The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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Page xxviii
... seems to have been living with him during the whole period of his electrical researches . Some of the jottings of his electrical calculations are on torn backs of letters , one of which is addressed , [ The Ho ] nble Mr Cavendish at the ...
... seems to have been living with him during the whole period of his electrical researches . Some of the jottings of his electrical calculations are on torn backs of letters , one of which is addressed , [ The Ho ] nble Mr Cavendish at the ...
Page xxxvi
... seems to have been excited by this account of the Torpedo , and several papers on the Torpedo and the Gymnotus are in the Philosophical Transactions for 1775 , none of them , however , so valuable as the original one by Walsh . The ...
... seems to have been excited by this account of the Torpedo , and several papers on the Torpedo and the Gymnotus are in the Philosophical Transactions for 1775 , none of them , however , so valuable as the original one by Walsh . The ...
Page xliii
... seems to refer to the second part of the paper in the Phil . Trans . , 1771 , p . 670 , or Art . 132 of this edition , and shows that this paper was intended to form the first part of the " Work . " + Arts . 140 to 174 . Arts . 175 to ...
... seems to refer to the second part of the paper in the Phil . Trans . , 1771 , p . 670 , or Art . 132 of this edition , and shows that this paper was intended to form the first part of the " Work . " + Arts . 140 to 174 . Arts . 175 to ...
Page xlv
... seems to have been done before 1774 , and he continued to make experiments in electricity till 1781 , and lived on till 1810 , he kept his manu- script by him and never published it . It was not till 1784 that he communicated to the ...
... seems to have been done before 1774 , and he continued to make experiments in electricity till 1781 , and lived on till 1810 , he kept his manu- script by him and never published it . It was not till 1784 that he communicated to the ...
Page xlviii
... seems at first sight to lead to a mode " of distinguishing positive from negative electricity , which is not justi- " fied by experiment ; but the fallacy appears to be referable to the " very comprehensive character of the author's ...
... seems at first sight to lead to a mode " of distinguishing positive from negative electricity , which is not justi- " fied by experiment ; but the fallacy appears to be referable to the " very comprehensive character of the author's ...
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