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1753 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1908) 3 366 Which made me apprehend they intended some Opposition to the Inspection Law.

1773 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1907) 2 358 To compel all the Owners or Makers of Tobacco to send it to certain Inspection Houses whence it cannot be again removed till it is put on Board a Ship.

1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 43 A Chapel..occupies upon the present plan a considerable portion of the Inspection-Tower.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Sept. 7/2 Yorkshire contains more coal miners than any other inspection district in the kingdom.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 501/2 Inspection car, one used by the officers of a railway while inspecting the track.

1887 Homœopathic World Nov. 510 Nurses' rooms, with inspection openings commanding all the beds.

1890 Railways of Amer. 146 It would require a separate article to give even a brief description of the different kinds of cars which are now used... Inspection-car, [etc.].

1903 Westm. Gaz. 12 Jan. 7/2 The covering of the electrical inspection box at the Thames-street corner of Bennett's-hill was blown off this morning by the fusing of the wires.

1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 311/2 Inspection chamber, a chamber at the junction of drains to allow of inspection.

1906 Daily Chron. 27 Aug. 3/4 To see that these things are observed..the firm employs inspection engineers.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 13 Nov. 8/2 Free access to the valves and inspection-doors of the crank chamber is given.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 3/2 I have found when towing..that the garage people have a knack of putting difficulties in the way of drivers..using the inspection pits.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 2 Apr. 4/2 There are two large inspection doors in the crank-case.

1908 Installation News 2 87/2 The straight through type of inspection box should be inserted in the conduit run at short intervals.

1908 Installation News 2 148/2 The other remarkable reductions [in price] are..Inspection Fittings [etc.].

1908 Westm. Gaz. 20 Nov. 4/2 At the rear it [sc. an automobile] has a large inspection-cover.

1909 Daily Chron. 18 Sept. 1/6 The houses were flooded by water and filth from the sewers through the stone slabs covering the inspection chambers being displaced by the flood.

1930 Engineering 21 Nov. 658/2 The front inspection lamp consists of an electric bulb with the switch above it.

1946 A. Phelps I couldn't care Less x. 76 Improperly secured inspection panels blew off my wings.

1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 187/1 Cast-iron manhole covers flush with the ground, technically termed ‘inspection covers’.

1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 26 Inspection chamber, a shallow manhole.

1972 M. Gilbert Body of Girl iv. 44 An open-fronted workshop..with two inspection pits.