| 单词 | telephone wire |
| 例句 | In the sunlight, telephone wires looked like glass strings high overhead, bushes glistened like cakes made of diamonds, starbursts of frost etched themselves against our windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The fog was heavy over the rooftops and telephone wires and trees, and I would make myself tea and then go back to my room to read and wait until the sun broke through. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When I change shifts with the evening workers, he’s leaning against a wooden pole for a telephone wire. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A carved wooden box stood on a shelf pushed back behind a round basket woven from black and green telephone wires. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Bernabe asked, his voice trudging down the fifteen miles of telephone wire like a funeral dirge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed up at a telephone wire where a big bird sat. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bees began to light on my shoulders the ways birds sit on telephone wires. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They burned plantations and commissaries, tore up tracks to impede the passage of the trains that began to open their path with machine-gun fire, and they cut telegraph and telephone wires. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She pointed out starlings perched on the telephone wires. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There were racks of rockets standing to be touched off to call for help from the artillery or to signal with if the telephone wires were cut. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Kids in the neighborhood, strangers walking their dogs, moms strolling with carriages—even the two guys fixing the telephone wires. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z They set fires in mailboxes, cut telephone wires, and vandalized train cars. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They watch for telephone wires which hang crosswise over the road so low that they might easily pull our heads off. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched the rise and fall of a telephone wire. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They called me spider legs, skeleton girl, pipe cleaner, two-by-four, bony butt, stick woman, bean pole, and giraffe, and they said I could stay dry in the rain by standing under a telephone wire. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The branches were cut back so as not to interfere with the telephone wires and the tree died. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was the largest female redtail, who swooped through my backyard and landed on the telephone wire only 15 feet off the ground. Helen Macdonald's 'H Is for Hawk' swoops into the wild 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z I walked around the cabin where I’d stayed and noticed Spanish moss hanging not only from trees but also from telephone wires and street signs, making everything look like it needed a good dusting. Not those gators: Improbable fauna 10 minutes from downtown Gainesville 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The historical references were aided by the scenery: Aside from bridges and some telephone wires, the view from the boat was largely of empty marshes, rudimentary villages and the occasional gold-leafed Buddhist pagoda. Special Report: Travel Asia: In Myanmar, Sailing in the Wake of Kipling and Orwell 2013-08-30T07:54:37Z Some lives will end from electrocution by a loose telephone wire, but most will not. What Makes an American Hero? (Or a Canadian One?) 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “If you follow the way birds sit on a telephone wire, there’s not anything false or studied about it. One flies off and the other three re-form,” she says. Martha Clarke has made a career of movement. Now she cherishes stillness. Strolling along a railroad track, he passed a group of Japanese soldiers on a train platform who had captured a young Chinese man and were slowly strangling him with lengths of cut-down telephone wire. The Life of J.G. Ballard: An Alien Among Us 2013-01-24T14:15:39Z Staub uses a handheld camera to give the story some intimacy, and he also provides a strong sense of place, occasionally cutting to shots of sneakers hanging from telephone wires. Idris Elba drama "Concrete Cowboy" brings audience along for a crowd-pleasing ride 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z They looked like raptors gathering on the telephone wires in “The Birds.” ?Jersey Shore,? Reality Versus Reality TV 2011-09-09T18:55:00Z He took some getting used to: all those rhythmic sentences, as sagging and repetitious as telephone wires on a bleak Pennine road. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z “We the People” reminds you of street memorials with shoes thrown over tree branches or telephone wires. Nari Ward Shows the Power of Objects at the New Museum 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z One of the best is a small relief of circles and squares of black, white and tan cardboard, laminated in parts, on wood, with parallel lines of twine connecting them like telephone wires. ‘Concrete Cuba’ Visits a Quieter Period of Latin American Modernism 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Highway 395, would be unremarkable save for the shoe tree, named for the dozens of old shoes — many scrawled with wishes — dangling from its branches, like sneakers hanging from a telephone wire. The book 'Wise Trees' showcases ancient trees from around the world 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z In "Big Bear Land Slab," Hoyer positions the viewer on the inside curve of a mountain road, beneath a telephone wire that unceremoniously slices the scene down the middle. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z At the other end of the gallery, a display on plastic-recycling possibilities contains a colorful little basket, hand-woven in Africa, using discarded telephone wire: a surprisingly close cousin to its leaf-fiber counterpart. ‘Plastics Unwrapped’ nicely packaged at the Burke 2013-01-07T22:32:27Z As I wound farther south down the country roads, Spanish moss began gathering on the trees and hawks glared down from telephone wires. My Harper Lee pilgrimage: Visiting Monroeville, in search of “Mockingbird’s” essence 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z I admired the images "a whisper before the hum / of a marriage disintegrating", and "a glug of oil down the telephone wire", and I thought the short lines worked well. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z Juries of crows peered down from telephone wires. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z It's easy to believe this is a man who should be feared; his low growl carries rage right through the telephone wires. 'Whitey' documentary indicts more than just James J. Bulger 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Three lines of barbed wire are stapled to fence poles alongside the road, while telephone wires are stretched taut above them. Review | The wonderfully queer world of ‘American Gothic’s’ Grant Wood 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z This is especially inconvenient given that raging snowstorm outside and the cut telephone wires. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Comfortably Mousetrapped 2012-01-26T14:30:40Z Electrical and telephone wires were also left exposed, the suit alleges, and on one occasion an electrical fire started near a student eating area. No glass and no payment: Former employee at Kanye West's school files lawsuit 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Electricity and mobile telephone service has been restored to Las Tejerías, but land lines and water service remain down as the landslide destroyed telephone wires, water pipes and pumping equipment. Survivors of Venezuelan mudslide bury dead, look for missing 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z For years, American households have largely relied on copper telephone wires or coaxial connections from cable companies to get online. Is your internet service unreliable? There may be fiber in your future. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z “Reports that telephone wires have been tapped at the Republican national headquarters caused a new sensation here today,” the paper reported. When burglars broke into presidential campaign headquarters — in 1928 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z They flitted down from the pecan trees and telephone wires: bold Tufted Titmice, bouncing Northern Cardinals and bullying crowds of White-winged Doves, House Sparrows and European Starlings. Bird Feeders Are Good for Some Species—But Possibly Bad for Others 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z With a population of just 40 or so, the enclave has no electricity or telephone wires. Three international Oscar contenders look at destiny and determination 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z They beat him with a baseball bat and a shovel, stabbed him with a knife, and choked him with a telephone wire. Parole allowed for man who buried California victim alive 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z They beat him with a baseball bat and a shovel, stabbed him with a knife and choked him with a telephone wire. Parole allowed for man who buried California victim alive 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Reports suggest BT is considering the future of its sports business as the company focuses on replacing copper telephone wires with fibre-optic broadband lines across Britain. BT confirms talks over the future of its sports business 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The sky is brilliant and wide above stoplights and swoops of telephone wire. The Growers, Bakers and Beekeepers Embracing the Terroir of American Cities 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z “You drive around, look for birds in open fields or on telephone wires, and you just pull over and throw the trap,” Chen said. Falconry, an ancient form of hunting, finds new devotees 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Birds in flight suffer fatal crashes with communications towers or become tangled in telephone wires and power lines. Trump officials move to relax rules on killing birds 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z