The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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Page xvii
... tube ; also fringed rings on plate of crown glass , & c . 69. Whether charge of Leyden vial bears the same proportion to that of another body when the electrification is very weak as when it is strong ; tried by communicating the ...
... tube ; also fringed rings on plate of crown glass , & c . 69. Whether charge of Leyden vial bears the same proportion to that of another body when the electrification is very weak as when it is strong ; tried by communicating the ...
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... tube 75. Lane's electrometer compared with straw and paper electro- meter ; also charge of plate rosin with brass coating made to prevent spreading of electricity 76. Second thermometer tube ; also comparison of charge of cylinder used ...
... tube 75. Lane's electrometer compared with straw and paper electro- meter ; also charge of plate rosin with brass coating made to prevent spreading of electricity 76. Second thermometer tube ; also comparison of charge of cylinder used ...
Page xix
... tubes of different bores , and whether it is as much diminished in passing through nine small tubes as through the same length of one large tube , the area of whose bore is equal to that of the nine small ones 125. Comparison of the ...
... tubes of different bores , and whether it is as much diminished in passing through nine small tubes as through the same length of one large tube , the area of whose bore is equal to that of the nine small ones 125. Comparison of the ...
Page xxi
... Tube 14 Tubes 14 , 15 , 22 , 23 , 5 , 17 Tubes 12 , 20 Results CALIBRATION OF TUBES . Jan. 1781. From MS . No. 19 . 632 633 634 635 RESISTANCE OF COPPER WIRE . From MS . No. 19 . Copper wire on glass reel Failure of former method Barometer ...
... Tube 14 Tubes 14 , 15 , 22 , 23 , 5 , 17 Tubes 12 , 20 Results CALIBRATION OF TUBES . Jan. 1781. From MS . No. 19 . 632 633 634 635 RESISTANCE OF COPPER WIRE . From MS . No. 19 . Copper wire on glass reel Failure of former method Barometer ...
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... MS . No. 20 . Pump water , rain water , salt in 1000 , sea water 684 Nine tubes compared with one Resistance as 1.03rd power of velocity Resistance of iron wire 685 686 687 Sat. sol . in 9939 sat . sol . Experiments xxii CONTENTS .
... MS . No. 20 . Pump water , rain water , salt in 1000 , sea water 684 Nine tubes compared with one Resistance as 1.03rd power of velocity Resistance of iron wire 685 686 687 Sat. sol . in 9939 sat . sol . Experiments xxii CONTENTS .
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attraction and repulsion balls separated battery canals of incompressible Cavendish charge circle coated plate column communication computed conductor consequently contain corks crown glass cylinder deficient fluid degree of electrification density diameter discharged disk disposed double plates electric attraction electric fluid electric organs electromotive force experiment fluid in AB force greater hemispheres impelled inches incompressible fluid inner globe Lane's LEMMA less Leyden vial manner observed pass pith balls placed plane plate air plate of glass positively electrified Prop proportion quantity of electricity quantity of fluid quantity of redundant ratio redundant fluid redundant matter repulsion is inversely salt saturated seems sensibly shock side sliding plate small in respect space specific gravity spread uniformly square suppose surface theory thickness tinfoil torpedo touched trial plate tricity tried tube undercharged body whole
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