“Yes!” echoed the professor, impatiently; “a steelyard.”. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
She Yüeh, upon hearing this, dropped the steelyard, and selected. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
“We have only come to know whether you can lend us a steelyard.”. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
Then raising the steelyard, “Which is the one tael mark?” she asked. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
The Westphal balance is constructed on the principle of the common steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
“But why FOUR pounds?” she objected as she weighed the sugar on a steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Childhood] Reference
The steelyard found was also furnished with chains and hooks, and with numbers up to. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The scales and steelyard which we have given are said to have been found at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
“I believe old Hakkabut has a steelyard on board his tartan,” said Ben Zoof, presently. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
The Germans in London formed a corporation and established their own guildhall and steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [3. The Hanseatic League] Reference
“Because I think, perhaps — I am not quite sure — perhaps the steelyard is not quite correct.”. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
She Yüeh, upon hearing this, dropped the steelyard, and selected a piece, which she weighed in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
“Well, then,” said Servadac, “if you do not like to lend us your steelyard, do you object to sell it to us?”. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
But, presently they pulled out the drawer, when they saw, in a small wicker basket, several pieces of silver, and a steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Mr. Brunel, in the government saw-mills at Woolwich, adopted a method of hanging saws by means of a weighted lever, like a Roman steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
"We have only come to know whether you can lend us a steelyard.". From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space] Reference
That deceitful steelyard had been the mainspring of his fortune. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space] Reference
There the capture was hung upon one of the hooks of the steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai] Reference
"I believe old Hakkabut has a steelyard on board his tartan," said Ben. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space] Reference
The weights were very ingeniously made; the steelyard system was adopted. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1] Reference
"But why FOUR pounds?" she objected as she weighed the sugar on a steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Childhood] Reference
"I believe old Hakkabut has a steelyard on board his tartan," said Ben Zoof, presently. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
He bethought himself of a spring steelyard, and with the joy of successful invention, wakened. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2] Reference
Consider, it is the only steelyard in all this new world of ours; it is worth more, much more. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space] Reference
"Because I think, perhaps -- I am not quite sure -- perhaps the steelyard is not quite correct.". From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space] Reference
There are diagrams of furnaces, of machinery for raising sunken ships, and of the common steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study] Reference
"Well, then," said Servadac, "if you do not like to lend us your steelyard, do you object to sell it to us?". From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space] Reference
The congregation of neighbours think I mane my son Bob, naturally; but the secret is that I mane the bob o 'the steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
Weighed, not by the steelyard of general principle, but by the delicate chemical balance of special detail, they were not found wanting. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
Balance constructed over this line will bring the worker to as unified a result as the use of the steelyard on the central vertical line. From Wordnik.com. [Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures] Reference
Siven pounds he'll weigh by the steelyard I'll wager you. ". From Wordnik.com. [At the Foot of the Rainbow] Reference
A small wicker basket, several pieces of silver, and a steelyard. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
They won't say that we know nothing about the steelyard; but that we are designedly mean. ". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
They won’t say that we know nothing about the steelyard; but that we are designedly mean.”. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
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