"Defectiveness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... it must be taken for granted, as, indeed, it has never been denied, that Napoleon's spelling is defective; but the question to be considered is, whether that defectiveness was the effect of ignorance or of design. That it did not arise from ignorance would seem probable for ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 • Various
... the consumption of oxygen and production of carbonic acid by the use of common gas, the gas itself, owing to defectiveness of the burner, is projected into the air. Now, considering the deleterious nature of all illuminating gases, the reasons for perfect ventilation of rooms in which natural gas is used for heating and culinary purposes are self-evident, not ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 • Various |
