The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... given by the Torpedo under water Electric resistance of salt and fresh water , and of iron wire Lines of flow of the discharge of the Torpedo • Artificial Torpedo Conditions requisite for a spark and for attraction and repulsion • The ...
... given by the Torpedo under water Electric resistance of salt and fresh water , and of iron wire Lines of flow of the discharge of the Torpedo • Artificial Torpedo Conditions requisite for a spark and for attraction and repulsion • The ...
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... given in the Life of Cavendish by Dr George Wilsont , that it is unnecessary here to repeat them except in so far as they bear on the history of his electrical researches . He was born at Nice on the 10th October , 1731 , he became a ...
... given in the Life of Cavendish by Dr George Wilsont , that it is unnecessary here to repeat them except in so far as they bear on the history of his electrical researches . He was born at Nice on the 10th October , 1731 , he became a ...
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... equivalent capacity , while the modern measurements express the capacity by stating the radius of the same sphere in centimetres . * About half a microfarad . Of each of these plates of glass Cavendish has given XXX INTRODUCTION .
... equivalent capacity , while the modern measurements express the capacity by stating the radius of the same sphere in centimetres . * About half a microfarad . Of each of these plates of glass Cavendish has given XXX INTRODUCTION .
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... given a most minute description , so that each , if it were found , could be identi- fied . Mr Cottrell , of the Royal Institution , has been kind enough to examine the catalogue of apparatus there , which contains Cavendish's ...
... given a most minute description , so that each , if it were found , could be identi- fied . Mr Cottrell , of the Royal Institution , has been kind enough to examine the catalogue of apparatus there , which contains Cavendish's ...
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... given in Note 18 , p . 411 . No. 18 . " Thoughts concerning Electricity , " MS . p . 1-16 . See Arts . 196-216 . No. 19. Resistance to Electricity , MS . p . 1-23 . See Arts . 616- 631. " Res . " Results of ditto p . 1-4 . Resistance of ...
... given in Note 18 , p . 411 . No. 18 . " Thoughts concerning Electricity , " MS . p . 1-16 . See Arts . 196-216 . No. 19. Resistance to Electricity , MS . p . 1-23 . See Arts . 616- 631. " Res . " Results of ditto p . 1-4 . Resistance of ...
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