Fibre

Examples

• Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And so we find them developing fibre and support, and the beginning of _woody fibre_ in them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But tonight every fibre in her body shrank from Lily's nearness: it was torture to listen to her breathing, and feel the sheet stir with it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They do not seem to have used grass or such-like fibre for textiles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For this purpose the spindles were set upright at the end of the frame, and the rovings or strips of untwisted fibre were carried on bobbins on the inclined frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Only the elderly sociologist, whose mental fibre was so tough as to be insentient, seemed to be thoroughly happy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The principle of the spinning operation, the drawing out and twisting a thread or cord from a bunch or roll of fibre, has remained the same through all time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At this time Mr. Edison had discovered that the fibre of a certain bamboo afforded a very desirable carbon for the electric lamp, and the variety of bamboo used was a product of Japan. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Prior to the invention of the _spinning-jenny_, the loose fibre was spun into yarns and thread by hand on the old-fashioned spinning wheel, each thread requiring the attention of one person. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She also has a water line protection of cocoa fibre to automatically close up an opening made by a shot. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Herein then are set forth in briefest space the preliminaries of a circuit of the globe in quest of fibre. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In fabrics every class of fibre has been called into requisition. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As the pulp passes from the flow-box the particles of fibre float in it just as an innumerable multitude of particles of cotton fibre would float in a stream of water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• To reclaim this short fibre and secure the seed in condition for use, have been the endeavours of many inventors during the last twenty years. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Her fibres had been softened by suffering, and the sudden glimpse into his mocked and broken life disarmed her contempt for his weakness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• To unite and interlace the fibres the wire cloth belt is given a lateral oscillating or shaking movement, which serves to interlock the fibres. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The different cards are arranged to move past each other in opposite directions, so as to catch and disentangle the fibres. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And the concussion was so great that a column of Water, Smoke and fibres of the Sloop were cast from 80 to 100 feet in Air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In the present instance this broom was manufactured out of the tough fibres of Moore's own stubborn purpose, bound tight with his will. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He almost despaired of success, when, suddenly, he observed the loose fibres of his string to move towards an erect position. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I am not sure that certain fibres in Mr. Garth's mind had not resumed their old vibration towards the very end which now revealed itself to Fred. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Flax, wool, silk, and cotton have been supplemented with the fibres of metal, of glass, of cocoanut, pine needles, ramie, wood-pulp, and of many other plants, leaves and grasses. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• With the close of Mr. McGowan's and Mr. Ricalton's expeditions, there ended the historic world-hunt for natural fibres. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Her gentle mien, step, gestures, her grace of person and attire, moved some artist-fibres about his peasant heart. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Originally made from the fibres of the papyrus plant, and later from rags beaten into a pulp, paper for the printing of books and newspapers is now made almost entirely of wood. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They thus secured their food, and accumulated s urprising quantities of the picked fibres of the cocoanut husk, on which they rest as a bed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The fibres of his frame became relaxed, and cold dew stood on his forehead, at this idea. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• O, worn and beating heart, may I dissect thy fibres, and tell how in each unmitigable misery, sadness dire, repinings, and despair, existed? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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