The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... Ratio of charges of B and b may be deduced from the ratios of B and b to C. 152 • 153 • · Lemma xv ( Fig . 5 ) . Repulsion on a short column close to an electrified • • plate Lemma XVI ( Fig . 6 ) . Two equidistant concave plates Cor ...
... Ratio of charges of B and b may be deduced from the ratios of B and b to C. 152 • 153 • · Lemma xv ( Fig . 5 ) . Repulsion on a short column close to an electrified • • plate Lemma XVI ( Fig . 6 ) . Two equidistant concave plates Cor ...
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... ratio of the charges of two bodies , illustrated by the comparison of a disk with a sphere 237 Method of the experiment 238 The Trial - plate . ( Fig . 13 ) . 239 Arrangement of the apparatus Method of operation . ( Fig . 14 ) Theory of ...
... ratio of the charges of two bodies , illustrated by the comparison of a disk with a sphere 237 Method of the experiment 238 The Trial - plate . ( Fig . 13 ) . 239 Arrangement of the apparatus Method of operation . ( Fig . 14 ) Theory of ...
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... Ratio of " the square of the Distance . " It is evident from this that Lord Mahon was entirely ignorant of everything which Cavendish had done . About the close of the century Dr Thomas Young , whose ac- quaintance with all branches of ...
... Ratio of " the square of the Distance . " It is evident from this that Lord Mahon was entirely ignorant of everything which Cavendish had done . About the close of the century Dr Thomas Young , whose ac- quaintance with all branches of ...
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... ratios of the charges of a great number of bodies to that of a sphere 12 : 1 inches in diameter , and as he had already proved that the charges of similar bodies are in the ratio of their linear dimen- sions , he expressed the charge of ...
... ratios of the charges of a great number of bodies to that of a sphere 12 : 1 inches in diameter , and as he had already proved that the charges of similar bodies are in the ratio of their linear dimen- sions , he expressed the charge of ...
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... ratio of the electric units * . Thus the method of experimental research which Cavendish adhered to was the comparison of capacities , and the formation of a graduated series of condensers , such as is now recognised as the most ...
... ratio of the electric units * . Thus the method of experimental research which Cavendish adhered to was the comparison of capacities , and the formation of a graduated series of condensers , such as is now recognised as the most ...
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