The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... battery and its charge 395 , 396 397 398 • 399 , 400 401-408 409 411-413 414 415-420 Law of divided currents Torpedo in a basket ; in sand ; shock through wet shoes and through net 421-424 Mode of charging the battery Shocks in air and ...
... battery and its charge 395 , 396 397 398 • 399 , 400 401-408 409 411-413 414 415-420 Law of divided currents Torpedo in a basket ; in sand ; shock through wet shoes and through net 421-424 Mode of charging the battery Shocks in air and ...
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... battery , method of repeated communi- cation Theory of this method • Results M. 1 Sea salt . c 580 581 582 583 Charge of 1st battery of Nairne Whether shock is diminished CONTENTS . xix.
... battery , method of repeated communi- cation Theory of this method • Results M. 1 Sea salt . c 580 581 582 583 Charge of 1st battery of Nairne Whether shock is diminished CONTENTS . xix.
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... battery of Nairne Whether shock is diminished by imperfect conduction of the salt water in the jars Specific gravity of solutions of salt Rule for finding the quantity of salt in water from its specific gravity Measurement of Lane's ...
... battery of Nairne Whether shock is diminished by imperfect conduction of the salt water in the jars Specific gravity of solutions of salt Rule for finding the quantity of salt in water from its specific gravity Measurement of Lane's ...
Page xxx
... battery of 49 jars , which contained 321000 " inches of electricity " * . These " inches of electricity " can be directly compared with our modern measurements of electrostatic capacity . Indeed the only difference is that Cavendish's ...
... battery of 49 jars , which contained 321000 " inches of electricity " * . These " inches of electricity " can be directly compared with our modern measurements of electrostatic capacity . Indeed the only difference is that Cavendish's ...
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... battery of Leyden jars , by wires protected by glass tubes . The accessories of this machine were equally unlike the kind of apparatus which Cavendish made when working for himself . The torpedo had a trough of salt water , the saltness ...
... battery of Leyden jars , by wires protected by glass tubes . The accessories of this machine were equally unlike the kind of apparatus which Cavendish made when working for himself . The torpedo had a trough of salt water , the saltness ...
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attraction and repulsion balls separated battery canals of incompressible Cavendish charge circle coated plate column communication computed conductor consequently contain corks crown glass cylinder deficient fluid degree of electrification density diameter discharged disk disposed double plates electric attraction electric fluid electric organs electromotive force experiment fluid in AB force greater hemispheres impelled inches incompressible fluid inner globe Lane's LEMMA less Leyden vial manner observed pass pith balls placed plane plate air plate of glass positively electrified Prop proportion quantity of electricity quantity of fluid quantity of redundant ratio redundant fluid redundant matter repulsion is inversely salt saturated seems sensibly shock side sliding plate small in respect space specific gravity spread uniformly square suppose surface theory thickness tinfoil torpedo touched trial plate tricity tried tube undercharged body whole
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