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Other than ground-wire trolleys, there were no powered vehicles within the administration perimeter.

Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005

"We'll have to have a regular schedule -- gasoline, switch, ground-wire, pet-cocks primed -- oil cups up, and all that sort of thing," murmured Cora as they glided swiftly onward.

The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island Margaret Penrose

The cable-cart may have its uses; but many a score of worn-out staff-officers must have blessed the grass fire which has destroyed the ground-wire in their rear, and thus given them a few hours of unbroken rest.

On the Heels of De Wet Lionel James 1913

It was to him, however, like a ground-wire in telegraphy -- it carried off the nervous force tingling in him and driving him to impulsive action, while his reputation called for a constant outward urbanity, a philosophical apathy.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

It was to him, however, like a ground-wire in telegraphy -- it carried off the nervous force tingling in him and driving him to impulsive action, while his reputation called for a constant outward urbanity, a philosophical apathy.

The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897

Sagalac woods, to the ravishing deserter from her people, to the only woman who had told him the truth in all his life, and who insulated his magnetism as a ground-wire insulates lightning.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Sagalac woods, to the ravishing deserter from her people, to the only woman who had told him the truth in all his life, and who insulated his magnetism as a ground-wire insulates lightning.

The World for Sale, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

He would play it to her -- to the girl who had set him free in the Sagalac woods, to the ravishing deserter from her people, to the only woman who had told him the truth in all his life, and who insulated his magnetism as a ground-wire insulates lightning.

The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

It was to him, however, like a ground-wire in telegraphy -- it carried off the nervous force tingling in him and driving him to impulsive action, while his reputation called for a constant outward urbanity, a philosophical apathy.

The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

Then, to the ends of the copper wire of the main coil fasten two wires, -- one for the line, the other for the "ground-wire."

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated Various 1868