmounted by a lantern containing a powerful electric light. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The figurative association was mistaken for a real one; and thus the three latter divisions of the Platonic proportion were constructed. Plato. The Republic.
• Artificial reservoirs are usually constructed on the near outskirts of a town in order that the frictional force lost in transmission may be reduced to a minimum. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It is thought by those skilled in the art that it was not possible to have constructed the works of metal in Solomon's Temple without a turning lathe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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