"Insulate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Robin, you can't insulate a woman as you can an electric wire—at least, not if she has any pretensions to ...
— The Vision of Desire • Margaret Pedler
... those high wicker chairs that insulate their occupants from the world, he saw his tutor leaning back, head a little to one side, and tips of fingers pressed together. He looked like an idol sitting there inert, and yet—yesterday he ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... ground, but were joined electrically by means of copper staples and formed the return circuit, the current being conveyed to the car through a T iron placed upon short standards, and insulated by means of insulate caps. For the present the power was produced by a steam engine at Portrush, giving motion to a shunt-wound dynamo of 15,000 watts20 horse power, but arrangements were in progress to utilize a waterfall of ample power near Bush Mills, by means of three turbines of 40 horse power each, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 • Various
... title of Author still retains its seduction among our youth, and is consecrated by ages. Yet what affectionate parent would consent to see his son devote himself to his pen as a profession? The studies of a true Author insulate him in society, exacting daily labours; yet he will receive but little encouragement, and less remuneration. It will be found that the most successful Author can obtain no equivalent for the labours of his life. I have endeavoured to ascertain this fact, to develope the causes and ...
— Calamities and Quarrels of Authors • Isaac D'Israeli
... of doing mischief, since, being shut off both from the earth and from the sun, she can poison neither of these great sources of life by her deadly contagion. In short, she is rendered harmless by being, in electrical language, insulated. But the precautions thus taken to isolate or insulate the girl are dictated by a regard for her own safety as well as for the safety of others. For it is thought that she herself would suffer if she were to neglect the prescribed regimen. Thus Zulu girls, as we have seen, believe that they would shrivel to skeletons ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer
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