In this case the leaks from whence the salt proceeded were found, on careful examination, so unimportant, that the usual means to stanch them could not be resorted to without the risk of increasing the evil.
When the leaks were stopped, we proceeded on our journey and at night reached the mouth of the Anapu.
There was the constant gush of water to tantalise us, for by undiscovered leaks the sea had found an entrance, and in every watch the pumps were kept at work.
Through its coagulation, the blood also closes leaksin the small blood vessels.
Certain constituents in the blood destroy disease germs, and other constituents, by coagulating, close small leaks in the blood vessels.
The portions of arch not water-proofed were rather wet, and grouting with a 1:1 mixture was done, but only with the effect of stopping large local leaks and distributing a general dampness over the whole surface of the arch.
The pipefitters worked in both tunnels repairing leaks in pipes between the power-house and the working faces, extending the pipe lines, and attending to shield repairs, and in the latter work the erector runner helped.
There'll be special trains to bring them, and ahead of each section will be a pilot engine, in case the news leaks out and anybody tries to use dynamite.
From the dribble of small leaks come the breaks that wreck dams, and Morgan was neglecting none of them.
Jugs or demijohns are best, but tin cans will serve if occasionally inspected for leaks which may occur after a time through the action of the solution upon the solder of the can.
She may float through the night, for who is to know but that one of her worse leaks may have got choked, and the blaze she would make might bring us help.
Not a moment's cease, The leaks gain fast on the pumps, the fire eats toward the powder-magazines.
I have grown so attached to the little tumbledown house, leaks and cracks, smoking stove and all.
Lack of paint and neglected leaks were getting in their insidious work.
He gradually mended the leaks in the roof; puttied in the window panes; replaced the broken hinges and fastenings to doors and shutters; propped up sagging porch floors; and patched the cracked and fallen plastering.
As the ship laboured less there was a hope that the leaks might be got under, and the carpenters, after sounding, reported that there was not more than the usual quantity of water in the well.
By constant bailing and labouring at the pumps the leaks could with difficulty be kept under.
Small leaks inside a boiler are not particularly dangerous, but they should be remedied at the earliest possible moment, since they reduce the power of the boiler and put out the fire.
The valve stem or spindle passes through a steam-tight stuffing box, where it is liable to stick if the packing is too tight; and if this stuffing box leaks steam, there will be immediate loss of power.
But you should test your boiler before steaming up, to make sure that all the leaks are stopped, especially if there have been bad ones.
Great care should be taken not to expand the flues too much, for by so doing you are likely to loosen other flues and cause more leaks than you had in the first place.
They may usually be seen when about the boiler; but leaks in the piston and valve will often go unnoticed.
If people eat with a spoon that leaks half its contents between bowl and lip, are they not likely to go hungry?
A week after she had left Calcutta, a storm arose and drove the vessel far out of her course; more bad weather ensued; and at length, leaks having been sprung in all directions, the crew were obliged to take to the boats.
The riven masts had gone by the board, leaks had been sprung in every direction, and the water, which rushed in, gained upon us rapidly.
The first step, after the iron lining was scraped clean and washed down and all leaks were stopped, was the placing of biats, marked B on Plate LXXIV.
If left alone the leaks would gradually break out again in a few hours or a few days and flow more water than before.
Four fresh hands pumping away while the rest baled once more got the leaks under, and in a couple of hours, Jack returning on board his schooner, sail was made for Sierra Leone.
Her crew had work enough to do all their time in keeping her clear of the water, which poured in through the leaks in bucketsful.
It is very exciting to read of a ship sinking with the pumps out of order, and half a dozen leaks in her bottom; but the reality, though it may also be exciting, is very far from pleasant.
At length the gale ceased; but it left them in a deplorable condition, with the leaks much increased and their sails in tatters.
But the leaks from this ballast tank continuously threatened to drown the navigator sitting inside of the second hull.
At a recorded depth of 123 feet the sinking of the vessel became so much more rapid that the crew with frantic endeavours sought at once to stop the leaks and pump out the water which had entered.
He did not seem to think that there was any danger of the ship going down for many hours to come; nor indeed did any one; for the leaks were gaining but little on the pumps, although they were gaining.
The leaks increased, and we were now compelled to keep the pumps going during nearly the whole of each watch.
My royal palace, too, it leaks like the devil, and the crops will also be short all about my country.
The leakscontinued to increase, her sides strained and opened fearfully, and the apertures had by this time extended upwards completely to the deck, and downwards far below the water-line.
She heaved and strained most fearfully, the leaks increased, the openings spread, and yet she floated.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leaks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
