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Example sentences for "short length"

  • A modification of this pipette, in which a constriction or short length of capillary tube is introduced just below the plugged mouth (Fig.

  • Take a short length of quill tubing and draw out one end into a roomy capillary stem, and again draw out the extremity into a fine hair point, thus forming a small Pasteur pipette with a hair-like capillary extremity.

  • Fix a short length of rubber tubing clamped with a metal clip to each of the outside arms (Fig.

  • Sterilise a short length of rubber tubing by boiling.

  • Illustration: Measuring the Length of Wire on a Spool with the Use of an Idler and Counter] Homemade Lawn Sprinkler With a short length of old hose, a serviceable lawn sprinkler can be quickly and easily made.

  • Repairing a Broken Tenon on a Chair Post [Illustration] Instead of cutting off the four posts to make new tenons where one tenon was broken I used a metal piece made from a short length of bicycle tubing, as shown.

  • On one line, for a short length, are ordinary rails, and Bessemer rails on the other.

  • The tunnelling was carried on by means of a short length of slightly larger tube, or cap, made of plate-iron or steel, which fitted over the leading end of the main tube.

  • One end of a short length of chain is secured to the foot of the vertical rod, and the other end is connected by light iron rods to the series of levers which pull on the brake-blocks.

  • A short length of screw used to drive a worm wheel, and sometimes termed an endless screw.

  • A short length of screw formed to drive the teeth of a worm wheel.

  • Into the cut push a short length of magnetized watch-spring.

  • If you have glass tubing, use a short length of that instead of the tin.

  • The part to be pressed with the finger is a short length of 1/4 in.

  • A short length of spring may be pushed upon the upright part of the strip, as shown.

  • They conferred earnestly together for a minute or two and then, turning, came cautiously up the beach, each of them carrying a short length of rope in his hand.

  • As before, the halyard also carried away and Sandell henceforth resolved to shackle one end of the aerial to the mast, using a short length of chain instead of the rope.

  • To counteract this, Ninnis initiated the very satisfactory plan of sewing a short length of canvas on to the boots to increase the length of the upper.

  • From this day forward our "order of procession" was as follows:--Behind the forerunner came a team of dogs dragging two sledges joined together by a short length of alpine rope.

  • The wrong way is to heat a short length of the tube and then bend it rapidly, holding the plane of the bend horizontal.

  • Indeed, if it is necessary to join two bits of soda glass of different kinds, it is better to separate them by a short length of flint glass; they are more likely to remain joined to it than to each other.

  • To heat a short length of tube and pull hard and suddenly is the proper way to make a very fine capillary tube, but, in general, this is what we want to avoid.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    commanded the; doing anything; receive her; short circuits; short course; short distance above the; short duration; short flight; short form; short life; short line; short note; short notice; short period; short pieces; short prayer; short range; short speech; short stay; short tunic; short vowel; short while; shorter period; shorter time; shortly before; sometimes given