The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, R.F.S., Written Between 1771 and 1781 |
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... 367 Table of results at different temperatures . 368 Glass conducts electricity better as the temperature rises Table of the charges of glass plates 369 370 CONTENTS . xiii ARTICLES Table of the charges of plates xii CONTENTS .
... 367 Table of results at different temperatures . 368 Glass conducts electricity better as the temperature rises Table of the charges of glass plates 369 370 CONTENTS . xiii ARTICLES Table of the charges of plates xii CONTENTS .
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... conducts better when warm or when cold Examination whether the proportion which conducting power of sat . sol . and salt in 999 bear to each other is altered by heat . ARTICLES 616 617 618 619 620 Resistance of distilled water Salt in ...
... conducts better when warm or when cold Examination whether the proportion which conducting power of sat . sol . and salt in 999 bear to each other is altered by heat . ARTICLES 616 617 618 619 620 Resistance of distilled water Salt in ...
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... conduct somewhat freely . Cavendish therefore does not consider the ex- periment quite decisivet . He found that the apparent capacity of a Florence flask ‡ was greater when it continued charged a good while than when it was charged and ...
... conduct somewhat freely . Cavendish therefore does not consider the ex- periment quite decisivet . He found that the apparent capacity of a Florence flask ‡ was greater when it continued charged a good while than when it was charged and ...
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... conducts about 400 million times better than rain or dis- " tilled water * , " and that " sea water , or a solution of one part of " salt in 30 of water conducts 100 times , and a saturated solution of sea - salt about 720 times better ...
... conducts about 400 million times better than rain or dis- " tilled water * , " and that " sea water , or a solution of one part of " salt in 30 of water conducts 100 times , and a saturated solution of sea - salt about 720 times better ...
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... conducts 1.97 times better in heat of 105 than in that of 581. " He also found that " the pro- portion of the resistance of saturated solution and salt in 999 to each other seems not much altered by varying heat from 50 to 95 ...
... conducts 1.97 times better in heat of 105 than in that of 581. " He also found that " the pro- portion of the resistance of saturated solution and salt in 999 to each other seems not much altered by varying heat from 50 to 95 ...
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