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Example sentences for "mechanical means"

  • A mechanical means of cutting a worm to the required form for this arrangement is shown in Fig.

  • Defn: An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of works of art.

  • The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition.

  • The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means.

  • An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of works of art.

  • That end, it would seem, must be a flying-machine, many times heavier than the atmosphere, but able by mechanical means to lift and propel itself through the air.

  • As the quality of the crayons depends entirely upon the fineness of the paste, mechanical means must be resorted to for effecting this object in the best manner.

  • These may be ruptured by mechanical means, then separated by triturating the fresh fats with cold water, and passing the unctuous matter through a sieve.

  • The whole is then to be violently agitated by mechanical means, and he prefers for this purpose the use of a vessel constructed on the principle of a common barrel churn.

  • The cohesion of the fibres in the rough harl is so considerable that by mechanical means, as by beating, rubbing, &c.

  • But twine cannot be fastened by mere twisting; it has to be tied and a mechanical means of tying a knot was far from an easy problem to solve.

  • It was not until 1755 that a mechanical means of producing low temperatures was developed.

  • Any firmly fixed rust may be removed by mechanical means, such as the graver, drill, etc.

  • These incrustations may occasionally be removed by a careful use of the hammer, but they are often so firmly united with the bronze, which is itself so oxidized, that removal by mechanical means is no longer possible.

  • Incrustations of earth, lime, or gypsum should be washed off with water or removed by mechanical means, such as gentle rubbing with the finger.

  • By electric or mechanical means it is also provided that one or more loop branches may be connected with or disconnected from the main circuit.

  • It is now universal on hackney carriages propelled by mechanical means, and it has also extended largely to those drawn by animal power.

  • This operation has been simplified in various ways by mechanical means.

  • Planimeters are instruments for the determination by mechanical means of the area of any figure.

  • His neglect of mechanical means, particularly as regards Colours.

  • Mechanical means of describing parabolas, the base, altitude, focus, and directrix being given.

  • A is just beginning the downward stroke, and the valve B is opened by the pressure of the atmosphere, or by mechanical means.

  • Mechanical means of describing hyperbolas, their foci and vertices being given.

  • The economy to be realized from a furnace hoist will be in direct proportion to the use made of mechanical means of feed conveyance.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being rather; both directions; both forms; door open; fifth part; fine appearance; for more; mechanical drawing; mechanical energy; mechanical engineer; mechanical explanation; mechanical flight; mechanical inventions; mechanical movements; mechanical theory; mechanical work; nouveau continent; often irregular; radio relay; return back; seems reasonable; send over; should soon; taste for; this occasion; will inform