The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... Canals of incompressible fluid 39-53 Pressure of electric fluid against a surface . 54 Circular disk 55-66 Charges of similar bodies as the n - 1 power of their corresponding diame- ters , and independent of the material of which they ...
... Canals of incompressible fluid 39-53 Pressure of electric fluid against a surface . 54 Circular disk 55-66 Charges of similar bodies as the n - 1 power of their corresponding diame- ters , and independent of the material of which they ...
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... water Effect of temperature Air in water . Fixed air in water Other saline solutions Experiments in January , 1781 Water ... Canals of incompressible fluid 4. Charges of two parallel disks close together 5. Infinite body 6 . • Molecular ...
... water Effect of temperature Air in water . Fixed air in water Other saline solutions Experiments in January , 1781 Water ... Canals of incompressible fluid 4. Charges of two parallel disks close together 5. Infinite body 6 . • Molecular ...
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... canal made by planes perpendicular to the direction of the canal in that part , shall be equal and similar : let the canal be composed of uniform matter ; and let the electric fluid therein be b D d B A a supposed incompressible , and ...
... canal made by planes perpendicular to the direction of the canal in that part , shall be equal and similar : let the canal be composed of uniform matter ; and let the electric fluid therein be b D d B A a supposed incompressible , and ...
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... canal Aa , filled with incompressible fluid , in the same manner as described in the preceding proposition : let the bodies be overcharged ; Fig . 13 . de ED В 1 1 a y A but let the quantity of redundant fluid in each bear so small a ...
... canal Aa , filled with incompressible fluid , in the same manner as described in the preceding proposition : let the bodies be overcharged ; Fig . 13 . de ED В 1 1 a y A but let the quantity of redundant fluid in each bear so small a ...
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... canal will be very nearly the same , whatever its thickness may be . [ See Exp . IV . , Art . 272. ] 74 ] PROP . XXII ... incompressible fluid , such as are described in Prop . XIX ; let these canals meet their respective plates in their ...
... canal will be very nearly the same , whatever its thickness may be . [ See Exp . IV . , Art . 272. ] 74 ] PROP . XXII ... incompressible fluid , such as are described in Prop . XIX ; let these canals meet their respective plates in their ...
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