Furnishes

Examples

• It furnishes profitable amusement to the young, and satisfactory aid to the nervous and paralytic. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The variety of peoples and environments, their contrast with familiar scenes, furnishes infinite stimulation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Some of the water gradually took the form of rivers, lakes, streams, and wells, as now, and it is this original supply of water which furnishes us all that we have to-day. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The boiler house, which furnishes the steam for heating the entire plant, is located in the rear of these buildings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Unfortunately, however, this latter furnishes the chief materials of the imitative arts. Plato. The Republic.
• It furnishes each with a single meaning according to its service in carrying on the whole enterprise. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Association does not create impulses or affection and dislike, but it furnishes the objects to which they attach themselves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• To-day their shops give employment to 3,800 workmen, which furnishes a significant object lesson as to the importance and growth of the industry. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The former furnishes the background of growth; the latter constitute growing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Education in accord with nature furnishes the goal and the method of instruction and discipline. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The history of literature and art furnishes us with illustrations of remarkable powers of visualization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He may now ride, if he so choose, and the machine which carries him furnishes the motive power for operating the supply and cut-off of the grain at intervals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This buttermilk contributes somewhat to the flavor, but at the same time furnishes a ferment which ultimately spoils the butter by making it rancid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Mankind begins its history submerged in nature--not as Man who is a creature of reason, while nature furnishes only instinct and appetite. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It furnishes not only an elastic bearing which cushions the jar, but also makes a broader tread that renders cycling on the soft roads of the country at once practical and delightful. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Thus we have three arts: one of use, another of invention, a third of imitation; and the user furnishes the rule to the two others. Plato. The Republic.
• It furnishes original stimuli; it supplies obstacles and resources. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Although Germany now furnishes the American farmer with the bulk of his potash, she may not do so much longer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Upton, who was early employed by Mr. Edison as his mathematician, furnishes a pleasant, vivid picture of his chief associates engaged on the memorable work at Menlo Park. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The motor department just described furnishes an interesting illustration of the economy of the moving assembling system. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Even in present-day societies, it furnishes the basic nurture of even the most insistently schooled youth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is the circulating capital which furnishes the materials and wages of labour, and puts industry into motion. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This surplus furnishes the working power of the engine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• As the digging proceeds the shield is advanced, and a section of tunnel is built behind it which, in turn, furnishes a bearing for the jacks in the further advance of the shield. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• For knowledge furnishes the means of understanding or giving meaning to what is still going on and what is to be done. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The province of Para, south of the equator, in Brazil, furnishes the largest part and best quality of gum. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Just as coal within the furnace furnishes heat, so zinc within the cell furnishes electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Consequently the development of the former furnishes the standard to which the latter must be subordinated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A metal tube with a perforated lower end is driven down by hammers into the ground, and furnishes a quick and cheap source of water supply. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As the excessively hot water gas passes through the boiler flues it furnishes the necessary heat to generate the steam. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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