The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... impels each particle of fluid and matter in A , and consequently impels the whole body A , with the same force that the whole body B impels it for the same reason the redundant substance in A impels the redundant sub- stance in B , with ...
... impels each particle of fluid and matter in A , and consequently impels the whole body A , with the same force that the whole body B impels it for the same reason the redundant substance in A impels the redundant sub- stance in B , with ...
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... impels the redundant substance in B , or with which the redundant sub- stance in B impels the redundant substance in A. 15 ] COR . Let the matter in all the rest of space , except in two given bodies , be saturated with immoveable fluid ...
... impels the redundant substance in B , or with which the redundant sub- stance in B impels the redundant substance in A. 15 ] COR . Let the matter in all the rest of space , except in two given bodies , be saturated with immoveable fluid ...
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... impelled in any direction . This is demonstrated in Newton , Princip . Lib . I. Prop . 70. It fol- lows also from ... impelled towards the center ; and if the repulsion is inversely as some lower power than the square , it will be ...
... impelled in any direction . This is demonstrated in Newton , Princip . Lib . I. Prop . 70. It fol- lows also from ... impelled towards the center ; and if the repulsion is inversely as some lower power than the square , it will be ...
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... impelled in any 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 ...
... impelled in any 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 ...
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... impelled towards the center , by the redundant fluid in Bb , and will therefore move towards the center , unless Cb is sufficiently overcharged to pre- vent it . Secondly , The fluid close to the surface of the sphere will be pressed ...
... impelled towards the center , by the redundant fluid in Bb , and will therefore move towards the center , unless Cb is sufficiently overcharged to pre- vent it . Secondly , The fluid close to the surface of the sphere will be pressed ...
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