The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... column Lemma XIII . Repulsion of two columns Lemma XIV . • Lemma xv ( Fig . 3 ) . Action of a uniform cylinder on an external point . Cor . Potential of middle and end . ARTICLES 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 Prop . xxx1 ( Fig ...
... column Lemma XIII . Repulsion of two columns Lemma XIV . • Lemma xv ( Fig . 3 ) . Action of a uniform cylinder on an external point . Cor . Potential of middle and end . ARTICLES 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 Prop . xxx1 ( Fig ...
Page lvii
... column of the liquid could be altered by sliding the wire in the straight part of the tube . In order to send electric discharges of equal quantity and equal electromotive force through two different tubes Cavendish chose six jars of ...
... column of the liquid could be altered by sliding the wire in the straight part of the tube . In order to send electric discharges of equal quantity and equal electromotive force through two different tubes Cavendish chose six jars of ...
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... columns of mercury . He found that the shock was diminished in passing through a mixed column in which the length of salt water was 21.8 inches as much as in passing through a single column of the same size whose length was 22.94 inches ...
... columns of mercury . He found that the shock was diminished in passing through a mixed column in which the length of salt water was 21.8 inches as much as in passing through a single column of the same size whose length was 22.94 inches ...
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... inversely as the cube of the distance , a particle could not be sensibly affected by the repulsion of any finite quantity of 11 ] 5 DIFFERENT LAWS OF REPULSION . (Fig 2) Repulsion of a particle on a column Repulsion of two columns Lemma ...
... inversely as the cube of the distance , a particle could not be sensibly affected by the repulsion of any finite quantity of 11 ] 5 DIFFERENT LAWS OF REPULSION . (Fig 2) Repulsion of a particle on a column Repulsion of two columns Lemma ...
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... column of uniform matter ; and let the dia- meter of the column be so small , that the repulsion of the plate AB on it shall not be sensibly different from what it would be , if all the matter in it was collected in the axis : the force ...
... column of uniform matter ; and let the dia- meter of the column be so small , that the repulsion of the plate AB on it shall not be sensibly different from what it would be , if all the matter in it was collected in the axis : the force ...
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