The wire A being electrified by a machine, before the heat was applied, the corks at E separated, at first upon the principle of the Leyden phial.
But after the part C B of the tube was heated to 600, the corks continued to separate, though you discharged the electricity by touching the wire at E, the electrical machine continuing in motion.
He then went into a closet, and opened a little drawer, where he knew corks were kept, and brought out one or two, selecting the cleanest and softest that he could find.
He had, however, been somewhat amused, during the greater part of the time, in seeing the corks float about upon the water, with the needles upon them.
He then took up one of the corkswhich Rollo had put upon the table.
We will suppose," I read, "that a small bundle of connected corks was launched in a sluggish current upon a voyage across the Atlantic.
Your readers will possibly comprehend that the Atlantic, in this parable, stands for the mighty ocean of ether through which we drift and that the bunch of corks represents the little and obscure planetary system to which we belong.
If the corks were sentient we could imagine that they would consider these conditions to be permanent and assured.
The corksdrift slowly on from day to day with the same conditions all round them.
The footman was diligent; the champagne corks feebly recalled the file-firing at Richmond.
There wasn't anything to it but a lot of corks strung together.
The corks were of all sizes, the cord passing through them on the short axis.
As Mr. Carson had said it was a belt, composed of a number of corks strung together on a strong cord, there being many rows of them, one above the other.
I know I had to beg and borrowcorks from all the neighbors before I had enough.
He even recalled where he got certain oddly-shaped corks from the neighbors.
Bertrand enjoyed the festivities immensely; Auguste too, seemed not to be bored; he danced with the girls, while his companion kept the corks popping.
An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.
It is simply one long strip, from eleven to thirteen fathoms in breadth, composed of very small meshes, and furnished, all along its length, with lead at one side and corks at the other.
The leads sink one end of the net perpendicularly to the ground; the corks buoy up the other to the surface of the water.
When he arrived there, he contrived to bring some of the corks together, until he had quite sufficient for his support, and then Smallbones voted himself pretty comfortable after all, for the water was very warm, and now quite smooth.
Smallbones immediately turned round in the water to see what it was, and found that it was one of the large corks which supported a heavy net laid out across the tide for the taking of shoal-fish.
Your fancy colonels have slippery tongues when the champagnecorks are flying.
So thecorks flew about like minié balls, but never a man but was too good a soldier to cry 'hold, enough.
When it has fermented and become quite clear, bottle it--the corks should be soaked in boiling water an hour or two, and the bottles perfectly clean, and well drained.
When any of them were too tired of sitting, they went out for a stroll in the yard, or for a game with corks in the granary, and then returned to table.
And till nightfall, five or six men, always the same, stayed playing at corks in front of the large door of the inn.
The hours passed by in jests and merriment, and when we sat down to supper I made the champagne corks fly to such an extent that the girls began to get rather gay.
The Piedmontese, who are great at calculations, estimated that Dupre must lose by it, the firing of champagne corks was continuous.
With that and the compass course to the corks we saw, I'd take a boat drawing eight feet up to the burnfoot at five hours' flood, on an average tide.
It looks as if the corks are meant to mark a corner of the bank," he said.
All ran away as though they ran a race, When each had managed to upset her glass On the corks banging, like a timid little (l)ass.
Sound, new, and closely fitting corks should be used, to secure the mixture from the air.
Good corks are highly necessary, and if soaked before used in scalding water, they will be more the pliant and serviceable; and by laying the bottles so that the liquor may always keep the cork wet and swelled, will much preserve it.
Cut a number of corks or a piece of sponge as thin as sixpences; stew them in grease, and place them in the way of the rats.
It later appeared that the manufacturer of corks was on the verge of failure, and that the cloth business had long since gone into the hands of a partner.
A French magazine suggests making the supports from the large corks of glass jars in which crystal chemicals are usually supplied from the dealers.
How to Fit Corks [368] Occasionally odd-sized bottles are received in stores which require corks cut to fit them.
Forcing Air Through Water] tubes are passed through corks having a diameter to fit the ends of this larger tube.
The next thing I have on my mind was, a table set out in the cabin, and the popping of corks from long bottles, with a sound that made me quiver all over.
When it has done working, stop it up close, and let it stand a month; then draw it out into bottles; tie the corks down close; and let them stand a month.
Afterwards add the lemon-juice, straining out the pips and pulp, and put it into bottles, tying down the corks fast with string.
Put the corks lightly into them, to keep out the steam when simmering: then set them up to the necks in cold water, and let them simmer a quarter of an hour, but not boil, or the fruit will crack.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "corks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
