The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... piece of wood within a vessel formed of two wooden drawers 234 235 ( 2 ) EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMPARISON OF CHARGES . From the MS . Nos , 9 and 10 ( apparently prepared for publication ) . Intention of the experiments 236 Definition of ...
... piece of wood within a vessel formed of two wooden drawers 234 235 ( 2 ) EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMPARISON OF CHARGES . From the MS . Nos , 9 and 10 ( apparently prepared for publication ) . Intention of the experiments 236 Definition of ...
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... pieces of glass from the same piece 314 Table of their dimensions . 315 Adjustment of size of coatings 316 Comparison of D + E + F when close together and when six inches apart 317 Comparison of the plates with each other . 318 ...
... pieces of glass from the same piece 314 Table of their dimensions . 315 Adjustment of size of coatings 316 Comparison of D + E + F when close together and when six inches apart 317 Comparison of the plates with each other . 318 ...
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... very weak as when it is strong ; tried by communicating the electricity of small pieces of wire to tin cylinder and to D and E 534 • • 535 536 537 · 538 539 PAGE OF MS . ARTICLES 70. Lane's electrometer compared with CONTENTS . xvii.
... very weak as when it is strong ; tried by communicating the electricity of small pieces of wire to tin cylinder and to D and E 534 • • 535 536 537 · 538 539 PAGE OF MS . ARTICLES 70. Lane's electrometer compared with CONTENTS . xvii.
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... piece of apparatus was the " machine for trying simple bodies " of which we have a description and sketch in Art . 241 , and plans at Arts . 265 and 273. The framework of the machine is not represented in these figures . We learn ...
... piece of apparatus was the " machine for trying simple bodies " of which we have a description and sketch in Art . 241 , and plans at Arts . 265 and 273. The framework of the machine is not represented in these figures . We learn ...
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... pieces of stone and slate , and a collection of cylinders and wires of different sizes . There was another " machine ... piece of his apparatus , from the little wire which he used to connect his coated plates , and which he found to ...
... pieces of stone and slate , and a collection of cylinders and wires of different sizes . There was another " machine ... piece of his apparatus , from the little wire which he used to connect his coated plates , and which he found to ...
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