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Definition of Contrivances
1. contrivance [n] - See also: contrivance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrivances
Literary usage of Contrivances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Boring Tools, and contrivances for ascertaining the stratification on Sites of
... Scaffolding and contrivances for the erection of large of Domes, &c., ..."
2. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"Mechanical contrivances. Inventions.—Mechanical contrivances have also been
frequently admitted as real evidence. Such contrivances, however, may be of such ..."
3. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"And likewise I do deny all plots, and contrivances, and plotters and contrivers
against the king and his subjects ; knowing them to be works of darkness, ..."
4. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1858)
"contrivances FOR MODIFYING MOTION. 335. In Chapter III, we have already explained
the mode in which motion is communicated, and its velocity regulated by ..."
5. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"VI Several contrivances of the Author to please the King and Queen. He shews his
Skill in Musick. The King enquires into the State of Europe, ..."
6. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1889)
"Other Mechanical contrivances. Two other contrivances for moving people through
the air are mentioned by the ancient writers ; but the information ..."
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