#laced

Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet. ↗

— Hermann von Helmholtz

#becomes #brought #copper #current #electrical

We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length apart. After laying their rifles down, barrels pointing to the enemy, a line was drawn behind the row of rifles and parallel to it. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#after #apart #arm #barrels #behind

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#balance #designed #environment #intervals #long

So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#cases #copenhagen #generalized #history #individuality

I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#after #artificial #away #bestowed #characters

I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl. ↗

— Vince Neil

#appreciate #experience #family #found #friends

I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#christians #each #everywhere #find #god

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#18th century #20th century #century #finished #finished work

My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#commissioned #countrymen #fountain #native #placed

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things. ↗

— Neil Finn

#anxious #anymore #been #complicated #feel