"Crossbar" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... machines, or for any work where an apparatus of the type of a Salter's balance would be of use. It is simple in construction, and consists of a tube A closed at the bottom and forming a reservoir for mercury. The body which it is required to weigh is hung upon the hook B carried by the crossbar C, which is connected by rigid rods to the upper part of the tube, and by means of the internal rods D is attached to the cross head E, which works freely inside the tube A. The top part of the tube is, as will be clearly understood from the illustration, cut ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 • Various
... obtain a better view, Pezare waited until the sun had risen. The Spanish lady, who was fleet of foot, had a quick eye and a sharp ear, heard footsteps, peeped out, and perceiving the king, followed by the Venetian, through a crossbar in the closet in which she slept the night that the queen had her lover between two sheets, which is certainly the best way to have a lover. She ran to warn the couple of this betrayal. But the king's eye was already at the cursed ...
— Droll Stories, Volume 3 • Honore de Balzac |
