The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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Page xvii
... passing through different liquors 47. Whether force with which bodies repel is as square of re- dundant fluid tried by pith balls hung by threads 51. Whether the charge of plate E bears the same proportion to that of another body ...
... passing through different liquors 47. Whether force with which bodies repel is as square of re- dundant fluid tried by pith balls hung by threads 51. Whether the charge of plate E bears the same proportion to that of another body ...
Page xix
... passing through water in tubes of different bores , and whether it is as much diminished in passing through nine small tubes as through the same length of one large tube , the area of whose bore is equal to that of the nine small ones ...
... passing through water in tubes of different bores , and whether it is as much diminished in passing through nine small tubes as through the same length of one large tube , the area of whose bore is equal to that of the nine small ones ...
Page xxx
... passing over pullies attached to the hori- zontal bar . One of the bodies , the charges of which Cavendish com- pared by means of this apparatus , was a globe 121 inches in diameter covered with tinfoil . This globe has historical ...
... passing over pullies attached to the hori- zontal bar . One of the bodies , the charges of which Cavendish com- pared by means of this apparatus , was a globe 121 inches in diameter covered with tinfoil . This globe has historical ...
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... pass through his own body , and by comparing the intensity of the sensations he felt in his wrist and elbows , he estimated which of the two shocks was the more powerful . As Cavendish does not appear to have prepared an account of ...
... pass through his own body , and by comparing the intensity of the sensations he felt in his wrist and elbows , he estimated which of the two shocks was the more powerful . As Cavendish does not appear to have prepared an account of ...
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... passing through his body and the second tube . In this way he took six shocks , making them pass alternately through the first and the second tube , and proceeded to record his impression whether the intensity of the shock through the ...
... passing through his body and the second tube . In this way he took six shocks , making them pass alternately through the first and the second tube , and proceeded to record his impression whether the intensity of the shock through the ...
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