The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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Page xxix
... seemed to have in view , in construction , efficiency merely , without attention to appearance . used , excepting when required . Fir - wood " commonly employed . " * Wilson's Life , p . 178 . Hard woods were never ( common deal ) was ...
... seemed to have in view , in construction , efficiency merely , without attention to appearance . used , excepting when required . Fir - wood " commonly employed . " * Wilson's Life , p . 178 . Hard woods were never ( common deal ) was ...
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... seemed to be about in excess of the cal- culated value . This discrepancy will be discussed in Note 17 . These may be considered the principal results of the investiga- tions with coated plates , but the following list of collateral ...
... seemed to be about in excess of the cal- culated value . This discrepancy will be discussed in Note 17 . These may be considered the principal results of the investiga- tions with coated plates , but the following list of collateral ...
Page lxi
... seemed to increase its conductivity ¶ . In order to find whether electricity is resisted in passing out of one medium into another in perfect contact with it , Cavendish prepared a tube containing 8 columns of saturated solution of sea ...
... seemed to increase its conductivity ¶ . In order to find whether electricity is resisted in passing out of one medium into another in perfect contact with it , Cavendish prepared a tube containing 8 columns of saturated solution of sea ...
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... seemed , from some trials I made with a heavier electrometer fastened to Pp , as if the experiments were not more exact , if so much so , when the vials were charged stronger , as when they were charged in the usual degree . I now ...
... seemed , from some trials I made with a heavier electrometer fastened to Pp , as if the experiments were not more exact , if so much so , when the vials were charged stronger , as when they were charged in the usual degree . I now ...
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... seemed to spread as fast on those plates which were covered with cement as on the others , but in damp weather not so fast , the difference between dry and damp weather being less in those plates which were covered with cement than the ...
... seemed to spread as fast on those plates which were covered with cement as on the others , but in damp weather not so fast , the difference between dry and damp weather being less in those plates which were covered with cement than the ...
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