The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... fluid as matter of a contrary kind to other matter , the particles of all matter , both those of the electric fluid ... quantity of electric fluid interspersed between their particles , that the attraction of the electric fluid in any ...
... fluid as matter of a contrary kind to other matter , the particles of all matter , both those of the electric fluid ... quantity of electric fluid interspersed between their particles , that the attraction of the electric fluid in any ...
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... quantity of fluid , except what was close to it . But as the repulsion is supposed to be inversely as some power of the distance less than the cube , a particle may be sensibly affected by the repulsion of a finite quan- tity of fluid ...
... quantity of fluid , except what was close to it . But as the repulsion is supposed to be inversely as some power of the distance less than the cube , a particle may be sensibly affected by the repulsion of a finite quan- tity of fluid ...
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... fluid , it is plain that no part of the fluid can have any tendency to 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 ...
... fluid , it is plain that no part of the fluid can have any tendency to 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 ...
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... fluid in the globe , besides the quantity requisite to saturate the matter in Bb ; and take the space BB such , that the matter therein shall be just able to saturate the redundant fluid in the globe : then , in all parts of the space ...
... fluid in the globe , besides the quantity requisite to saturate the matter in Bb ; and take the space BB such , that the matter therein shall be just able to saturate the redundant fluid in the globe : then , in all parts of the space ...
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... fluid in BB , being just sufficient to saturate the mat- ter in Bb : and in all the rest of space the matter will be ... quantity of fluid between it and the surface should be very small , would move towards it ; as the repulsion of the ...
... fluid in BB , being just sufficient to saturate the mat- ter in Bb : and in all the rest of space the matter will be ... quantity of fluid between it and the surface should be very small , would move towards it ; as the repulsion of the ...
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