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... touching eight or nine times with coated plate and wire 441 Thickness . C 36031 Three coated plates 442 · D 05908 F 05914 C. D , F close together and far asunder Three coated plates , 1.8 diam . , 18 thick 443 444 14 × 9.4 Globe and ...
... touching eight or nine times with coated plate and wire 441 Thickness . C 36031 Three coated plates 442 · D 05908 F 05914 C. D , F close together and far asunder Three coated plates , 1.8 diam . , 18 thick 443 444 14 × 9.4 Globe and ...
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... ] . Second leather Torpedo touched in various 612 ways Experiments without any Torpedo . 613 Anatomy of electric organs of Torpedo 614 Second leather Torpedo new covered 615 RESISTANCE TO ELECTRICITY . From MS . No. 20 . XX CONTENTS .
... ] . Second leather Torpedo touched in various 612 ways Experiments without any Torpedo . 613 Anatomy of electric organs of Torpedo 614 Second leather Torpedo new covered 615 RESISTANCE TO ELECTRICITY . From MS . No. 20 . XX CONTENTS .
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... touching with a body of small capacity . ( Arts . 412 , 441 , 582. ) This method is the same as that used by MM . Weber and Kohlrausch in their classical investigation of the ratio of the electric units * . Thus the method of ...
... touching with a body of small capacity . ( Arts . 412 , 441 , 582. ) This method is the same as that used by MM . Weber and Kohlrausch in their classical investigation of the ratio of the electric units * . Thus the method of ...
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... touched with one the tinfoil belonging to one of the tubes to be compared , and then with the other touched the knob of jar No. 1 , so as to receive a shock , the charge passing through his body and the first tube . He next laid one of ...
... touched with one the tinfoil belonging to one of the tubes to be compared , and then with the other touched the knob of jar No. 1 , so as to receive a shock , the charge passing through his body and the first tube . He next laid one of ...
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... touching the inner globe , a piece of silk string being fastened to the end of the wire , by which I could draw it out at pleasure . 220 ] Having done this I electrified the hemispheres by means of a wire communicating with the positive ...
... touching the inner globe , a piece of silk string being fastened to the end of the wire , by which I could draw it out at pleasure . 220 ] Having done this I electrified the hemispheres by means of a wire communicating with the positive ...
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