The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... electric fluid Repulsion of a spherical shell . Equilibrium of electricity in a globe 16 , 17 18 , 19 20-27 Two plane parallel plates 28-38 Canals of incompressible fluid 39-53 Pressure of electric fluid against a surface . 54 Circular ...
... electric fluid Repulsion of a spherical shell . Equilibrium of electricity in a globe 16 , 17 18 , 19 20-27 Two plane parallel plates 28-38 Canals of incompressible fluid 39-53 Pressure of electric fluid against a surface . 54 Circular ...
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... electric fluid 195 • The fluid acts at a distance but does not itself extend to any perceptible distance from electrified bodies 196 Proof of this , and objections to the hypothesis of electric atmospheres On the hypothesis of electric ...
... electric fluid 195 • The fluid acts at a distance but does not itself extend to any perceptible distance from electrified bodies 196 Proof of this , and objections to the hypothesis of electric atmospheres On the hypothesis of electric ...
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... electric spark . Vacuum formed by the spark Statement of the theory of one electric fluid ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIMENTS . ( 1 ) INVESTIGATION OF THE LAW OF FORCE . From the MS . No. 7 ( apparently prepared for publication ) . The electricity ...
... electric spark . Vacuum formed by the spark Statement of the theory of one electric fluid ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIMENTS . ( 1 ) INVESTIGATION OF THE LAW OF FORCE . From the MS . No. 7 ( apparently prepared for publication ) . The electricity ...
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... Fluid . From MS . No. 8 . The repulsion between two bodies electrified to the same degree ought , by the theory , to be proportional to the square of the quantity • • of redundant fluid Experiment to test the theory . ( Fig . 31 ) ...
... Fluid . From MS . No. 8 . The repulsion between two bodies electrified to the same degree ought , by the theory , to be proportional to the square of the quantity • • of redundant fluid Experiment to test the theory . ( Fig . 31 ) ...
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... electric fluid PAGE · 362 10. Electromotive force required to produce a spark 2. Distribution of hypothetical fluids in spheres , & c . 3. Canals of incompressible fluid 4. Charges of two parallel disks close together 5. Infinite body 6 ...
... electric fluid PAGE · 362 10. Electromotive force required to produce a spark 2. Distribution of hypothetical fluids in spheres , & c . 3. Canals of incompressible fluid 4. Charges of two parallel disks close together 5. Infinite body 6 ...
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