The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S., Written Between 1771 and 1781First edition of Cavendish's groundbreaking electrical research. |
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... less celebrated repository , and that they may yet gain an honourable place in the museum of historical instruments . But we need not expect ever to discover a piece of apparatus of still greater historical interest - that by which ...
... less celebrated repository , and that they may yet gain an honourable place in the museum of historical instruments . But we need not expect ever to discover a piece of apparatus of still greater historical interest - that by which ...
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... less than that of a plate of glass or of wax of the same dimensions , but it seemed to be about in excess of the cal- culated value . This discrepancy will be discussed in Note 17 . These may be considered the principal results of the ...
... less than that of a plate of glass or of wax of the same dimensions , but it seemed to be about in excess of the cal- culated value . This discrepancy will be discussed in Note 17 . These may be considered the principal results of the ...
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... less than that of the shock through the first , and concluded that the tube which gave the greater shock had the smaller resistance . He then adjusted the wire in one of the tubes so as to make the resistance more nearly equal to that ...
... less than that of the shock through the first , and concluded that the tube which gave the greater shock had the smaller resistance . He then adjusted the wire in one of the tubes so as to make the resistance more nearly equal to that ...
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... less power of the distance than the cube . 4 ] For the future , I would be understood never to compre- hend the electric fluid under the word matter , but only some other sort of matter . 5 ] It is indifferent whether you suppose all ...
... less power of the distance than the cube . 4 ] For the future , I would be understood never to compre- hend the electric fluid under the word matter , but only some other sort of matter . 5 ] It is indifferent whether you suppose all ...
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... less power than the square , that all parts , except near the surface , will be overcharged . 43 ] PROP . X. Let the bodies A and D ( Fig . 5 ) communicate Fig . 5 . R E F D 000 B A with each other by the canal EF ; and let one of them ...
... less power than the square , that all parts , except near the surface , will be overcharged . 43 ] PROP . X. Let the bodies A and D ( Fig . 5 ) communicate Fig . 5 . R E F D 000 B A with each other by the canal EF ; and let one of them ...
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