"Volt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... joyful news of the queen her sister's delivery of a fair son, which I had sent her by secretary Cecil, had recovered her out of a heavy sickness which she had lain under for fifteen days. Therefore she welcomed me with a merry volt, and thanked me for the diligence I had used in hasting to give her that welcome intelligence." &c. "The next day her majesty sent unto me her letter, with the present ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin
... force is very nearly one volt. Its internal resistance is very low. We may estimate it at 1/3 or 1/4 of an ohm for polar surfaces one decimeter square, separated by a distance of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 • Various
... ber seine Wrme in Ideen und Klte in Handlungen, ber seine scheinbare Strke und Freiheit, und ber seine wirkliche Todesschwche und Ermattung unter Unglauben, Despotismus und ppigkeit zu lobjauchzen. Davon sind alle Bcher unsrer Voltre und Hume, Robertsons und Iselins voll, und es wird ein so schn Gemlde, wie sie die Aufklrung und Verbesserung der Welt aus den trben Zeiten des Deismus und Despotismus der Seelen, d.i. zu Philosophie und Ruhe herleiten—dass dabei ...
— An anthology of German literature • Calvin Thomas
... jambes par nature nen ad que une jointure, Il ne pot pas gesir quant il se volt dormir, Ke si cuchet estait par sei nen leverait; Pur ceo li stot apuier, el lui del cucher, U a arbre u a mur, idunc ...
— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent
... the head. These may be procured from electrical supply houses. Connect the reinforced cord and terminals to the binding screws and fasten the cover in place. This toaster will take four amperes on 110-volt circuit. ...
— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics
... Volt. Most fair return of greetings and desires. Upon our first, he sent out to suppress His nephew's levies; which to him appear'd To be a preparation 'gainst the Polack; But, better look'd into, he truly found It was ...
— Hamlet, Prince of Denmark • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]
... physicist, born at Como; professor of Physics at Pavia; made electrical discoveries which laid the foundation of what is called after him voltaic electricity; volt, the unit of electric motive force, being a term among sundry others in electric ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood
... causes: first, that due to the charge soaking in; and second, to imperfect elasticity of the dielectric. Speaking of the extraordinary rise of pressure on the Deptford mains, he said he had observed similar effects with other cables. In his experiments the sparking distance of a 14,000 volt transformer was increased from 3/16 of an inch to 1 inch by connecting the cables to its terminals. No difference was detected between the sparking distances at the two ends of the cable, nor was any rise of pressure ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 • Various
... come the gust at South-west flung By sudden volt on eves of freezing mist, When sister snowflake sister snowdrop kissed, And one passed out, ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith |
