The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... directions , " they conclude , " being persuaded , that " elevated rods are preferable to low conductors terminated in rounded " ends , knobs , or balls of metal ; and conceiving , that the experiments " and reasons made and alledged to ...
... directions , " they conclude , " being persuaded , that " elevated rods are preferable to low conductors terminated in rounded " ends , knobs , or balls of metal ; and conceiving , that the experiments " and reasons made and alledged to ...
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... direction . This is demonstrated in Newton , Princip . Lib . I. Prop . 70. It fol- lows also from his demonstration , that if the repulsion is inversely as some higher power of the distance than the square , the particle P will be ...
... direction . This is demonstrated in Newton , Princip . Lib . I. Prop . 70. It fol- lows also from his demonstration , that if the repulsion is inversely as some higher power of the distance than the square , the particle P will be ...
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... direction by the fluid in Bb , or the matter in Bẞ , and will therefore have no tendency to move : a particle placed anywhere without the sphere Bde will be attracted with just as much force by the matter in BB , as it is repelled by ...
... direction by the fluid in Bb , or the matter in Bẞ , and will therefore have no tendency to move : a particle placed anywhere without the sphere Bde will be attracted with just as much force by the matter in BB , as it is repelled by ...
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... direction by GH , and , consequently , has no tendency to move . A particle placed anywhere in the space CD , or in the spaces AB and GH , if they are overcharged , is indeed repelled with more force towards the planes Dd , Aa and Hh ...
... direction by GH , and , consequently , has no tendency to move . A particle placed anywhere in the space CD , or in the spaces AB and GH , if they are overcharged , is indeed repelled with more force towards the planes Dd , Aa and Hh ...
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... direction EA ; provided that no part of AEFB is undercharged . Suppose so much of the fluid in each part of the cylinder as is sufficient to saturate the matter in that part , to become solid ; the remainder , or the redundant fluid ...
... direction EA ; provided that no part of AEFB is undercharged . Suppose so much of the fluid in each part of the cylinder as is sufficient to saturate the matter in that part , to become solid ; the remainder , or the redundant fluid ...
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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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