The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
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... matter , whose particles repel each other with a force inversely as the n power of the distance . If n is greater than 3 , the force with which a particle at A is repelled by EBbe or all that part of the cone beyond Bb is as 1 ABR - 3 e ...
... matter , whose particles repel each other with a force inversely as the n power of the distance . If n is greater than 3 , the force with which a particle at A is repelled by EBbe or all that part of the cone beyond Bb is as 1 ABR - 3 e ...
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... matter ; the electric fluid , together with so much of the matter as is sufficient to saturate it , being taken away . This is evident from the definition of saturation . 14 ] PROP . II . Two over or undercharged bodies attract or repel ...
... matter ; the electric fluid , together with so much of the matter as is sufficient to saturate it , being taken away . This is evident from the definition of saturation . 14 ] PROP . II . Two over or undercharged bodies attract or repel ...
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... matter in all the rest of space , except in two given bodies , be saturated with immoveable fluid ; and let the fluid in those two bodies be also immoveable . Then , if one of the bodies is saturated , and the other either over or ...
... matter in all the rest of space , except in two given bodies , be saturated with immoveable fluid ; and let the fluid in those two bodies be also immoveable . Then , if one of the bodies is saturated , and the other either over or ...
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... matter , whose particles repel with a force inversely as the square of the distance , a particle placed anywhere ... matter therein was collected in the center of the sphere ; provided the density of the matter therein is everywhere the ...
... matter , whose particles repel with a force inversely as the square of the distance , a particle placed anywhere ... matter therein was collected in the center of the sphere ; provided the density of the matter therein is everywhere the ...
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... matter in Bb ; and take the space BB such , that the matter therein shall be just able to saturate the redundant fluid in the globe : then , in all parts of the space Bb , the fluid will be pressed close together , so that its particles ...
... matter in Bb ; and take the space BB such , that the matter therein shall be just able to saturate the redundant fluid in the globe : then , in all parts of the space Bb , the fluid will be pressed close together , so that its particles ...
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