The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... moving them hori- zontally • 25. Whether globe included within hollow globe is overcharged by electrifying outer globe • 26. The same thing tried by a better machine 27. Note to list of plates in p . 11 508 • 509 510 511 512 • 513 514 ...
... moving them hori- zontally • 25. Whether globe included within hollow globe is overcharged by electrifying outer globe • 26. The same thing tried by a better machine 27. Note to list of plates in p . 11 508 • 509 510 511 512 • 513 514 ...
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... move within certain portions of the glass , supposed that when the plate was more strongly electrified the electricity would be able to penetrate further into the glass , and that therefore its charge would be greater in proportion to ...
... move within certain portions of the glass , supposed that when the plate was more strongly electrified the electricity would be able to penetrate further into the glass , and that therefore its charge would be greater in proportion to ...
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... move from one part of the body to the other , I call it immoveable : if it is able to move readily from one part to another , I call it moveable . 13 ] PROP . I. A body overcharged with electric fluid attracts or repels a particle of ...
... move from one part of the body to the other , I call it immoveable : if it is able to move readily from one part to another , I call it moveable . 13 ] PROP . I. A body overcharged with electric fluid attracts or repels a particle of ...
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... move . 17 ] PROP . IV . If the quantity of electric fluid in the universe is exactly sufficient to saturate the matter therein , but unequally dispersed , so that some bodies are overcharged and others under- charged ; then , if the ...
... move . 17 ] PROP . IV . If the quantity of electric fluid in the universe is exactly sufficient to saturate the matter therein , but unequally dispersed , so that some bodies are overcharged and others under- charged ; then , if the ...
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... move ; and in the space BB there is no fluid . to move , so that no part of the fluid can have any tendency to move . Moreover , it seems impossible for the fluid to be at rest , if it is disposed in any other form ; for if the density ...
... move ; and in the space BB there is no fluid . to move , so that no part of the fluid can have any tendency to move . Moreover , it seems impossible for the fluid to be at rest , if it is disposed in any other form ; for if the density ...
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