The ceilings of the hot rooms are not indicated on the section.
— from The Turkish Bath, Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop

This dual character of the hydroxide raises a number of interesting questions, which one meets with quite frequently in the study of analytical reactions.
— from The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. With Special Consideration of the Application of the Laws of Equilibrium and of the Modern Theories of Solution. by Julius Stieglitz

[24] in the course of ages eating far back into the mountain mass, forming a V-shaped depression called a cove, and between two coves thus formed is a reverse Ʌ, called a point, always, naturally, composed of the hardest rock, and not infrequently ending in a literal point so sharp that it is like a vast granite bowsprit thrust out into the green plains far below, terminating in a sheer precipice of several hundred feet.
— from Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton

At the time of the consolidation of the Hudson River and New York Central railroads the capital stock of the two roads had grown to $44,800,000.
— from The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee

Nicholas then mounting behind the camel, Chow upon the mule, and the guide taking hold of the cord which was tied to the great animal's mouth, they proceeded on their journey, and as it was just within the time of closing the gates, they passed out of the town into the open country of teas and drugs; and so quickly did they travel, that before night came on they had reached a narrow gorge between two mountains, which was good, inasmuch as they would be protected from the keen winds.
— from The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by William Dalton

Naturally, therefore, Mr. Spillikins was presently transported to the seventh heaven when in due course of time he received a note which said, "We shall be so pleased if you can come out and spend a week or two with us here.
— from Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock

But if, as many a one does, we carry the abuse of language so far as to reverse moral height and depth, like geometrical , according to the point of view , as positive and negative magnitudes; if, therefore, all gouty knobs, spotted fevers, and lead - [289] or silver -colics of the human race are nothing but a different kind of healthiness: then we certainly need not ask whether man will ever get well; in that case he could never in any possible maladies be anything but well.
— from Hesperus; or, Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography. Vol. I. by Jean Paul