He and a 16-year-old accomplice then forced Morganti to dig his own grave, beat him with a baseball bat and a shovel, stabbed him with a knife and choked him with a telephone wire. Parole denied for man who buried California victim alive 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z While assaults are down, reports of theft and pilfering of everything from copper telephone wires to livestock are surging. In Venezuela, criminals feel the pinch of an economic crisis 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z While assaults are down, reports of theft and pilfering of everything from copper telephone wires to livestock are surging. In Venezuela, criminals feel the pinch of an economic crisis 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Still scattered about are reminders of the building’s past life as a city jail, including a chip hanging from mangled telephone wires in one of Kovacsev’s former offices that reads “4th Floor Jail.” St. Pete cops carry rich memories from old HQ 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Picture a pigeon perched on a telephone wire. What Birds Can Teach Us about Flying Robots 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z If a current strikes this rock, it will seek an easier path — like metal pipes, telephone wires and electric cables. This NASA spacecraft is about to probe one of Earth’s scariest threats — the sun 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Servicing a telephone wire required climbing past a voltage-filled electrical wire. Perspective | Ever noticed chunks of trees on utility pole wires? What’s up with that? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z “Whereas a telephone wire is man-made. It’s just a stroke of bad luck. It doesn’t happen very often, but today is Friday the 13th. Freaky Friday.” Kelly Kraft's tee shot strikes bird in mid-air, leads to double bogey and missed cut at Harbour Town - Golf Digest 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr Scott also said there was a lack of "particularity" in the allegations, which refer to a "strong body of evidence", including DNA samples, statements from the victim, and telephone wire taps. Model kidnap a publicity stunt, court told 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Read says someone cut the alarm and telephone wires at the back of the building at about 5 a.m. ATM, safe stolen from Massachusetts American Legion 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z DeLory wrote an evocative orchestral arrangement in which the strings mimicked the sighing of the telephone wires. Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman: The unfinished song that became a classic - BBC News 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z For at least 30 minutes, the neighborhood — a warren of low-slung homes beneath a tangle of telephone wires — convulsed with gunshots and explosions. Philippine police killed a mayor and much of his family. Was it a raid gone wrong, or a massacre? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Hayes had just one number to remember: the Treasury Department, since it was the only other place in Washington connected to the telephone wire. A catalogue of White House technological upgrades: Flushing toilets, a phone line, air conditioning. Oh, and Twitter. 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “Vietnam’s one of those countries where you look out the window and the telephone wires are just a mess,” he said. How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z He then elected to retire, making the announcement via a photograph on his Twitter account of football shoes hanging from a telephone wire posted during the Super Bowl. Marshawn Lynch Coming Out of Retirement to Play for Raiders 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z After cutting all the telephone wires leading into the facility, they seized the barracks where Frank was held and took him to Marietta, Georgia, where they hanged him near a crossroads. What the Leo Frank case tells us about the dangers of fake news 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Two days later, during the Super Bowl, Lynch announced his retirement by tweeting a photo of his cleats hanging from a telephone wire. The uncomfortable truth behind Marshawn Lynch's weird homecoming 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The play kicks off with Cohn’s voice “heard over the telephone wire.” Eavesdropping on Roy Cohn and Donald Trump 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z All the utilities—asbestos-shrouded steam pipes, old cast-iron water mains, electricity cables, natural-gas lines, and the Empire City ducts containing cable and telephone wires—had to be diverted as well. The Second Avenue Subway Is Here! 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z He noticed a bird sitting alone on a telephone wire, and began to compare their situations. Six of the best Leonard Cohen covers - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z A drone appeared overhead, twirling between trees and telephone wires, red video light blinking, and marchers laughed and screamed and waved. Venezuela, A Failing State 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z He began to lose strength and hope, before the sight of telephone wires suggested to him that he was on the right track. Donn Fendler, Who Was Lost in Wilds of Maine as a Boy, Dies at 90 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The telephone wires into the valley had been stolen, so the driver sent a slinger down to let the charge-hand know instead. Aberfan 50 years on: how best to remember the tragedy? 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z A mass of telephone wires had been stripped from the walls; a dark rectangular outline remains. Bells Are Still Ringing, if Less Often 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The car struck a curb and skidded into two signs and a telephone wire box before striking a chain-link fence. Jonesboro police officer injured when patrol car crashes 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z But "Republicans seem to be following him like a bird on a telephone wire, so we'll see." What Will It Take? 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z By then, however, synthetic materials were being used to insulate underwater telegraph and telephone wires and the ecological catastrophe went unremarked. The Forgotten Material That Changed the World 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z First Marshawn Lynch tied his spikes together and threw them over some telephone wires during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, ending his career at age 29. Calvin Johnson shows early retirement for NFL players is no longer an anomaly 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Sheriff’s Office reports say about 200 feet of telephone wire was taken Tuesday night. Anderson phone lines cut 6 times this month 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Eastern time, early in the fourth quarter of the game, Lynch posted a photograph of football shoes hanging from a telephone wire from his Twitter account. Seattle Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch Retires in a Twitter Post 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z In a moment, dozens of the hook-beaked, long-tailed birds were flapping and kvetching at the feeders or surveying the scene from telephone wires. Rising parakeet population imperils farms, native plants 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z But the video indicates the drones need more space than just a doorstop and possibly even a wide open backyard, free of trees, telephone wires or other obstacles. Amazon’s Delivery Drones: Where Will They Land? 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z A small plane clipped electrical and telephone wires, crossed a busy street and plowed into a home Tuesday in Akron, Ohio, before igniting in flames, authorities said. Deaths confirmed as small plane crashes in Akron, Ohio 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z They broke windows, threw rocks, burned post offices and cut telephone wires. How British Suffragettes Radicalized American Women 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The first time I saw her she was sitting on a telephone wire alongside a lazy two-lane highway, eagerly looking down as I was eagerly looking up. I'm a falconer - and there's nothing like watching a bird you trained in action 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z When Henry Kissinger visited, for instance, his advance staff wanted to drill holes in the floor for telephone wires. Georgia first ladies share stories from governor’s mansion 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The street is filled with fruit vendors, Santeria worshipers dressed in white and children playing under run-down pastel buildings and a canopy of telephone wires. Little Affinity for Marco Rubio in Cuba Despite Family Roots 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z They also choked him with a telephone wire and buried him alive, where he suffocated. Parole pondered for killer of California man buried alive 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Across the street, sneakers hung from the telephone wires. In Frankford, train was just another neighbor before crash 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z It depicts a blond-haired woman in an orange skirt and a flowered blouse who is lying on a grid composed of telephone wires. At the College of New Rochelle, a Show Meant to Provoke Double Takes 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Dangerous-looking tangles of electrical and telephone wires still stretch across narrow streets pocked with potholes. Return visit to Communist Cuba finds new hope amid change 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Misra recalls that when internet was delivered via telephone wires, a service still subject to unbundling regulations in the U.S., there were complaints that infrastructure owners were negligent in maintaining parts of their network. Why President Obama's Plan Just Might Fix the Internet 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z No telephone wires or equipment were in sight, nor should there be. Strung up over head The boom bounced up, snagged a telephone wire and pulled down a telephone pole. Man charged with pulling down telephone pole 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The console is connected to the pipes by telephone wire that runs under the stage up into the pipe rooms. 