Distance Formula

Famous quotes containing the words distance and/or formula:

    Why does the past look so enticing to us? For the same reason why from a distance a meadow with flowers looks like a flower bed.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    I feel like a white granular mass of amorphous crystals—my formula appears to be isomeric with Spasmotoxin. My aurochloride precipitates into beautiful prismatic needles. My Platinochloride develops octohedron crystals,—with a fine blue florescence. My physiological action is not indifferent. One millionth of a grain injected under the skin of a frog produced instantaneous death accompanied by an orange blossom odor.
    Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904)