The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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Page vi
... canal is in- dependent of the form of the canal 84-93 Whether the conditions of equilibrium are the same for two bodies com- municating by a conducting wire as if they communicated by a canal of incompressible fluid . 94-96 Molecular ...
... canal is in- dependent of the form of the canal 84-93 Whether the conditions of equilibrium are the same for two bodies com- municating by a conducting wire as if they communicated by a canal of incompressible fluid . 94-96 Molecular ...
Page vii
... canal meets the disk is indifferent only when the fluid is in equilibrium Lemma XII ( Fig . 2 ) . Repulsion of a particle on a column Lemma XIII . Repulsion of two columns Lemma XIV . • Lemma xv ( Fig . 3 ) . Action of a uniform ...
... canal meets the disk is indifferent only when the fluid is in equilibrium Lemma XII ( Fig . 2 ) . Repulsion of a particle on a column Lemma XIII . Repulsion of two columns Lemma XIV . • Lemma xv ( Fig . 3 ) . Action of a uniform ...
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... Canals may be curved as well as straight · 186 Lemma . Potential of two equal particles compared with that of their sum at their centre of mass 187 • Applied to case of two parallel disks Mutual action of large circle and trial plate in ...
... Canals may be curved as well as straight · 186 Lemma . Potential of two equal particles compared with that of their sum at their centre of mass 187 • Applied to case of two parallel disks Mutual action of large circle and trial plate in ...
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... Canals of incompressible fluid 4. Charges of two parallel disks close together 5. Infinite body 6 . • Molecular constitution of air 7. Zero of potential 8. Cases of Attraction and Repulsion 9. Escape of electricity into the air 11. Two ...
... Canals of incompressible fluid 4. Charges of two parallel disks close together 5. Infinite body 6 . • Molecular constitution of air 7. Zero of potential 8. Cases of Attraction and Repulsion 9. Escape of electricity into the air 11. Two ...
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... canal de , the fluid would run out of AD into EH , till they were both saturated . 34 ] PROP . VIII . PROB . 4. To determine in what manner the fluid will be disposed in the space AD , supposing that all the rest of the universe is ...
... canal de , the fluid would run out of AD into EH , till they were both saturated . 34 ] PROP . VIII . PROB . 4. To determine in what manner the fluid will be disposed in the space AD , supposing that all the rest of the universe is ...
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