The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S., Written Between 1771 and 1781

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At the University Press, 1879 - Electric power - 454 pages
First edition of Cavendish's groundbreaking electrical research.

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Two wires 36 1 and 1 of 72 185 Exp vi
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AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PHÆNOMENA OF ELECTRICITY
1
3 COMPARISON OF THE CHARGES OF COATED PLATES
3
4 REPULSION AS SQUARE OF REDUNDANT FLUID
4
Repulsion of a cone on a particle at the vertex 711
7
Comparison of the charges of four rosin plates with those of circles 9
9
The repulsion between two bodies electrified to the same degree ought
11
Force between two bodies over or under charged 1315
13
PAGE OF
19
Equilibrium of electricity in a globe 2027
20
Two plane parallel plates 2838
28
Experiment to test the theory Fig
31
Canals of incompressible fluid 3953
39
Charge of a condenser little affected by the presence of an over
52
Pressure of electric fluid against a surface
54
Capacity of two disks at a finite distance
61
Charges of similar bodies as the n 1 power of their corresponding diame
67
153
71
Charge of a thin flat plate independent of its thickness
73
Flat coated plate of any form
78
Equilibrium of electricity in bodies communicating by a canal is
84
Cor 176
85
Whether the conditions of equilibrium are the same for two bodies com
94
ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIMENTS
104
Attraction and repulsion 106117
106
Result of the experiment
110
Trial Plate
116
On the cases in which bodies receive electricity from or part with
118
New apparatus for the comparison of capacities Fig 20 295
120
Insulators of waxed glass
124
Cantons and Franklins experiments
127
1st Night
129
Allowance for connecting wire 647
137
Hypothesis about the relative effect of surrounding bodies on the capa
142
Machine for trying Leyden vials
145
The trial plate 297
147
Second method of trying the experiment
150
Three coated plates
157
Slit coatings
159
Form of plate indifferent
164
On the Leyden vial
168
Table of Results with plates of
170
Equivalent thickness of plate if there were no penetration
179
Effect of heat on glass To face p
180
Cor 2
181
Effect of want of conductivity of the straws
182
Lemma Potential of two equal particles compared with that of their
187
386
189
Effect of floor and walls of the room
193
Condition of electric equilibrium between conductors in electric com
199
Electrification by induction
205
438
216
Estimation of the degree of accuracy of the result
221
Two tin circles of 93 compared with one of 18 5
222
Effects of the electrification of the air
257
Lac and 4th rosin with D+E+F also thin wax with D +
258
Weak charges always used
263
Whether the charge of plate E bears the same proportion
264
Comparison with a very weak degree of electrification Large cylinder
268
Fourth experiment Capacities of bodies of different substances but
269
The experiment repeated in a different manner
275
Charge of coated glass at different temperatures Fig
279
+ and electricity
280
Seventh experiment Comparison of the capacities of several bodies
281
561
282
Disturbing cause
287
Comparison of Lanes electrometer with light straw electro
291
MEASURES
298
Advantage of the second method
299
Charge of 1st battery of Nairne
300
These methods abandoned
305
592
306
Recapitulation of the theory of coated plates
311
First leather Torpedo
312
Experiment of p 61 tried with small ball blown to the
316
Comparison of D + E + F when close together and when six inches apart
317
Second leather Torpedo under water
318
Comparison of charges of jars and battery method of repeated communi
321
on thick plates and 0 09 on thin plates
323
624
326
Spreading not uniform throughout its extent
328
To find what power of the velocity the resistance is proportional
332
RESISTANCE OF COPPER WIRE
338
41 345 compared with double B by sliding coated plate
344
H 658
349
Whether charge of Leyden vial bears the same proportion
353
Table of glass plates 673
355
Effect of temperature
359
Distribution of hypothetical fluids in spheres
375
Fifth hypothesis on the communication of electricity between conductor
384
Capacity of a long narrow cylinder
393
Walshs experiments on the Torpedo
397
Two cylinders
400
Theory of this method
403
The two flat conductors between which the plate of air lies or in modern
404
Arrangement of the apparatus
406
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409
Mode of charging the battery
414
Interpretation of the result
418
Shocks in air and under salt water Law of divided currents
421
Experiment of the globe and hemispheres
423
Capacity as affected by walls of room
429
Structure of the electric organ
434
Excess of redundant fluid on positive side above deficient fluid
437
Pump water rain water salt in 1000 sea water 684
443
Cor Distribution probably nearly the same as in plate of air of equiva
452
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