All 19 Uses of
bronze
in
The Time Machine
- The pedestal, it appeared to me, was of bronze, and was thick with verdigris.
Chpt 3bronze = a brownish metal
- Then my eye travelled along to the figure of the White Sphinx upon the pedestal of bronze, growing distinct as the light of the rising moon grew brighter.
Chpt 5
- Above me towered the sphinx, upon the bronze pedestal, white, shining, leprous, in the light of the rising moon.
Chpt 5
- It was, as I think I have said, of bronze.
Chpt 5 *
- They came, and then, pointing to the bronze pedestal, I tried to intimate my wish to open it.
Chpt 5bronze = made of a brownish metal
- I banged with my fist at the bronze panels.
Chpt 5
- If they mean to take your machine away, it's little good your wrecking their bronze panels, and if they don't, you will get it back as soon as you can ask for it.
Chpt 5
- It may have been my fancy, or it may have had something to do with my hammering at the gates of bronze.
Chpt 5bronze = a brownish metal
- I determined to put the thought of my Time Machine and the mystery of the bronze doors under the sphinx as much as possible in a corner of memory, until my growing knowledge would lead me back to them in a natural way.
Chpt 5bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal
- Like the others, it was rimmed with bronze, curiously wrought, and protected by a little cupola from the rain.
Chpt 5bronze = a brownish metal
- I had now a clue to the import of these wells, to the ventilating towers, to the mystery of the ghosts; to say nothing of a hint at the meaning of the bronze gates and the fate of the Time Machine!
Chpt 5bronze = made of a brownish metal
- Then I wanted to arrange some contrivance to break open the doors of bronze under the White Sphinx.
Chpt 7bronze = a brownish metal
- I found no explosives, however, nor any means of breaking down the bronze doors.
Chpt 8bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal
- I could not carry both, however, and my bar of iron promised best against the bronze gates.
Chpt 8bronze = made of a brownish metal
- I really believe that had they not been so, I should have rushed off incontinently and blown Sphinx, bronze doors, and (as it proved) my chances of finding the Time Machine, all together into non-existence.
Chpt 8bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal
- But now, with my growing knowledge, I felt very differently towards those bronze doors.
Chpt 8
- As I approached the pedestal of the sphinx I found the bronze valves were open.
Chpt 10bronze = made of a brownish metal
- Suppressing a strong inclination to laugh, I stepped through the bronze frame and up to the Time Machine.
Chpt 10
- The bronze panels suddenly slid up and struck the frame with a clang.
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(bronze as in: bronze won't corrode in salt water) a brownish-colored metal with red or yellow hues that is made of copper and (usually) tineditor's notes: Bronze metals in the Olympics and many other contests are awarded for third place.
With the discovery of bronze (about 3,000 BC), people could make tools and weapons that were harder and more durable than those made of copper and stone that preceded bronze.