When a metal wire is connected across the two terminals of a DC voltage source such as a battery, the source places an electric field across the conductor.

When he was 12 years old he also discovered and enjoyed the Superman titles by DC Comics of the editor Mort Weisinger period, drawn mostly by his favorite Superman artists Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger.

When the concept of the DC multiverse began to take hold, Luthor's red-haired incarnation was rewritten as Alexei Luthor, Lex's counterpart from the Earth-Two parallel universe.

When it came to the issue of slavery in DC and slavery in the United States, he was against its abolition, and said so in his Inaugural Address in 1837: " I believed it a solemn duty fully to make known my sentiments in regard to it < nowiki > ,</ nowiki > and now, when every motive for misrepresentation has passed away, I trust that they will be candidly weighed and understood.

When they reached New York, the men persuaded him to go with them to the circus in Washington DC, offering him a generous wage and the cost of his return trip home.

When the limitations of DC were discussed by the public, Edison launched a propaganda campaign to convince people that AC was far too dangerous to use.

When a direct current ( DC ) flows through the coil, the coil generates a magnetic field.

* Howard Johnson: When to use AC coupling, DC Blocking Capacitor Value

When calculating the distortion, it is common to exclude the DC components.

When a circuit is driven with direct current ( DC ), there is no distinction between impedance and resistance ; the latter can be thought of as impedance with zero phase angle.

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" When Edna gently explains " It's like I'm DC Comics, and you're Marvel ", he accepts the comparison without any rancor.

When no such apology was forthcoming, Moore ( and O ' Neill ) decided to withdraw future volumes of the League from DC in protest.

When it received a grade of B +, Maggin disagreed with the assessment, remade it as a comic book script, and sent his script to DC Comics.

When the Superman continuity rebooted after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC editors felt that Superman should be the sole survivor of Krypton, resulting in Kara being removed.

When Shadow rights holder Condé Nast increased its licensing fee, DC concluded the series after 31 issues and one annual ; it became the longest running Shadow comic series since Street and Smith's original 1940s series.

When that company merged with DC Comics in 1944, Gaines retained rights to the comic book Picture Stories from the Bible, and began his new company with a plan to market comics about science, history and the Bible to schools and churches.

When used in its most common application, for conversion of an alternating current ( AC ) input into a direct current ( DC ) output, it is known as a bridge rectifier.

When operating from DC, the rectifier was essentially a conductor, having no effect ; it was included to allow operation from AC or DC without modification.

When main power is restored, a rectifier supplies DC power to recharge the batteries.

When the telephone is taken off-hook, it appears to the exchange as a low-value resistor, completing the circuit for the DC signal which activates the F relay.

When Clinton pursued the appeal before the DC District Court, the court's Chief Justice Norma Holloway Johnson acknowledged that Clinton was cooperating with Starr and did not use executive privilege to cover up the relationship.

When high-speed signal switching is required, the AC impedance of the output, the inputs, and the conductors between may significantly reduce the effective drive capacity of output, and this DC analysis may not be enough.

When President Rutherford B. Hayes met Chief Ouray in 1880 in Washington, DC, he said that the Ute was " the most intellectual man I've ever conversed with.

When Fred Powell's brother-in-law, Charlie Keane, moved into the dead man's home, the anonymous letter writer took no chances on Charlie taking up where Fred had left off and wasted no time on a first notice:

When he rolled on the left side, propping on his left elbow, Matsuo seized his hair and pulled him back over.

When he finally left the sinister mansion on Perdido Street, he was carried out in a coroner's basket.

When her right hand was incapacitated by the rheumatism, Sadie learned to write with her left hand.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

When offered a morsel it glanced right and left and winced, obviously frightened and expecting a kick, but too hungry not to snatch the tidbit.

When the detective left, Andrus phoned his secretary to cancel his work and to advise the network to get a substitute director for his current project.

When more than two figures are separated by subtraction symbols the subtraction must be carried out from the left to right if the result is to be correct.

When he had left, I could never remember whether he had poked them in their middles, laughingly, with a thick index finger or whether he was merely so much the sort of person who did this that one assumed the action, not bothering to look.

When Costaggini had used up all the sketches thirty-six feet of empty frieze were left over.

When consciousness deserts the sleeping body and the wakeful world, it continues in the myriad progressions of the ever-present past and future, in a life as vibrant and real as the one left when the body tired and required sleep.

When stacking wine on its side in a bin, care should always be taken to be sure there is no air bubble left next to the cork.

When he left, she knew she would never see him again.

However, years of activism, and fighting for the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War have left him disillusioned .</ br > When the plague epidemic is virtually over, Tarrou becomes one of its last victims, but puts up a heroic struggle before dying.

When Charles left Germany a few weeks later, Albert renewed his depredations in Franconia.

When the Greeks left without killing Ajax, despite their sacrifices Athena became so angry that she persuaded Zeus to send a storm that sank many of their ships.

When Ajax finally left Troy, Athena hit his ship with a thunderbolt, but Ajax still survived, managing to cling onto a rock.

When the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, he fled and left Spain, but did not abdicate the throne.

When the left ventricle contracts to force blood into the aorta, the aorta expands.

When so used it would generally be fastened on the right shoulder, and would partially envelop the chest as it passed obliquely round in front and behind to be attached to the shield under the left arm.

When Jackson returned briefly to England in 1889 to marry, Housman was not invited to the wedding and knew nothing about it until the couple had left the country.

When photographed, Capone hid the scarred left side of his face saying the injuries were war wounds.

When he was about 18 years old, his parents died and left him with the care of his unmarried sister.

When Eadgils ' mound ( to the left in the photo ) was excavated in 1874, the finds supported Beowulf and the sagas.