method of operating
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Bleriot used the Deperdussin method of operating the ailerons with a wheel mounted atop the elevator stick.
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The method of operating these mills is shown in the sketch of the slaves operating a hand-mill.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
In the morning, about six o'clock, the knockings came, and answered to questions as usual, but in so different a sound, that it was very apparent this method of operating was a fresh contrivance.
From Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed by Taylor, Joseph
Listerism, lis′tėr-izm, n. an antiseptic method of operating introduced by the English surgeon, Lord Lister, born 1827.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
All, from the first to the last, show us, clear as water from the rock, that the outer structure of the victims operated on counts for nothing in the method of operating.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander