"Slows" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... While the train is travelling express, every one must stay on board it; if it slows, it is possible to ...
— The Rome Express • Arthur Griffiths
... FOXGLOVE (Digitalis purpurea) slows the action of the heart, lowers the temperature, and acts indirectly as a diuretic. It is especially valuable in the treatment of scarlet fever and in dropsy. Dose—Of infusion, one-half drachm to one-half ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... attached to the spindle operating a sort of shutter in the steam-pipe. Consequently the supply of steam is throttled more and more as the speed increases, until it has been so reduced that the engine slows, and the balls fall, opening the valve again. Fig. 34 shows the valve fully closed. This form of governor was invented by James Watt. A spring is often used instead of a weight, and the governor is arranged horizontally so that it may be driven direct from the ...
— How it Works • Archibald Williams
... a Morris-jig for two men, lays hold of you at the first bar, and again with a fresh grip and a tighter as the music slows up for the dancers to do their "capers"—all to the music of Mr. Cecil Sharp at the piano and Miss ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 • Various |
