The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ...

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Contents

3 COMPARISON OF THE CHARGES OF COATED PLATES
3
From the MS in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire No
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The repulsion between two bodies electrified to the same degree ought
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From MS No
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Machine for trying simple conductors
14
Machine for trying Leyden vials
20
Experiment to test the theory Fig
31
Plan of usual disposition of vials and bodies to be tried
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Diminution of shock by passing through different liquors
43
Charge of a condenser little affected by the presence of an over
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153
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Cor 4
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Cor 176
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PAGE OF MS ARTICLES
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Cor 7
97
Comparison with the globe
108
The Leyden jars
110
Advantages of the method
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AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PHENOMENA OF ELECTRICITY
116
New apparatus for the comparison of capacities Fig 20 295
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Leakage of the Leyden vials
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Dec 16 1771 Conductivity of stone squares
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Comparison of the charges of four rosin plates with those of circles 93
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Bearing on the theory
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Allowance for connecting wire 648
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23
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Hypothesis about the relative effect of surrounding bodies on the capa
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List of plates of glass 592
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The trial plate 297
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Ten plates from Nairne 593
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24
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Comparison of different cylinders
161
Table of Results with plates of
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Charge directly as surface and inversely as thickness
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348
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Comparison of the results
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Density more nearly uniform than if there had been
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Effect of heat on glass
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Cor 2
181
Effect of want of conductivity of the straws
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Lemma Potential of two equal particles compared with that of their
187
386
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Effect of floor and walls of the room
193
Condition of electric equilibrium between conductors in electric com
199
Electrification by induction
205
Effect of an overcharged body
209
1st Night
216
The electricity of glass is here taken to be positive
217
The charging jar
223
of the same thickness
224
Advantages of the second method
229
Second experimentA piece of wood within a vessel formed of
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Increase of charge by induction 653
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Method of operation Fig 14
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PAGE OF
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506
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Lac and 4th rosin with D+E+F also thin wax with D +
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Whether the charge of plate E bears the same proportion
264
Recapitulation of the theory of coated plates
311
First leather Torpedo 599
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Experiment of p 61 tried with small ball blown to the
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Comparison of D + E + F when close together and when six inches apart
317
Experiments without any Torpedo 613
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Comparison of charges of jars and battery method of repeated communi
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on thick plates and 0 09 on thin plates
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Verification of the theory of spreading
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Fixed air in water 693
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To find what power of the velocity the resistance is proportional to 629
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41 x 345 compared with double B by sliding coated plate
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Results 646
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Side of square equivalent to trial plates
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D E F M K L 657
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Whether charge of Leyden vial bears the same proportion
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RESULTS ON RESISTANCE
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Water with different quantities of salt in it 696
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NOTES BY THE EDITOR NOTE PAGE 1 On the theory of the electric fluid
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Charge of coated glass at different temperatures Fig
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Distribution of hypothetical fluids in spheres c
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Canals of incompressible fluid
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Charges of two parallel disks close together
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Infinite body 879
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PART II
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Zero of potential
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Cases of Attraction and Repulsion
383
Fifth hypothesis on the communication of electricity between conductor
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Electromotive force required to produce a spark
386
Two circular disks
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Capacity of a long narrow cylinder
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The battery and its charge
397
Two cylinders
400
Lemma XVI
401
Glass as a dielectric
402
Theory of this method 582
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The two flat conductors between which the plate of air lies or in modern
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Theory of the experiment with trial plates
406
On the Thoughts concerning Electricity
409
Early form of Cavendishs Theory of Electricity
411
Experiment of the globe and hemispheres
417
The testing electrometer 244
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Torpedo in a basket in sand shock through wet shoes and through net 421424
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Capacity of a disk of sensible thickness
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Two circles
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Square
426
Three parallel plates
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Capacity as affected by walls of room
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Tin cylinder c
430
Comparison of measurements of dielectric capacity
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On Electrical Fishes
433
Structure of the electric organ
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Excess of redundant fluid on positive side above deficient fluid on negative side
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Pump water rain water salt in 1000 sea water 684 685
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Sea salt
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Electric spark
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Globe and circle
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Cor Distribution probably nearly the same as in plate of air of equiva
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TitleThe Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ...
AuthorHenry Cavendish
EditorJames Clerk Maxwell
PublisherUniversity Press, 1879
Original fromHarvard University
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