The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, R.F.S., Written Between 1771 and 1781 |
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... discharge of the Torpedo Electric resistance of salt and fresh water , and of iron wire Conditions requisite for a spark and for attraction and repulsion Artificial Torpedo • 395 , 396 397 398 399 , 400 401-408 409 The battery and its ...
... discharge of the Torpedo Electric resistance of salt and fresh water , and of iron wire Conditions requisite for a spark and for attraction and repulsion Artificial Torpedo • 395 , 396 397 398 399 , 400 401-408 409 The battery and its ...
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... discharged immediately , it was tried whether the case was the same with the coated globes Diminution of shock by passing through different liquors Whether force with which bodies repel is as square of re- dundant fluid tried by pith ...
... discharged immediately , it was tried whether the case was the same with the coated globes Diminution of shock by passing through different liquors Whether force with which bodies repel is as square of re- dundant fluid tried by pith ...
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... discharge of Lane the same for great or small number of jars . 604 Charge required to force electricity through chain . 605 Wednesday , May 31 [ 1775 ] . Comparison of rows of battery 606 Results of experiments , May 30 . 607 Tuesday ...
... discharge of Lane the same for great or small number of jars . 604 Charge required to force electricity through chain . 605 Wednesday , May 31 [ 1775 ] . Comparison of rows of battery 606 Results of experiments , May 30 . 607 Tuesday ...
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... discharge of electricity through different bodies , are on the back of the usual Notice of the election of the Council and Officers of the Royal Society on the Thirtieth of November , 1774 ( being St Andrew's Day ) at Ten o'Clock in the ...
... discharge of electricity through different bodies , are on the back of the usual Notice of the election of the Council and Officers of the Royal Society on the Thirtieth of November , 1774 ( being St Andrew's Day ) at Ten o'Clock in the ...
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... discharged , he has enabled us to calculate in modern units every degree of electrification that he made use of . What was really needed for Cavendish's experiments was a sensitive electrometer . Cavendish did the best with the ...
... discharged , he has enabled us to calculate in modern units every degree of electrification that he made use of . What was really needed for Cavendish's experiments was a sensitive electrometer . Cavendish did the best with the ...
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attraction and repulsion battery canals of incompressible capacity Cavendish charge circle circumference coated plate column communication computed conductor consequently contain crown glass cylinder deficient fluid degree of electrification density diameter discharge disk disposed electric attraction electric fluid electric organs electrometer electromotive force equilibrio experiment fluid in AB force greater hemispheres impelled incompressible fluid infinite distance inner globe LEMMA less Leyden vial manner nearly equal observed overcharged body pass pith balls placed plane plate of glass positively electrified Prop proportion proposition quantity of electricity quantity of fluid quantity of redundant ratio redundant fluid redundant matter repulsion is inversely resistance rosin salt seems sensibly shock side sliding plate small in respect space spread uniformly square substance suppose surface theory thickness tinfoil torpedo touched trial plate tricity tried tube undercharged body whole
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