The Electrical Researches of the honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S.

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INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR
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Biographical dataLord Charles Cavendishs experiments Henry
xxxvii
Resistance of salt solution at different temperatures
xli
Cavendishs method
xliv
First experiment
li
Experiments in 1776 and 1777 on salt solutions 689
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AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PHÆNOMENA OF ELECTRICITY
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Effect of the thickness of a plate on its capacity
272
Charge of compound plate of glass and rosin
275
Bearing on the theory
278
39 x 7 95
280
Oblong plate
284
Comparison of Lanes electrometer with light straw electro
291
MEASURES
298
First leather Torpedo 599
312

Pressure of electric Auid against a surface
21
Charge of a thin flat plate independent of its thickness
31
Molecular constitution of
43
On the cases in which bodies receive electricity from or part with
51
Charge of a condenser little affected by the presence of an over
52
Cor 176
85
Wilcke and Æpinuss experiment of electrifying a plate of
87
Effect of temperature 691
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Fig PAGE
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Remaining experiments
114
Advantages of the method 246
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Trial Plate
116
Insulators of waxed glass
124
Table of the charges of plates of other substances
135
Fig 1 If the fluid uniformly spread on a circular plate
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295
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Machine for trying Leyden vials
145
Repulsion of two columns
146
299
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Fig 4 Charge of two equal cylinders at a finite distance
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Ten plates from Nairne 593
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Fig 7 Concave plate compared with flat one
158
Second method
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540
162
Density increasing towards the circumference
164
Fig 10 Penetration of glass by Auid
170
Effect of heat on glass To face p
180
Cor 2
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Appearance of the three green cylinders
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544
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Lemma Potential of two equal particles compared with that of their
187
Whether the force with which two bodies repel is as
189
Experiment to test the theory Fig
191
Effect of floor and walls of the room
193
Condition of electric equilibrium between conductors in electric com
199
Artificial Torpedo
201
Electrification by induction
205
The electricity of glass is here taken to be positive
217
Two tin circles of 9 3 compared with one of 18 5
220
The charging jar
223
508
227
Advantages of the second method
229
Results with cement and varnish
230
Second experimentA piece of wood within a vessel formed of
235
Method of operation Fig 14
241
The gauge electrometer
248
Q and P compared with M and K of Nairne also green
250
The bodies to be tested were chosen of nearly equal capacity
254
Whether the charge of plate air is diminished by changing
256
Leakage of the Leyden vials
260
Fringe of dirt
265
Six different arrangements
266
Whether charge of Leyden vial bears the same proportion
269
Experiments without any Torpedo 613
319
Comparison of charges of jars and battery method of repeated communi
321
Eighth experiment Comparison of the charge of the middle plate
326
Comparison of water purged of air and plain water 624
326
Fixed air in water 693
331
Charge of glass plates is many times greater than it ought to be by
332
To find what power of the velocity the resistance is proportional to 629
336
Hypothesis about the relative effect of surrounding bodies on the capa
338
Results 646
343
Experiment to determine whether the air between the plates is charged
344
Increase of charge by induction 652
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515
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First hypothesis Electricity penetrates into the glass to a certain depth
350
Correction for spreading with electricity strong and weak 665
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518
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Comparison of the plate D with the circle of 36 inches diameter with
356
RESULTS ON RESISTANCE
359
Water with different quantities of salt in it 696
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Comparison of the results 0
362
Canals of incompressible fluid
375
Charges of two parallel disks close together
378
Infinite body
379
Molecular constitution of air
380
Zero of potential
382
Cases of Attraction and Repulsion
383
Fifth hypothesis on the communication of electricity between conductor
384
Electromotive force required to produce a spark
387
Capacity of a long narrow cylinder
393
Two cylinders
400
Lemma XVI
401
Glass as a dielectric
402
Computed power of above flask
403
Theory of the experiment with trial plates
406
On the Thoughts concerning Electricity
409
Early form of Cavendishs Theory of Electricity
411
Mode of charging the battery
414
Experiment of the globe and hemispheres
417
The testing electrometer 244
418
Torpedo in a basket in sand shock through wet shoes and through net 421424
421
Capacity of a disk of sensible thickness
423
Two circles
425
Square
426
Three parallel plates
427
Capacity as affected by walls of room
429
Tin cylinder c
430
Comparison of measurements of dielectric capacity
432
On Electrical Fishes
433
Structure of the electric organ
434
Excess of redundant fluid on positive side above deficient fluid on negative side
437
Pump water rain water salt in 1000 sea water 684
443
Salt and fresh water
444
Other saline solutions 415
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555
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