There had been lookers-on enough while the instruments were being put in working order, but the general mind did not comprehend the mechanism and uses of registers and keys and batteries.
Harry was not slow to enter, and having made Aunt Judy bring him two candles, which he told her the company would pay for, he set to work to get his end of the line in working order.
Under the wage slavery, the worker receives wages which again equals only the amount necessary to keep him in working order and to reproduce more labor power in his children.
If the worker received the value of the product of his labor he would receive much more than enough to keep him in working order and to raise his family.
Under serfdom or feudal slavery, the worker produced what was necessary to keep him in working order and to raise a family of slaves, and then the balance of his time produced use values for his feudal lord.
I could even see him inspect his fingers, from time to time, as he tried to round off the top of his very badly made stack, and test the joints by opening and closing them, as though not quite sure they were still in working order.
I spent my idle time in getting Peter's music-box in working order.
But I've conquered the doggoned thing, and got her to spark right, and I went a couple of rounds, Sunday and all, just to make sure she was in working order.
Jack, you and Mark make a thorough inspection of the engine room, and see that all the apparatus is in working order," The two boys prepared to do as they were told.
Accompanied by the professor, the boys made a tour of the ship to see that all the machinery and apparatus were in working order.
By means of the emergency stop-cock the descent could be controlled almost as well as though the machinery was in working order.
The locomotive weighed 3¼ tons empty and 4¼ tons in working order.
The gun-trap is very simply constructed, and may be put inworking order in a very few moments.
By now fastening the bait to a peg at the back part of the pen, the affair is in working order, and will be found perfectly reliable.
It also takes care of itself, requires no re-baiting or setting after once put in working order, and is sure death to its prisoners.
By going over the engine in this way you will notice whether everything is tight and in working order, and whether you have failed to notice any part which you do not understand.
First, see that the gasoline feed is all right, plenty of gasoline in the tank, feed pipe filled, gasoline pump working, and then if valves are all in working order.
To keep a gasoline engine in working order so as to get the best service from it and make it last as long as possible, you should give it the best of care.
The electric spark is by long odds the most desirable method of ignition, being safer and easier to take care of, but it requires some knowledge of electricity and electric connection to keep it always in working order.
In many engines pop valves alone are used, and in some cases levers are provided by means of which the pop valve can be raised from its seat to test if it is in working order.
The safety valve S may be raised to see that it is in working order, or to regulate the steam pressure, by the lever O, which has a ratchet tongue engaging with the notches at l.
These valves should be operated occasionally to ensure that they slide easily and are in working order.
The Company being thus in working order, proceeded to make a contract for the manufacture of a cable to be laid across the Atlantic.
The British Government, from the time of the completion of the line, and so long as it shall continue in working order, undertakes to pay at the rate of fourteen thousand pounds a year, being at the rate of four per cent.
Besides, the engine might not be in working order.
Errington made up his mind that he must get on board, approaching through these rushes, and discover whether the engine was in working order, and whether there was any petrol on board.
Burroughs, having satisfied himself that everything was in working order, was at leisure to answer the innumerable questions about the hydroplane with which the Chinaman plied him.
It was in very poor condition and my first duty was to get it in working order.
Fumenta, in well-satisfied tones, when all was in working order, 'those sulphur fumes are carried thousands of feet up into the air.
He had seen that Gerald had cleared the spiral just before he had been attacked by the giant eagle, and that everything, therefore, was now again in working order.
He and Gerald had drawn their revolvers, and were looking to the hammers as they raced onwards, to make quite sure that they were in working order.
Whether it would have been possible in those days for a Catholic king to have kept a Protestant nation in working order we cannot say.
Tom, as he looked to see that his rifle was in working order.
Tom looked to the motor, saw that it was in working order, and shoved over the lever of the gas machine to begin the generating of the lifting vapor.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "working order" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