87-year-old theater organ removed for restoration 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It was based on the pioneering work of Paul Baran, who proposed sending information broken down into packets through telephone wires, with computers controlling the direction of the packets and reassembling them upon arrival. How Dwight D. Eisenhower Invented The Internet -- And The Desktop Computer 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Already he had bound her with telephone wire ripped from the wall. In Botched Case of Park Jogger, an Altered Life 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Telephone poles are primarily strung with telephone wires, cables and equipment boxes; additionally, one might find TV cables and equipment, as well as low-voltage electrical distribution lines and associated equipment, on many of them. Strung up over head Myelin is the coating of the neuron fibers—kind of like coating on a telephone wire. Does Heading a Soccer Ball Cause Brain Damage? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z A law enforcement official said early Thursday morning that Mr. St. Hubert had been arrested in May 2009 on charges that he had punched his mother and tried to strangle her with a telephone wire. Brooklyn Stabbing Suspect May Be Tied to Chelsea Subway Attack, Police Say 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z That agenda will include crucial decisions on wireless spectrum, Internet regulation, the transition from old copper telephone wires to modern all-IP networks, and unforeseen contingencies in a rapidly changing “cloud computing” environment. How To Get Broadband On Planes -- And Everywhere Else 2013-12-16T14:04:00Z "I rushed down and saw planes coming in under the telephone wires," Irwin said. Elderly survivors commemorate Pearl Harbor attack 2013-12-08T00:34:17Z There's telephone wires, cables before you even reach the electricity. ComEd training workers in new smart grid 2013-11-17T06:00:00Z Often the video frames match Audubon’s depictions: the artist's Mississippi Kite holds a large beetle in its talons; in the video, the large gray bird feasts on a beetle while perched on a telephone wire. Audubon's Birds Live On Long after His Death [Slide Show] 2013-05-17T18:15:00.220Z A television cable and an old telephone wire are stapled along the floors and door frames, and covered with layers of paint. The Hunt: The Hunt — The Wish List: Light, Space, Fireplace 2012-11-18T04:00:03Z This turns the sound wave into an electrical signal, which can be transmitted over the telephone wire. Can You Hear Me Now? Sound Technology of the 19th Century 2012-07-23T18:45:00.417Z The telephone wires, which belonged to the Nicholsons, had been cut and thrown aside and the town was temporarily without telephonic communication. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Nor was Jones aware of the fact that the telephone wire had been tapped recently. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Any telegraph or telephone wire can be tapped, if it is desired, but unless there is some fault on the line, no station will receive a message against its desires. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z “And with telegraph and telephone wires all down, that’s pretty much of a calamity,” added Joe, his eyes meeting Bob’s with a look of understanding. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z In Pyinmana, the sidewalks are broken, the narrow streets are dusty tracks, and telephone wires are tangled with electricity cables in a way that would make strands of cooked spaghetti look symmetrical. Hopes and Reality Clash in a New Myanmar 2011-12-13T15:41:49Z Some of these fibers run like insulated telephone wires and carry the signals rapidly; others connect through web-like neural connections and travel more slowly. How the Brain Interprets Pain and How to Get Relief 2011-12-07T15:30:00Z So every telephone wire now is double and therefore is ready, as it were, to have the telewriter fitted to it. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z What you heard over the telephone wire should have warned you to keep hands off. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z They sit in a line on a telephone wire. Peter and Polly in Winter 2011-10-26T02:00:31.240Z Indeed, things—wonderful and strange, pathetic and amusing—were so numerous and so needful of all our faculties, that at one time my mind blurred like an over-talked telephone wire. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Every ten yards or so it was necessary either to step over or stoop under a telephone wire. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z An electric current travels over the telephone wire. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z "I can't tell what time I shall be back," I said, "but I shall want you to be at the end of the telephone wire—there are plenty of telephones in Birmingham House." The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Chet put on a pair of rubber gloves and disconnected the telephone wire which here was fastened to the side of the house. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z Throw it whirling right over a telephone wire, for instance, and never miss a stroke! Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z All the telephone wires were down as far as they could see. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Authorities said DeYoung cut the telephone wires of his family’s home in the middle of the night. Top Georgia court allows rare videotape of execution, denies stay for death row inmate 2011-07-20T22:07:23Z The wildest one of them fell short of the bitter truth, which came to us at the end of a telephone wire located in the professional's shop. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z During a heavy action, when all the telephone wires had been destroyed, Bouée carried communications between a commandant and his force, fulfilling his duty perfectly without allowing anything to distract him. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z The bombardment had cut the telephone wires of the little group of Americans which met the attack and they were completely isolated. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z Another d�tour was necessary, but on plunging into the mangrove forest on to the other side of the clearing the Irishman's foot tripped in the telephone wire. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z A voice, not over the telephone wire, but behind her and in the room, came to Peggy's disengaged ear. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z At Bristol Golf Club in Rhode Island, the fairway shares space with telephone wires. On Par: When a Bad Golf Course Edges Into Goodness 2011-05-23T20:46:06Z But there weren't no supports, and the telephone wire was broken—the wire he'd tripped over as he came up. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z This is the first record of a telephone wire erected in Norwich. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Moving as rapidly as their sense of caution would permit, they again skirted the searchlight station and picked up the telephone wire trail in the woods beyond. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z What was not on the agenda was the amount of dribble left on headphones, mouse mats and telephone wires at the end of the day. Child's play 2011-05-15T00:07:34Z To-night I send letters to the papers telling them how I hid in your own house, listened to all your plans over a dictograph, and tapped your telephone wire. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Much more was unexplained than the nature of the stolen treasure and the cause of that false report anent the severed telephone wires. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z It is a telephone wire, and leads from my chamber above to my office in the city. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Let's have another look to seaward, and then we'll cut the telephone wire and clap on all sail for our involuntary home of rest. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Their curses must have been deep and full when that message came over the telephone wires. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z During the fierce bombardment the telegraph and telephone wires were constantly cut, and in carrying out the repairs many brave men lost their lives. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Traitors or spies, however, cut his telephone wires, and he was only able to rally a portion of them for the retreat. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z He had previously observed the telephone wires and had drawn his own conclusions. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Overhead is a network of telegraph and telephone wires; on the ground a network of rails. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Many telephone wires were down also just after the gale, and the signallers had a rough windy time in getting them up again. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z While they struggled to maintain themselves against fierce and constant counter-attacks, Corporal Bassett in full daylight and under a heavy fire laid a telephone wire from the old position to the new one. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Tiger, Tiger, pants on fire, nose as long as a telephone wire. World press weighs in on Woods' return at Masters 2010-03-17T13:04:00Z Elsewhere in Concepción, cars lay mangled and upended on streets littered with telephone wires and power cables. 1.5 Million Displaced After Chile Quake 2010-02-28T15:05:00Z The telegraph, and telephone wires cross and recross each other at frequent intervals along the road, and the whole sets of wires cross from side to side of the road between Fylton and Almondsbury. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone The Pierrots went back with some prisoners in the moonlight, and Canadian staff officers chuckled with laughter along telephone wires when the tale was told. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z In less than twelve hours telephone wires were strung and communication established in their territory. