The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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Page xiv
... tried with small sliding trial plate ; 445 Double plate_11 globe 18 Thick plate , 1.45 × 168_14 446 globe 13 Trials of wires . Single wire , 96 x 19. Two wires , 48 × 1 at 36 and 18 . Two wires , 1 x 24 , at 18 , 36 447 448 Results of ...
... tried with small sliding trial plate ; 445 Double plate_11 globe 18 Thick plate , 1.45 × 168_14 446 globe 13 Trials of wires . Single wire , 96 x 19. Two wires , 48 × 1 at 36 and 18 . Two wires , 1 x 24 , at 18 , 36 447 448 Results of ...
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... tried Exp . III • Do. Dec. 14 , 1771 · Dec. 16 , 1771. Conductivity of stone squares Dec. 17 , 1771. Exp . Dec. 18. Exp . IV Exp . v , circles 9.3 and 18.5 Exp . v , 2nd arrangement Dec. 30. Exp . v , observations ARTICLES • 466 467 468 ...
... tried Exp . III • Do. Dec. 14 , 1771 · Dec. 16 , 1771. Conductivity of stone squares Dec. 17 , 1771. Exp . Dec. 18. Exp . IV Exp . v , circles 9.3 and 18.5 Exp . v , 2nd arrangement Dec. 30. Exp . v , observations ARTICLES • 466 467 468 ...
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... tried by a better machine 27. Note to list of plates in p . 11 508 • 509 510 511 512 • 513 514 · 28 . 1st and 2nd sliding plates compared with double plate B ; also Q , P , O and thin rosin ; old G and whitish plate com- pared with D ...
... tried by a better machine 27. Note to list of plates in p . 11 508 • 509 510 511 512 • 513 514 · 28 . 1st and 2nd sliding plates compared with double plate B ; also Q , P , O and thin rosin ; old G and whitish plate com- pared with D ...
Page xvii
... tried whether the case was the same with the coated globes · 43. Diminution of shock by passing through different liquors 47. Whether force with which bodies repel is as square of re- dundant fluid tried by pith balls hung by threads 51 ...
... tried whether the case was the same with the coated globes · 43. Diminution of shock by passing through different liquors 47. Whether force with which bodies repel is as square of re- dundant fluid tried by pith balls hung by threads 51 ...
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... tried both when warm and when cold . 548 · 80. Whether charge of glass plate is the same when warm as when cold 549 81. Crown with slit coatings and H with oblong compared with white cylinder ; also second thermometer tube with D + E + ...
... tried both when warm and when cold . 548 · 80. Whether charge of glass plate is the same when warm as when cold 549 81. Crown with slit coatings and H with oblong compared with white cylinder ; also second thermometer tube with D + E + ...
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