"Accessibility" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was the focal point of public affairs. Usually built in a central location, with more regard for accessibility from all corners of the county than for proximity to established centers of commerce, the courthouse came to be a unique complex of buildings related to the work of the court. In time, most of these clusters of buildings grew into towns or cities, but throughout ...
— The Fairfax County Courthouse • Ross D. Netherton
... HARRIS, builder of the Corliss Steam Engine, was awarded the 1st Premium at the National Fair of the American Institute, New York,1869, for its superiority in economy in fuel, regularity in speed, perfect construction, accessibility of all its parts. Send for a circular. One 80-H.P. Engine, ready for delivery; one 40-H.P. Engine, ready for delivery; three 30-H.P. Engines, ready for delivery. WM. A. HARRIS Providence R.I. New York Office 49 Murray st. Send for ...
— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various
... their natural position, like Athens or Jerusalem, could be most easily defended. Then, again, religious motives often had their influence in early times, and towns would grow round temples or cloisters. But soon considerations of easy accessibility rule in the choice of settlements, and for that purpose towns on rivers, especially at fords of rivers, as Westminster, or in well-protected harbours like Naples, or in the centre of a district, as Nuremberg or Vienna, would form the most convenient places ...
— The Story of Geographical Discovery - How the World Became Known • Joseph Jacobs
... assessment: a modernization and privatization program is increasing accessibility to telephone service, reducing the waiting time for new subscribers, and generally improving service quality domestic: predominantly an analog system that is now receiving digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger cities; mobile cellular capability ...
— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... quarter sales made void, and leases of agricultural lands for longer than twelve years pronounced illegal. Although vested rights could not be affected, the policy of the new constitutional conditions, aided by the accessibility of better and cheaper lands along lines of improved transportation, compelled landlords in the older parts of the State to seek compromises and to offer greater inducements. The only persons required to own property in order to enjoy suffrage and the right to hold office were ...
— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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