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Meanings of simple contrivance in English

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Usage of simple contrivance in English
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This simple contrivance was a great convenience, and came into general use.
Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago / Personal recollections ...
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What is a simple contrivance for keeping the milk warm during feeding?
The Care and Feeding of Children / A Catechism for the Use of Mo...
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The vehicle in which you travel is a very simple contrivance.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
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We will begin with a very simple contrivance, shown in Fig.
Things To Make
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All these objects are attained by the simple contrivance represented in the annexed illustration.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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This simple contrivance permits the use of curves which would otherwise be entirely impracticable.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 / A Maga...
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With this simple contrivance it is quite possible to grow Asters in a satisfactory manner.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots / 16t...
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It is a simple contrivance, speedily and cheaply made, and in the rainy season very successful.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
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The Indian cradle is a very simple contrivance.
Away in the Wilderness
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This line Jacky repeated at least forty times; but he evaded monotony by the following simple contrivance:
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
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The ark, as the floating habitation of the Hutters was generally called, was a very simple contrivance.
The Deerslayer
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This simple contrivance effectually served all its purposes, and was adopted by many machine tool-makers and engineers.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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It can be applied through a bamboo-joint covered with a perforated top, or any equally simple contrivance.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
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The number of the modifications of this simple contrivance is limited only by the ingenuity of the maker.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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This is a simple contrivance, largely used by the prairie Indians with their horses as well as dogs.
The Walrus Hunters: A Romance of the Realms of Ice
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It was a simple contrivance and rude in structure; but the freshly hewn timbers were proof of its virgin newness.
A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny
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