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The ends of the telephone wires lay across the hardwood floor. Whispering Wires As houses thickened the gale grew noisy, singing in telephone wires, whistling around barn corners, slamming blinds and doors, and rushing in the tree-tops. The Jonathan Papers The telegraph and telephone wires in this district are chiefly erected and maintained by soldiers of the Royal Engineers. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone An attempt had been made to communicate with the aviation grounds, but an unlucky aeroplane had blundered against the telephone wire during an afternoon flight, snapping the thread of communication. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship The result has just come into the office of Jolly & Co. on the private telephone wire from The Nook at Mirst Park. Hard Pressed He hesitated as he glanced at the telephone wires which Delaney had cut. Whispering Wires By the time his message was waiting in the hands of the station agent, telephone wires were busy between Spring Valley and other larger towns. The Broken Gate A Novel That," cried Kennedy, rising quickly, "is what is known as the telescribe—a new invention of Edison that records on a specially prepared phonograph cylinder all that is said—both ways—over a telephone wire. The Social Gangster This is becoming quite a frequent practice and, in times of great emergency, enables patches to be made to the telegraph wires as well as to the telephone wires. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Climbing out on the ledge, she clutched an overhanging telephone wire for support and cautiously eased herself along, an inch at a time. Penny Nichols and the Black Imp He disconnected the library telephone wires at the junction-box in the alley. Whispering Wires On the road a pair of bluebirds had flitted in front of our chariot, like two racing sapphires, and swallows perched on the telephone wires, twittering. A Top-Floor Idyl The water-pipes, the telegraphic cables, the telephone wires, the pneumatic tubes for the postal service, and the piping for the conveyance of motive power, are all sheltered in these underground thoroughfares. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Phantom circuits are arrangements of telephone wires whereby more working, non-interfering telephone lines exist than there are sets of actual wires. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Lorraine cut short her apologies with the news about the telephone wires. The Head Girl at the Gables It is here the rural telephone wire comes to an end but if you are inclined to be finicky, it is not well to telephone. Seeds of Pine Then “tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,” ran a little bell in the Oak Knowe library and over the telephone wire rang the doctor’s hearty voice. Dorothy at Oak Knowe When I say that it is an American city, I mean to say that Toronto is a large area, covered with blocks of parallelograms and dirty streets, overspread with tangles of telegraph and telephone wires. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things I've used waggon bolts, nuts borrowed from wayside pumps, pieces of telephone wire, and horseshoe nails. Side-stepping with Shorty Since the curious episode of the cut telephone wires during the Easter holidays, there had been no further happenings at the museum. The Head Girl at the Gables Except for the telephone wires and the rough trail, you might be in an utterly uninhabited land on top of the world. Through Our Unknown Southwest Men get descriptions of the stolen property, and within an hour the private telegraph and telephone wires have carried them to every police station in London. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Over these threads called nerve fibers one cell can talk to another somewhat as we talk over a telephone wire. Health Lessons Book 1 They may be compared to telephone wires laid down in the cables through the streets and extending into the houses, but still requiring a little fine work to attach them properly to the telephone instruments. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The office was a command post now, with only the slender, unattended telephone wires connecting them with the outside worlds. The Man Who Staked the Stars There were 15,853 m. of telephone wires in the republic in 1906, all the principal cities having an admirable service. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" In fact the telephone wire, more than any other mechanical device, is destined to aid in "improving" the burglar out of existence. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast How the Nerves do their Work.—On a telephone wire we can send a message in either direction. Health Lessons Book 1 The axon is the "slender thread", just spoken of as analogous to the single telephone wire. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Behind, in front, and around them were those links in the chain of war, the oft-cut telephone wires. Cavalry of the Clouds Telegraph and telephone wires are carried through the tunnel, and can be readily repaired. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" So as not to impede traffic through the place, it had become necessary to elevate the field telephone wires from the ground and send them across the road overhead. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Others would follow him soon, secret conferences would take place unrecorded, the Colonel's private telephone wire would be busy, and the telegrams he received would be frequent and not intelligible to the casual reader. The Wishing Moon There was no necessity that he could see of detailing the whole long story over a telephone wire. The Bandbox Yesterday morning as usual he sent his love message over the telephone wires—and the girl hung up the receiver and she sneered in an explanation to the landlady. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The city is lighted by gas; the principal business street has a line of herdics, and telephone wires connect all parts of the town. The Truth About America We were off at break of day in motor trucks with a reel cart of telephone wire hitched on behind. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" With all the telegraph and telephone wires down the authorities won’t be able to send out any alarm. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune Then you would have said, “Of course, they are telephone wires.” Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades Here are installed telegraph and telephone wires, the papers often having private wires from their offices to the field. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Calling my man, we hastily found some pieces of wood, old telephone wire and string, and within an hour had improvised legs, rigid enough to continue taking scenes. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. "Number two on the way," sang out the signalman over the telephone wire to the hidden observation station. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The telegraph and telephone wires are down in all directions, so it has been practically impossible to send word any great distance.” Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune Let us think about the messages we send along the telephone wires from day to day. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades The male called to her cheerily; still she would not enter, but joined him on the telephone wire, where the two seemed to hold a little discussion. Under the Maples Several telephone wires ran to the haystack and one of them connected the trees with the General’s underground office. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone Is it vibrations of sound or of electricity that go through the telephone wire, or does your voice travel over it, or does the wire itself vibrate? Common Science Papa Phil did not shoot himself, and that telephone wire did not cut itself! The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Then return along each lateral wire, wrapping ends of wire at the ends of the arms very closely and tightly around the through-going lateral wires, as telegraph and telephone wires are wrapped in splicing. Manual of American Grape-Growing Sitting in my barn-door study I see a vesper sparrow fly up and alight on the telephone wire with nesting-material in her beak. Under the Maples The scattered lines of telephone wires help, but news outstrips the wires. Whispering Smith But the barns at Calabasas are burning––telephone wires from there cut, too––they had to pick up the Thief River trunk line to get a 287 message through. Nan of Music Mountain Boys were driven to dig ditches or small trenches for telephone wires under fire. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The wire leader sung like a telephone wire in the cold. Tales of Fishes Look at that telephone wire on the ground! Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts Within three hours of his return to London he had set half-a-dozen telephone wires humming, and, before leaving his department, the newly-found freemasonry of the public service had supplied him with all available information. The Education of Eric Lane There is nothing to be seen but stooks and that thin telephone wire running like a line in the sky in the far distance. Round the Wonderful World He turned to work on an intricate little machine which had a long coil of wire, very thin, much thinner than a telephone wire. Ted Marsh on an Important Mission I was balked, until I noticed a pair of telephone wires running from the house to the tree to which one end of the chain was fastened. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 There is nothing but a telephone wire in sight. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air He and Big Josh are scouring the country for her, after having burnt up all the telephone wires in the county trying to locate her.” The Comings of Cousin Ann That voice—I do not know that I ever met its owner—had a wonderful power of language, strong, picturesque, and highly profane language, suitable for expressing violent emotion over a telephone wire. A Padre in France He has the necessary knowledge to place a dictaphone or tap a telephone wire. Ted Marsh on an Important Mission He was gazing reflectively at a couple of English sparrows perched on one of the telephone wires some distance down the line. Anderson Crow, Detective I ducked a field telephone wire strung between trees. