"In the lead" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... usually about fifteen tons, is heated to a point considerably above that which is used in either the Pattinson or the steam process. The quantity of zinc added is regulated by the amount of silver contained in the lead; but for lead containing 50 oz. to the ton, the quantity of zinc used is in most cases about 1 per cent, of the charge of lead. The lead being melted as described, a portion of this zinc, usually about half of the total quantity required ...
— Scientific American Suppl. No. 299 • Various
... eight skaters, side by side each striking out bravely. Fred was in the lead, with two Pornell boys a close second, while ...
— The Rover Boys In The Mountains • Arthur M. Winfield
... where it had lain through the afternoon, leaving knapsacks behind, stationed for a few moments among the scanty pine-woods in front, and then at the word of command started forth upon its fateful journey, the Colonel in the lead. ...
— The County Regiment • Dudley Landon Vaill
... in hand, was in the lead of the small procession which filed up the aisle, and Clymer gazed in astonishment at Helen McIntyre and her twin sister, Barbara. What had brought them at that hour to ...
— The Red Seal • Natalie Sumner Lincoln
... Brigadier-Generals Shields, Smith, and Cadwallader, the following are the officers and corps most distinguished in those brilliant operations: The Voltigeur regiment in two detachments, commanded respectively by Colonel Andrews and Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, the latter mostly in the lead, accompanied by Major Caldwell; Captains Barnard and Biddle, of the same regiment, the former the first to plant a regimental color, and the latter among the first in the assault; the storming party of Worth's division, ...
— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat
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