Example Sentences

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I will not have the place all littered up with their pipes and power-plants.

From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock

The mere cost of iron, right of way, rolling-stock, and power-plants was immense.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

The unit size in a single cylinder has now reached to about 700 horse-power and by combining cylinders in the same machine, powers of from 1,500 to 2,000 horse-power are now available for large power-plants.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

War for instance, notably in the fitting of craft with duplicate power-plants, will provide data that is invaluable in the building of commercial craft, and in machines also for the use of the tourist.

From Learning to Fly A Practical Manual for Beginners by Grahame-White, Claude

While we were gone, one of our two power-plants upon Saturn failed.

From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)