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders That evening the telephone wires were again kept hot by the Bucknors and their many kinsmen. The Comings of Cousin Ann And at every vista end, pines of the Pincian, Villa Doria, &c.; and domes; and the pale blond roofs with the telephone wires like gossamer stretched over them. The Spirit of Rome Mind how you step over that telephone wire. Bones in London "I dare say that the telegraph and telephone wires are being kept busy over us," said Fred, who had just joined the group. Doctor Jones' Picnic Direct current, such as is advised for farm installations, under ordinary circumstances, does not affect telephone wires, and therefore transmission lines may be strung on telephone poles. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine Who was at the end of the telephone wire? Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux "All we're sure of is that they cut the telephone wire," said Bud. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders "Yes, a telegram came in for you an hour ago," was the answer, over the telephone wire. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice The lads noticed that it had neither air-tube nor telephone wire. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War We have the telegraph and the telephone wires, and the railroad is within a mile of General Harkness's quarters at Tryon Creek. The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods The crew strung telephone wire from pole to pole all day, playing the jokes of hardy men, and on Sunday loafed in haystacks, recalling experiences from Winnipeg to El Paso. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life But the West has progressed with other parts of the country, and the advent of the cheap automobile and the spread of telephone wires, and even wireless now, has brought far distant ranches close together. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Then in extended order they went forward again, guided by a telephone wire, keeping touch with difficulty in the scrub and the darkness. The Tale of a Trooper The man at the other end of the telephone wire was an angry committeeman at the State House. The High Calling He was sitting on a telephone wire, and did not flit away as I stood below and peered at him through my glass, and admired his trig and handsome form. Birds of the Rockies Scores of miles of deep communication trenches had to be dug, as well as trenches for telephone wires, assembly and assault trenches, and numerous gun emplacements and observation posts. World's War Events, Vol. II The telephone wires, which were being stretched across the prairie, had not reached the place, and he surmised that the police had been unable to communicate with it. Prescott of Saskatchewan Often, just when they needed the means of communication most, the fire would sweep through the woods, destroying trees to which the telephone wires were fastened, and melting the wires themselves. The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery As soon as the telephone wires were stretched as far as our crater a message came for me to remain where I was until further orders. Barbarians Although another shell struck the bank at the doorway we had no more on the roof, and no casualties—only we found that all our telephone wires had been cut. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 One morning shortly before dawn the Commanding Officer of an infantry regiment was wading down a communicating trench, when he met an artillery officer, accompanied by three men with a big roll of telephone wire. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Then they had telephone wires laid down towards Germany from various places, and I am inclined to think some have been found. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 Travellers were being murdered, telephone wires were being cut, and so forth. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Long rutted roads littered with shell-cases stretching through the wrecked woods in the yellow light; strung alongside of them, tangled masses of telephone wires. One Man's Initiation—1917 The O.P. was sometimes in a high tree, with the ladders to get up and the telephone wires still remaining. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Bright floodlights illuminated the yard and a crew of soldiers were stringing telephone wires from the guarded front gate across the open space to the ranch house. Make Mine Homogenized "Your publisher's telephone wires would be hot for an hour with orders," Dr. Thorpe concluded. Old Valentines A Love Story And as if these difficulties were not great enough in times of peace think of the added burden of protecting miles and miles of telephone wires in time of war. Walter and the Wireless Colonel Ward's telephone wires are affixed to trees, and your men are preparing to cut down these same trees in clearing your right of way. The Rainy Day Railroad War The fourteenth verst takes us across the river--follow the telephone wires there. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 "I think it highly probable that the sailor will be sent with a written report," agreed Mender, at the other end of the telephone wire. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty To my wife I said, "Let us go back to the city where the highest type of medical science is at the end of the telephone wire." A Daughter of the Middle Border The telephone wire could be cut, and I was to meet him at the railway bridge in twenty minutes' time. Pushed and the Return Push "There's a house ahead, and a telephone wire running into it," said young Prescott. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving Also Constable A. Brooker, a dispatch rider, who took a pack horse with telephone wire through heavy shell and machine-gun fire to advance Headquarters, thus enabling them to send back valuable information. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police They flew over the whole of Brooklyn and fell again, finally entangling themselves in a telephone wire. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men The telegraph and telephone wires between New York, Norfolk, Washington and Annapolis were in a fair way to become fused. Peggy Stewart at School Will you get back and see that telephone wire is brought up? Pushed and the Return Push Troops have been continuously engaged since my last cable, but situation is still too confused to admit of definition, especially as telephone wires all cut by shell or rifle fire. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Miss Blackburne was no coward, and the astonishing request that came over the telephone wires did not frighten her. The Lion's Mouse But that did not meet with the approval of the man at the other end of the telephone wire. The Brand of Silence A Detective Story A bolt of lightning hit the telephone wires. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Dumble had climbed to the top of a tower three-quarters of a mile from the battery, and directed the shooting from the end of a roughly laid telephone wire. Pushed and the Return Push Then it took the entire day to do the marketing for the week, now we take a receiver from the hook and a telephone wire transmits the verbal message. The Mother and Her Child J. T. Templeman throughout carried out his work of repairing telephone wires, with his usual skill and courage. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The latter had been arrested because his little girl had picked up a bit of telephone wire broken by shrapnel. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Flood waters drained off from the devastated districts, railroad service was slowly resumed and telegraph and telephone wires were being restrung. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado There was a shortage of telephone wire, and at 8.15 P.M. Pushed and the Return Push "Well, yes, we did hear something of them," answered Chief Branford, over the telephone wire. The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island Meanwhile the telephone wires were buzzing under Mr. Wilkinson's energetic advertisement of the latest society note. White Ashes The enemy started retaliation at once, and cut our telephone wires as usual, so that once we had got the barrage on we could not turn it off without considerable delay. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The only long-distance telephone wires in service were two private wires connecting with Cincinnati. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado We strode over fallen trees and followed the telephone wire across a strip of rich green. Pushed and the Return Push Wafted by the gentle breeze came the dull moaning and whispering of the pine trees, the humming of the wind through the telephone wires, and the discordant cawing of the crows. Scottish Ghost Stories If these fellows were as bold as this, cutting telephone wires, running about without lights, giving up all secrecy and pretence, it must mean that the occasion for which they had come was nearly over. Facing the German foe, by Colonel James Fiske A telephone wire cut by a flying fragment fell upon a car just ahead of us. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Our men were just in time to divert the course of one which threatened to cut our telephone wires. The Great War As I Saw It By a quarter to four the telephone wires were buzzing feverishly. Pushed and the Return Push I rummaged through the storage closet in my temporary office and looped his telephone wire with twenty feet of number twelve wire from a broken electric fan, and an unused transmitter. Phantom Wires A Novel The breeze catches the telephone wires which run from the artillery at rear to their observation stations, and the wires sing like light shells travelling through space. The Red Horizon We saw the intricate mazes of telephone wires, and the men of the signaling corps at their posts in the trenches, in communication with brigade, divisional, and army corps headquarters. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Many were the unseen barbed wires and overhanging telephone wires which we broke, you with your chest and I with my nose and forehead. The Great War As I Saw It "And is Toby really gone?" asked Mr. Brown over the telephone wire. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony Some peculiar geological structure of the porphyry in particular localities makes it carry sound like a telephone wire. Branded I'm going to run a telephone wire up the valley as far as your settlement. