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The other reason for excitement lay
The other reason for excitement lay in the fact that Mr. Emerson had promised them some wonderful sights before they reached their destination.
— from Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith

the only reason for employing long
As we have seen, the only reason for employing long cores is to afford the requisite length for winding the wire which is necessary for carrying the needful circulation of current to force the magnetism across the air gaps.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

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