The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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Page xxi
... received direct The same with jars 1 , 2 or 4 Copper wire stretched by silk ; sensation , sound and light of shock Wire wound round a slip of glass Wire from reel stretched 14 times round the garden Copper wire silvered put on reel ...
... received direct The same with jars 1 , 2 or 4 Copper wire stretched by silk ; sensation , sound and light of shock Wire wound round a slip of glass Wire from reel stretched 14 times round the garden Copper wire silvered put on reel ...
Page xxxv
... received " from a charge which was unable to force a passage through the least space of air . " 6 . Walsh concludes his letter to Franklin in the following terms : - " I rejoice in addressing these communications to You . He , who ...
... received " from a charge which was unable to force a passage through the least space of air . " 6 . Walsh concludes his letter to Franklin in the following terms : - " I rejoice in addressing these communications to You . He , who ...
Page lviii
... received a second shock , the discharge 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 ...
... received a second shock , the discharge 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 ...
Page lxiv
... received from Mr Robert H. Scott , F.R.S. , a small packet marked " Cavendish Papers , " which had been sent to the Meteorological Office by Sir Edward Sabine . These papers relate entirely to magnetism , and do not fall within the ...
... received from Mr Robert H. Scott , F.R.S. , a small packet marked " Cavendish Papers , " which had been sent to the Meteorological Office by Sir Edward Sabine . These papers relate entirely to magnetism , and do not fall within the ...
Page 101
... seems thus- When the part of the conductor nearest the excited tube has received any electricity from the contiguous air , that air 212 ] 101 COMMUNICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO AIR . Positive and negative electrification 101-105.
... seems thus- When the part of the conductor nearest the excited tube has received any electricity from the contiguous air , that air 212 ] 101 COMMUNICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO AIR . Positive and negative electrification 101-105.
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