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West They were preceded by men of the Signaling Corps, who advanced swiftly and skillfully, unwinding spools of insulated telephone wire as they went. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Civil guards were formed, and banks, newspaper offices and police bureaus were occupied by the military with machine guns, the banks and newspapers having been previously equipped with wireless against the cutting of telephone wires. The Red Conspiracy They were before a little shack that was the German major's headquarters, and from it stretched telephone wires. Sergeant York And His People At Arlon a telephone wire was broken, whereupon the town was given four hours to pay a fine of $20,000 in gold, in default of which one hundred houses would be sacked. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The telephone wire was kept sizzling hot By children disgusted with presents they'd got, And when the bright sun showed its face in the sky The Santa-Claus family were ready to cry! Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Instead, he led the way to a post that had carried the telephone wire, and, finding the wire, began to follow it toward the wing where it had entered the house. The Belgians to the Front Our body wires do not look at all like telephone wires; and the brain, if you could see it, would never suggest to you a central office. The Child's Day A giant with nerves of telephone wires and muscles of steel and a human heart seemed to be snarling his defiance before he sprang into action. My Second Year of the War The wind droned its ancient, melancholy chant among the telephone wires, shook with its unseen, powerful hands a row of bare maples across the way, rattled the windows in their frames. The Hidden Places Upon huge ungainly tree-trunks roughly erected along the streets, electric lamps hung, and telephone wires crossed and recrossed one another from roof to roof. A Dozen Ways Of Love "What on earth are you looking at that telephone wire for?" asked Arthur, completely mystified. The Belgians to the Front The sappers must, I think, belong to the order of Arachnidae; they appear to be able to spin telephone wires out of their entrails at the shortest notice. Leaves from a Field Note-Book The telephone wires are all down, and my husband has been to Miss May's school and to the house of every child in Jessie's class, trying to find some trace of her. Sunny Boy and His Playmates They walked upon a civilized road, with a fence on one side of it and above it a single sagging telephone wire that could be made out against the stars. Operation Terror This table, of course, does not include cost of land, construction of driveway, landscaping, or expenses incident to bringing electric service or telephone wires to the house. If You're Going to Live in the Country And if we have a buried telephone wire leading to Boncelles we can report just what happens when a shell is fired, and they can correct their aim. The Belgians to the Front Further, all the troops charged with the duty of guarding the railway have been ordered to shoot any person with a suspicious manner who approaches the line or telegraph or telephone wires. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia But the telephone wires were out of order and he couldn't get us; so he sent a messenger. Sunny Boy and His Playmates They saw the telephone wire dipping between poles against the sky's brightness. Operation Terror One very large "Nissen" hut provided an Officers' Mess, but was completely devoid of all furniture until the Colonel invented some wonderful hanging tables—table tops hung from the ceiling on telephone wires. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. It's awfully important, you know, to keep them from finding out about our telephone wire just as long as we can. The Belgians to the Front So you see the nerves are very much like telegraph or telephone wires. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene Telegraph and telephone wires, steam and electric railways, all the means of instantaneous communication which this wizard-like age of ours is weaving from ocean to ocean, are consolidating the American people into a single family. The Young Man and the World They passed an open gate where another telephone wire led away, doubtless to another farmhouse. Operation Terror We relied on them almost entirely in battle, for telephone wires never lasted long, and pigeons, once released, did not return. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Mr. Brown soon called the chief on the telephone wire. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour The main mesa road was blocked and telephone wires were down. The Iron Furrow Many fell into shell holes and had to be hauled out with twisted telephone wires. On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms On account of its superior strength and high conductivity for electrical currents, silicon bronze is the best material known for telegraph and telephone wire. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 A photograph of the Olympic games at Antwerp was transmitted yesterday to Paris, a distance of 200 miles, over a telephone wire. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 I can see the wires, and they're just like our telephone wires. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour Since that time, too, there have been other things, many of them—men cutting your telephone wire, removing your survey stakes, and the like. The Iron Furrow The wind, drifting in from the northeast, hummed a weird prelude to the coming storm upon the telephone wires stretched along the road. Under Sealed Orders The telephone wires between mother's house and the camp were dripping wet with tears when I phoned her that I was being shipped. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit Telegraph and telephone wires which in winter are stretched taut from pole to pole, sag in hot weather and are much too long. General Science "Surely you may take Dix with you," said Mr. Ward over the telephone wire. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour "So you have a cut-in on my telephone wire, have you?" he rasped. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush The first thing to do is to dig in the telephone wires, for headquarters reports that there is considerable rifle fire about here in the daytime. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. We are like the clerk in the central telephone exchange who cannot get nearer to his customers than his end of the telephone wires. An Introduction to Philosophy On Thursday night last the Colonel of Artillery made his way out and with a little group of assistants contrived to drag a field telephone wire within half a mile of the German battery. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 For, far down in the bowels of the earth, in the den of the Automaton, an emissary had tapped in on the telephone wire and had heard every word. The Master Mystery We warned the rest of the battalion by the field telephone wires and saved them all from being poisoned. A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire The most advanced German batteries were placed in a pit, into which a telephone wire ran. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne But of the nature of 'things-in-themselves,' of what may exist at the other end of our system of telephone wires, we know nothing at all. An Introduction to Philosophy Over the telephone wires he had been in agitated converse all day with his superiors, who had at length managed to explain to him the working of the financial Moratorium. Nicky-Nan, Reservist Through this palace hall, up by the ceiling, runs a thick cable containing the all-important telephone wires. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 It seemed, as Jane discovered, that the telephone wires being cut, he had sent Higgins from the men's ward to the village to send some telegrams for him. Love Stories Men were busy also stringing telephone wires, and, presently, they passed a battery of guns of the largest caliber, the fire of which was directed entirely by telephone. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne And with no more gratitude or good night than that Tolly went down the street with his head up among his telephone wires, just as Edith keeps hers in the clouds. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance The telegraph and telephone wires pass through the tunnel, thus avoiding the long detour by Runcorn. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 I helped the Sergeant to mend the telephone wire that had been broken by the shell, and all the time we were having shells and bits of brick breaking around us. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 "Oh, not as long as that, I hope," said the burglar, "because, to tell the truth, I always cut the telephone wires before I enter a house." The Burglar and the Blizzard A Christmas Story When he brazenly carried off his sweetheart in his airplane he forgot to first cut the telephone wire. The Thunder Bird We stood by as it rose again above the tree tops, the rope and the telephone wire hanging beneath it. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front From "Sis" Hopkins, legislative reporter of the Post, the news went skipping over the telephone wire to the editorial rooms, where the assistant editor, who received it, remarked that he was sorry to hear it. Queed He throws himself on to the telephone wires, and, hanging by his hands, manages to convey himself across to the houses on the opposite side of the road. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917 1917 Almanack "One breakdown on a narrow road, one failure of an important message over a telephone wire—and how much may depend on it!" Fields of Victory What about telephone wires and electric light wires and trolley wires? The Thunder Bird A telephone wire lies listlessly by the opening. Unhappy Far-Off Things A pair of office shears can sever a telephone wire much faster than any mechanician can keep it repaired. Mince Pie Also there was a telephone wire running from one to the other. A Yankee in the Trenches Then the telephone wires on both sides are broken, and the Staff signal officer goes out to repair them under fire. Fields of Victory Beyond question, the telegraph and telephone wires of the United States annually exact a heavy toll in bird life, and claim countless thousands of victims. