Corliss

[ kawr-lis ]

noun

1. George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.

Example Sentences

In 1984, Richard Corliss wrote an article for Time magazine called “Why Do Movies Seem So Long?”

From The Daily Beast

And never a rag holdin' nor a stick standin', and her pretty figger broke like a tin whistle in a Corliss engine.

From Project Gutenberg

Corliss was at the wheel, tugging and turning,—to what purpose was not very evident.

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Bonney was stationed at the wheel, and Corliss at the sheets.

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The cylinder is secured against the end of the bed-plate, as was first done by Corliss.

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In the Greene steam-engine (Fig. 99), the valves are four in number, as in the Corliss.

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