1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic
Every cycle shall be equipped with: … (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell …

An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

Their recent device of demanding benevolences.

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

Inflammable material is planted in my head / It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead

THE ARMY BOMB Disposal Team rendered safe a viable device in Cavan this afternoon.

The army bomb squad carried out two controlled explosions on the device. It was later found that the suspect device was a hoax and not a viable explosive.

1736. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.
The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.

Moreover I must have instruments of mine own device, weighty, and exceeding costly

And she said,
"We are all prisoners here,
Of our own device"

Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked "Paid" by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. … To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.

It will be out of faſhion to weare ſwords, / Maſques, and devices welcome, I ſalute you […]

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