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation To cut the telephone wire before your eyes and then blockade you behind that iron curtain! The Teeth of the Tiger George got across, then the man with the telephone wire started, and was shot—just as he reached George. Missing Into this he thrusts the terminal of the telephone wire. The First Hundred Thousand "As nearly as you could over a telephone wire," he answered. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant The weight of the snow had already broken down long stretches of telegraph and telephone wires. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways Mr. Hamlin called back over the telephone wire, his voice shaken with passion. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Following the instructions given by Doctor Bell, Mr. Watson with his own hands had constructed the first telephone instruments and ran the first telephone wire. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty The telephone wires, cut by shell fragments, fell in stiff, draping lines to the ground. A Volunteer Poilu I noticed that it carried a telephone wire. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Joe was "sending," and the vibrations were being picked up by the telephone wires and carried to her ear when she had the receiver down. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers Or was it only the wind plucking at invisible harp-strings, or visible telephone wires, and playing the spring song in Parisian ears? The Soul of the War A telephone wire connected the Kingstown station with the newspaper office, and as the messages came by wireless from the ship they were telephoned to Dublin and published in successive editions of the evening papers. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty The whole countryside is criss-crossed with field telegraph and telephone wires. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front As the 'Triumph' had been slamming 12-inch shells into them only the previous night, the chances were that the telephone wires were cut. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles How could he be scientific, how could he find play for genius when he sat at the end of a telephone wire and answered routine questions from a card? Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Then all the telephone wires of a certain district converge at a central station, and each pair of wires is connected with its own particular switch at the switchboard of the station. Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers The companies began to place their wires underground, and Vail saw to it that the experiments with coverings for telephone wires were continued. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty In many streets telegraph and telephone wires hung in thick festoons like abandoned webs of spiders, or curled themselves round the feet; continually one had to be extricating oneself from them. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front Now the O.C., be it noted, had already had a report that the telephone wire was cut; but he still scribbled his note, sent his message, and thereafter put the matter out of his mind. Action Front Above the telephone wires the stars dipped at anchor in the cloudless sky. The Ghost Ship And this connection with the earth, which is really a big magnet, caused all manner of strange and uncouth noises on the telephone wires. The History of the Telephone "It certainly is a strange coincidence," he added, speaking in an aside to Ned while he himself still listened to what was being told to him over the telephone wire. Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold The tunnel was a peculiar one for telephone wires; it was about eight feet high, and with a level floor nearly as wide. The Jungle Every tree hung down beneath its load of snow; the telephone wires drooped like worsted threads across the road. The Happy Foreigner Think of the telephone wire, and more lately the telephone without wire. Love's Final Victory An ideal telephone wire, they found, must be made of either silver or copper. The History of the Telephone "If there's a telephone wire there may be people near at hand!" Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods Not even a lead pipe or telephone wires afforded a hold for desperate, gripping fingers. I Spy Once more I stood upright under the stars and the telephone wires, and leaned against a chimney-stack to wait for Raffles. Mr. Justice Raffles He had not thought of him or connected him with the sounds that had thrilled and alarmed him over the telephone wire coming out of the void and blackness of night. The Brass Bowl A telephone wire required the daintiest of handling. The History of the Telephone His heart gave a great thump, for, as he went on a little further he saw that the telephone wire ran to this building almost obscured from view. Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods In an instant every telephone wire in the city went dead, leaving the Germans cut off from communication among themselves. The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory Smokeless chimney-stacks deleted whole pages of stars, but put me more in mind of pollards rising out of these rigid valleys, and sprouting with telephone wires that interlaced for foliage. Mr. Justice Raffles "I think you may believe it, when I sit here at four o'clock in the morning, listening to a silly boy talk nonsense over a telephone wire." The Brass Bowl The first telephone wire was of galvanized iron, which had at least the primitive virtue of being cheap. The History of the Telephone He went forward at a rapid pace, and, in a little while, came to where the telephone wire was strung through the woods. Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods Whereupon Dominick Webb, knowing that all telegraph and telephone wires were cut, leaped upon a horse and set out to carry the news to General Wood. The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory Vidal and Bizco led a thieves' existence, stealing here a horse blanket, there the electric bulbs of a staircase or telephone wires; whatever turned up. The Quest He himself put the envelope into the motor-cyclist's hand for it to be taken to the wireless station as the telephone wires of the brigade had long since been shot into the ground. Men in War It is now a most highly skilled occupation, supporting fully fifteen thousand families, to put the telephone wires in place and protect them against innumerable dangers. The History of the Telephone They cut telephone wires and otherwise disrupted Japanese communications. Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book Without sleep and without food, those of us at the Executive offices kept close to the telephone wire. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him Our telegraph and telephone wires were formerly made of iron for the sake of economy, but copper is now used for these lines, as well as for distributing electricity on a large scale. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World The firing around the palace must have been fearful, to judge by the utter ruin about, and all the telephone wires dangling over the street in meshes from every house. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America A couple of times someone would come back and land with� telephone wire or fencing caught on the underside of the plane. The Biography of a Rabbit They were some two hundred yards away, across a field where the telephone wires stretched over the old plow furrows and through the rank meadow grass, like springs to catch woodcock. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front In one place telephone wires intercept one's view of the beautiful stone facade of an old Jesuit Church, now part of the University of Cuzco. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru But a private telephone wire connected there, and in answer to “Hello! hello!” a conversation could be carried on between the mansion and cottage. Topsy-Turvy If any one cut the lighting wires, for instance, the defects would be obvious at once; so with the heating or telephone wires. The Lost Naval Papers The Persian government reports show that a number of Russian soldiers, claiming to be stringing a telephone wire, climbed upon the roof of the Persian police headquarters about ten o'clock at night on December 20th. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) The soldiers began unhooking the sandbags; the sergeant who guarded the telephone wire took up a strand of it and held it loosely in his hands, ready to pay it out. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front None of the tools were ever found again and portions of the trench cart were seen next morning hanging on the telephone wires beside the road. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement A great shell had cut the minaret in half and had left exposed telephone wires leading direct to army headquarters and to the Turkish gunners' fire control station. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine We were in no danger from the lighting, heating, and telephone wires, for any defect would have been visible at once. The Lost Naval Papers There was not a house in sight nor a telephone wire. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way It had cleared, the sky was glittering with constellations of stars; against them Lee could trace the course of his telephone wire. Cytherea The other night," writes a third, "I was out laying telephone wires in a graveyard. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement My eye caught the telephone wire again and an idea came to me. The Little Nugget It was then discovered that the burglary was a well-planned affair, for the telephone wires had been severed, and it was upon discovery of this fact that Mary had hurried to Camp Ellsworth. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures Even the Canadian habit of loading the streets with heavy telephone wires, supported by frequent black poles, seemed to increase the atmospheric resemblance to Glasgow. Letters from America Along both sides of the road the trees were festooned, as with creepers, with strand upon strand of telephone wire. Three Soldiers Everybody, of course, is familiar with the vibrations of telephone wires in a breeze. Over Prairie Trails With the destruction of the telephone wire our only link with civilization had been snapped. The Little Nugget I would rather believe that the sparrow on my telephone wire is swearing at the robin on my lawn than never to notice either of them! Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism This was dangerous, because the prosecution was tapping telephone wires, and they feared the defense might be doing the same. 100%: the Story of a Patriot To look for them in any place would be as meaningless as asking to see traces of the telephonic message upon the telephone wire. Bergson and His Philosophy If these fellows were as bold as this, cutting telephone wires, driving about without lights, giving up all secrecy and pretence, it must mean that the occasion for which they had come was nearly over. The Boy Scout Aviators They retreated as far into the main room as their telephone wires would allow. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Each room in these endless mazes of buildings was a cell in a mighty brain; the telephone wires were nerves, and by the whole huge organism the thinking and willing of a continent were done. The Metropolis We both listened carefully, but I could hear nothing but the singing of the telephone wires along the road. Parnassus on Wheels There dangled the LeMar telephone wire, only a few feet from her own window. Constance Dunlap They ran in the direction of my lodging, and looking back down a street I saw a mass of black smoke streaming up above the roofs and telephone wires. The Invisible Man Always they kept within a few feet of each other so as to throw no strain on their interconnecting telephone wires. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life It was more of a job to trace out the course of the telephone wires and run in a sort of tap line at a point where it would not be likely to be noted. Guy Garrick I could hear the reply, as sometimes one can when the telephone wire conditions are a certain way and the quality of the voice of the speaker a certain kind. The Exploits of Elaine It is as though you took one of the old pantagraphs, split it in half, and had each half connected only by the telephone wires. Constance Dunlap Just as I expected; the telephone wires run along the tops of the fences. The Ear in the Wall I bent over it, as far as the slack of the telephone wire of the receiver at my ear would permit. The War Terror Say, what the devil is this wire back here- -cut in on the telephone wire? Guy Garrick Its contents streamed out saturating the telephone wires before I could prevent it. The Exploits of Elaine Carefully Constance reached across the dizzy intervening space, and drew in the slack LeMar telephone wires. Constance Dunlap "It is possible to superimpose another circuit over the four telephone wires of two existing circuits, making a so-called phantom line," he explained, as we waited for the next message. The Ear in the Wall Quickly he worked, though in a rather awkward position, attaching two wires carefully to the telephone wires. The Dream Doctor It is the principle of the pantagraph cut in half, one half here, the other half at the end of the line, two telephone wires in this case connecting the halves. The Poisoned Pen Before Kennedy could move, Clutching Hand had pulled the telephone wires with almost superhuman strength from the junction box. The Exploits of Elaine The outlaw had cut the telephone wires, but it was confidently believed he would be captured before he reached his friends in the mountains. A Texas Ranger Presently my eyes looked upward: dangling at the top of a moss-grown building I saw what seemed to be the remains of telephone wires. Nonsense Novels Laboriously, with such assistance as the memory of Mr. Brixton could give, he began tracing out the course of both the electric light and telephone wires that led down into the den. The Dream Doctor The telegraph and telephone wires made a network on every street, and for more than two weeks I carried in my pocket a pair of wire cutters, which I had often occasion to use. San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906 "But then, it all comes down to this: What good will it be if you can succeed in sending a picture over a telephone wire?" Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune The telephone wire undulates above the trench, and crosses it in places between two posts. Under Fire: the story of a squad Therefore a strained high-pitched voice does not carry over the telephone wire as well as a low one. Nerves and Common Sense It was not a star-gazing expedition; he was following the telephone wire that ran in from the street to the corner of the house near which we were now standing. The Dream Doctor Over the telephone wire we agreed that the letter was a justification of our yesterday's little merrymaking. The Red Planet Just as the human voice is transmitted through distance on the telephone wires, so is the Soul's voice carried through the radiant fibres connected with the nerves to the brain. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance There are legs wrapped up in rags, too, and even in newspapers, which are kept in place with spirals of thread or—much more practical—telephone wire. Under Fire: the story of a squad Patience, gentleness, firmness—a quiet concentration—all tell immeasurably over the telephone wire. Nerves and Common Sense Everything was disorganized—the roads were completely choked up, the trains blockaded, and the telephone wires put entirely out of commission. Rilla of Ingleside I've had the telegraph and a private telephone wire to London put in. The Judgment House An alloy of Al, Cu, and Si is used for telephone wires in Europe, and the Bennett-Mackay cable is of the same material. An Introduction to Chemical Science Indigo buntings, using the telephone wires as a point from which to start messages, sent them out in all directions. See America First The men of those divisions were lined up during the night in the communication trenches, which had been dug by the sappers and laid with miles of telephone wire. Now It Can Be Told They've cut the telephone wires, blocked the roads, and shut us in. Prince Hagen The early telephone wires, even in the largest cities, were strung on poles, as they are in country and suburban districts today. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry A direct telephone wire from the Coliseum to a receiver on the stage of the Auditorium kept the Progressive body in instant touch with events in the other Convention. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times In my observation of the house, whilst I was waiting for Kara to depart, I had noticed that there were two distinct telephone wires running down to the roof. The Clue of the Twisted Candle Slowly and in very bad spirits I retraced my steps to the old temple, following the line of the telephone wire which Higgs and Quick had unreeled as they went. Queen Sheba's Ring The clowns picked him up and boosted him to the wagon, jabbering like a lot of sparrows perched on a telephone wire. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life A telephone wire, however, loses much of its transmitting power when placed under ground, and it took many years of experimenting before the engineers perfected these subways. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry Those windows are barred, the telephone wire is cut, and it is three hundred feet to the street. The Silent Bullet This farmhouse, for some reason called by the prisoners Frau Hulda farm, was a nest of telephone wires; hundreds of them ran out through the walls, in all directions. One of Ours I wish now that we had arranged to send the spark from the palace, which perhaps we might have done by joining the telephone wire on to the others. Queen Sheba's Ring He walked calmly to the table which stood by the window and deliberately cut the telephone wire. Havoc Then strolling casually along the lane, he observed that the two telephone wires which approached across the fields led to the third window from the Ferriby end of the first floor row. The Pit Prop Syndicate Though the telephone wires had been flashing their news every few minutes, it seemed, indeed, as though the car which they had chased had vanished into space. Peter Ruff and the Double Four It is the principle of the pantograph cut in half, one half here, the other half at the end of the line, two telephone wires in this case connecting the halves. The Poisoned Pen Next she found the telephone wire cut and the speaking tube battered and inutile. The Drums of Jeopardy Next morning the sheriff struck a telephone wire, tapped it, got Sabin on the line, told him of his failure and that he was returning to Tucson. Bucky O'Connor The telephone wires, which had followed the tunnel all the way, here vanished into the roof. The Pit Prop Syndicate A great number of telephone wires come into the trench and cross and recross it. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war It at last makes possible the electric transmission of photographs, using the telephone wires because they are much better for such a purpose than the telegraph wires. The Poisoned Pen The worst of it is, he has a private telephone wire in his house to London. The Vanished Messenger I was fussing with the telephone wire down here. When a Man Marries All telephone wires being underground and kept by themselves, they are not interfered with by any high-tension electric-light or power wires, thunderstorms, or anything else. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future WE should lay down a telephone wire, and consider that we established a much more efficient connection; but in the beginning, and quite naturally, men, like children, rely on surface associations. Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning I know a place where under favorable illumination taut, white and very thin telephone wires may be seen at a distance of more than a kilometer. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students The last note of modernity was supplied by the telephone wire attached to the roof of the lifeboat shelter. The Vanished Messenger So he followed the telephone wire, and the rest followed him. When a Man Marries I might say that Hamvert actually paid down the advance—and it was perhaps unfortunate for you that you paid such scrupulous attention to details as to cut your own telephone wires! The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Marie accepted without enthusiasm—and her listlessness was not lost over forty miles of telephone wire. Cabin Fever |
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