The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... AB to flow , the fluxion of EBbe is proportional to – AB × AB2 , and the fluxion of its repulsion on A is propor ... fluid , except what was placed close to it . If the repulsion was inversely as the cube of the distance , a particle ...
... AB to flow , the fluxion of EBbe is proportional to – AB × AB2 , and the fluxion of its repulsion on A is propor ... fluid , except what was placed close to it . If the repulsion was inversely as the cube of the distance , a particle ...
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... fluid will di- minish gradually from the center to the surface , where the matter will be intirely deprived of fluid ... AB , AC , and AD , cutting the furthest plate in * [ Note 2. ] b B D C c b , c , and d ; for it is 28 ] 11 A PLANE PLATE ...
... fluid will di- minish gradually from the center to the surface , where the matter will be intirely deprived of fluid ... AB , AC , and AD , cutting the furthest plate in * [ Note 2. ] b B D C c b , c , and d ; for it is 28 ] 11 A PLANE PLATE ...
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... fluid in each of those spaces be move- able and unable to escape : and let all the rest of the matter in the ... AB and GH , which will either be intirely deprived of fluid , or in which the particles will be pressed close together ...
... fluid in each of those spaces be move- able and unable to escape : and let all the rest of the matter in the ... AB and GH , which will either be intirely deprived of fluid , or in which the particles will be pressed close together ...
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... fluid ; the quantity of redundant matter in each being half the whole redundant matter in AD and EH together but if the fluid in AD and EH together is more than sufficient to satu- rate the matter , the fluid in AB and GH will be ...
... fluid ; the quantity of redundant matter in each being half the whole redundant matter in AD and EH together but if the fluid in AD and EH together is more than sufficient to satu- rate the matter , the fluid in AB and GH will be ...
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... fluid in CD exceeds half the redundant fluid in AD , by a quantity sufficient to saturate half the redundant matter in EH . 32 ] COR . II . It was before said , that the fluid in the spaces AB and GH ( when there is any fluid in them ) ...
... fluid in CD exceeds half the redundant fluid in AD , by a quantity sufficient to saturate half the redundant matter in EH . 32 ] COR . II . It was before said , that the fluid in the spaces AB and GH ( when there is any fluid in them ) ...
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