The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... uniformly spread on a circular plate is to that collected in the circumference as p to 1 the capacity of the plate ... uniform Cor . 3. The place in which the canal meets the disk is indifferent only when the fluid is in equilibrium ...
... uniformly spread on a circular plate is to that collected in the circumference as p to 1 the capacity of the plate ... uniform Cor . 3. The place in which the canal meets the disk is indifferent only when the fluid is in equilibrium ...
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... spread uniformly within the space Cb , and without the sphere Bde , it cannot be at rest . 21 ] COR . I. If the globe BDE is undercharged , everything else being the same as before , there will be a space Bb , in which the matter will ...
... spread uniformly within the space Cb , and without the sphere Bde , it cannot be at rest . 21 ] COR . I. If the globe BDE is undercharged , everything else being the same as before , there will be a space Bb , in which the matter will ...
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... spread uniformly , or whether it is all collected in that plane which is in the middle between Aa and Dd , or whether it is all collected in the spaces AB and CD ; but not , I believe , if it is disposed in any other manner . The ...
... spread uniformly , or whether it is all collected in that plane which is in the middle between Aa and Dd , or whether it is all collected in the spaces AB and CD ; but not , I believe , if it is disposed in any other manner . The ...
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... spread uniformly all over the body , a particle of fluid in it , near the surface , will be repelled towards the surface by a greater quantity of fluid than that by which it is repelled from it ; consequently , the fluid will flow ...
... spread uniformly all over the body , a particle of fluid in it , near the surface , will be repelled towards the surface by a greater quantity of fluid than that by which it is repelled from it ; consequently , the fluid will flow ...
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... uniformly spread ; let the bodies near ABC on the outside be saturated with im- moveable fluid ; and let D be a body inclosed within ABC , and communi- cating by the canal DG with other dis- tant bodies saturated with fluid ; and let ...
... uniformly spread ; let the bodies near ABC on the outside be saturated with im- moveable fluid ; and let D be a body inclosed within ABC , and communi- cating by the canal DG with other dis- tant bodies saturated with fluid ; and let ...
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