The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... less celebrated repository , and that they may yet gain an honourable place in the museum of historical instruments . But we need not expect ever to discover a piece of apparatus of still greater historical interest - that by which ...
... less celebrated repository , and that they may yet gain an honourable place in the museum of historical instruments . But we need not expect ever to discover a piece of apparatus of still greater historical interest - that by which ...
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... less than that of a plate of glass or of wax of the same dimensions , but it seemed to be about in excess of the cal- culated value . This discrepancy will be discussed in Note 17 . These may be considered the principal results of the ...
... less than that of a plate of glass or of wax of the same dimensions , but it seemed to be about in excess of the cal- culated value . This discrepancy will be discussed in Note 17 . These may be considered the principal results of the ...
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... less power of the distance than the cube . 4 ] For the future , I would be understood never to compre- hend the electric fluid under the word matter , but only some other sort of matter . 5 ] It is indifferent whether you suppose all ...
... less power of the distance than the cube . 4 ] For the future , I would be understood never to compre- hend the electric fluid under the word matter , but only some other sort of matter . 5 ] It is indifferent whether you suppose all ...
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... less force , if its distance be small than if it be great . B D Fig . 4 . a 30 ] PROP . VII . PROB . 3. In Fig . 4 , let the parallel lines Aa , Bb , & c . represent parallel planes infinitely extended each way : let the spaces AD and ...
... less force , if its distance be small than if it be great . B D Fig . 4 . a 30 ] PROP . VII . PROB . 3. In Fig . 4 , let the parallel lines Aa , Bb , & c . represent parallel planes infinitely extended each way : let the spaces AD and ...
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... less power than the simple one , the fluid will be in equilibrio , whether it is either spread uniformly , or whether it is all collected in that plane which is in the middle between Aa and Dd , or whether it is all collected in the ...
... less power than the simple one , the fluid will be in equilibrio , whether it is either spread uniformly , or whether it is all collected in that plane which is in the middle between Aa and Dd , or whether it is all collected in the ...
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