After five compressions a mass is obtained which, in contact with moist air, gives off an odor of hydrogen polysulphide.
After four compressions a block is obtained which the file scarcely touches.
After six compressions there was obtained a gray mass with a feebly metallic surface luster.
Three compressionsyield a block deceptively similar to native blende with metallic luster.
Three compressions give a block which yields a yellowish-gray powder, easily soluble in a hot solution of sodium sulphide.
After twocompressions we obtain a gray-black mass having the color and luster of stibine.
The action is slow; eight compressions are necessary.
For these reasons the dumatus keep their own records of the history of their country, and the genealogy of their line.
II states that there departed with Sharif Kabungsuwan from Juhur many people who were dispersed by the storm and ultimately found their way to different ports.
The stolen object shall be returned twofold and the thief shall suffer fifty lashes.
This is especially important when high compressions are used, as then the compression space being small, the port spaces form a large proportion of the total space.
Year by year compression was increased and greater power and economy were obtained, and at present compressions of more than 100 lb.
The history of the subject since 1876 is one of gradual improvement in detail of construction, enabling higher compressions to be used with safety, and of gradual but accelerating increase in dimensions and power.
Some idea of them may be obtained from the alternating expansions and compressions or dilations and contractions in the heart and lungs, called in the heart systole and diastole, and in the lungs respirations.
After enjoying the compressions of that delicious arsehole for a few minutes I withdrew with difficulty.
Nowadays, the necessity of using gas-engines which are really economical has led to the use of highcompressions with the result that powerful explosions and high temperatures are obtained.
In old-time gas-engines rather lowcompressions were used.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "compressions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
