"Short circuit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... they managed it, and presently she sat shivering in the cockpit, watching the man spill the water out of the Peterboro till it rode buoyantly again. Then he went to work at his engine methodically, wiping dry the ignition terminals, all the various connections where moisture could effect a short circuit. At the end of a few minutes, he turned the starting crank. The multiple cylinders ...
— Big Timber - A Story of the Northwest • Bertrand W. Sinclair
... stretches from one house to another you will find it better to use iron wire. Galvanized iron or steel wire No. 14 is good. This size weighs about 100 lbs. to the mile. The return and line wires must not touch each other at any point; they must not touch any pipe or other piece of metal that will short circuit your batteries. It is best to use porcelain or glass insulators to support your wires if the line is long; but for short lines, where you use a return wire, you may support the wires upon poles or trees by means of loops made of ...
— How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus • Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
... instead of avoiding the puddle unconsciously, I do so from consideration of the danger of wet feet and the disagreeableness of soiled shoes and the ridiculous appearance I shall make, then the current cannot take the short circuit, but must pass on up to the cortex. Here it awakens consciousness to take notice of the obstruction, and calls forth the images which aid in directing the necessary movements. This simple illustration may be greatly complicated, substituting for it one of the more complex ...
— The Mind and Its Education • George Herbert Betts
... exclaimed as he paused in the work. "It's got to be insulated, or it will vibrate against the metal of the machine and short circuit. I have it! My handkerchief! I s'pose Mrs. Baggert will kick at tearing up a good one, but I ...
— Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle • Victor Appleton
... as he was insistent upon an explanation. What finally happened, the very thing the boys tried to avoid in every way, came when he touched the two wires, and formed a short circuit through his hand. ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay
... We described a short circuit round our little craft before stepping on board again; and I felt so ashamed of her dingy, weather-beaten appearance, that I resolved she should have a fresh coat of paint before she went outside again. ...
— For Treasure Bound • Harry Collingwood |
