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Her present work was inherently solitary: study, meditation, cut-and-try, bit by bit the construction of a semantic model of the language spoken around Mount Hamilcar on Dido, which would enable humans to converse with the natives on a more basic level than pidgin allowed.

The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

Her present work was inherently solitary: study, meditation, cut-and-try, bit by bit the construction of a semantic model of the language spoken around Mount Hamilcar on Dido, which would enable humans to converse with the natives on a more basic level than pidgin allowed.

The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

We don't know much else, save by cut-and-try, despite the great size and importance of the chemical industry.

The Worlds Of Robert A Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. 1966

And the physical sciences were deciphered only slowly, by a process of cut-and-try and cut-and-try again.

Dead Giveaway Randall Garrett 1957

And, time after time, only cut-and-try methods were available for correcting his errors.

Anything You Can Do ... Randall Garrett 1957

One cut-and-try system after another, each a little better, and finally the leap from Holat back toward Earth.

The Long Way Home Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1955

With the cut-and-try shifting of command of the Union Army of the Potomac over and Grant in command, there was activity all over northern

Rebel Raider H. Beam Piper 1934

Hence, by reason of this extensive work and knowledge, Edison was naturally in a position to realize the utter commercial impossibility of the then best dynamo machine in existence, which had an efficiency of only about 40 per cent., and was constructed on the ` ` cut-and-try '' principle.

Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

It may be stated, therefore, that the design of induction coils is nearly always carried out by "cut-and-try" methods, bringing to bear, of course, such scientific and practical knowledge as the experimenter may possess.

Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910

Hence, by reason of this extensive work and knowledge, Edison was naturally in a position to realize the utter commercial impossibility of the then best dynamo machine in existence, which had an efficiency of only about 40 per cent., and was constructed on the "cut-and-try" principle.

Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905