Decades
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Examples
- The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There had been exactly four decades of steam navigation on American waters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Within two decades of the crucifixion this new religion was already attracting the attention of the Roman rulers in several provinces. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The slight leeway of a century or so, a few decades may recover. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The growth of this industry in the four earlier decades is as follows (the relatively small increase between 1860 and 1870 being accounted for by the Civil War): 1840. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It would be but repetition to enumerate here the practical results of the laboratory work during the past two decades, as they appear on other pages of this work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To Damascus, years are only moments, decades are only flitting trifles of time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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