Lexicographical Neighbors of Callipered
Literary usage of Callipered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Sliding Rule: In Two Parts by B. Bevan (1822)
"In 850 feet of timber, measured by the customary method of quarter girt, how much
will there be if callipered at dockyard measure? ..."
2. Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information, Including the by William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler (1882)
"... Onr Constellation shone so bright, The Frenchmen could nut bear the sight.
And away ihi'y 'callipered In affright, From tbe brave Yankee boy». ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1881)
"... their length measured as accurately as possible with a steel-tape, and their
height callipered near both ends and in the middle. ..."
4. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"The internal diameter of the ring should, generally speaking, be about ; in.
less than the callipered size of the assembled segments, though experience soon ..."
5. Japan in Transition: A Comparative Study of the Progress, Policy, and by Stafford Ransome (1899)
"But this was not the end of all things, for every pipe had to be callipered
throughout its entire length, and at not less than four different points. ..."
6. Railway Locomotives and Cars (1843)
"... only being required to be callipered to a proper thickness that they may lie
flush. The cost of the four-inch ribbon will be determined by your mills. ..."
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