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In an unusually succinct introduction he gives all the preliminary and collateral information that is likely to be useful to a young student ; and , wherever we have examined his notes , we have found them eminently practical and ...
In an unusually succinct introduction he gives all the preliminary and collateral information that is likely to be useful to a young student ; and , wherever we have examined his notes , we have found them eminently practical and ...
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| Title | The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 |
| Author | Henry Cavendish |
| Editor | James Clerk Maxwell |
| Publisher | University Press, 1879 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 18 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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