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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Most surgical manuals, even when they profess to describe Mr. Syme's own method of operating, say that the incision should extend from malleolus to malleolus.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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 Joseph Dommers Vehling
Excision of the Shoulder-Joint.—Before considering the method of operating, a word or two is required on the subject of how much is to be removed, and in what cases the operation should be performed.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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 Joseph Taylor
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