Sentence examples for invention of the second from inspiring English sources

The Holocaust and the death camps did not come into focus as the uniquely diabolic invention of the Second World War until the nineteen-sixties.

Even then, sidesaddle riding remained a precarious activity until the invention of the second, "leaping horn" in the 19th century.

Aronofsky said, "The best invention of the twentieth century was the closeup.

In October 1938, DuPont announced the invention of the first wholly synthetic fibre ever produced.

The great literary invention of the eighteenth century was, thus, not simply a genre but an attitude toward that genre.

The close relationship between the device and the program became apparent some 20 years later, with Charles Babbage's invention of the first computer.

As a result, he would offer a prize to encourage the invention of "the first e-reader that will really equal the traditional paper-based codex".

HYSTERIA The invention of the first electro-mechanical vibrator brings together a prim physician (Hugh Dancy) and a feminist firebrand (Maggie Gyllenhaal) in Tanya Wexler's film.

While at his family business, Maryland Cup, he participated in the invention of the first machine-made ice cream cones and the "Bendy Straw".

The Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, is investigating whether federal funds were used in the invention of the first automated DNA sequencer at Caltech in the 1980's.

With the invention of the first ammonia-compression plant, refrigerated shipments became possible and the Vestey fortunes took a great leap forward.