The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S., Written Between 1771 and 1781At the University Press, 1879 - 454 من الصفحات First edition of Cavendish's groundbreaking electrical research. |
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... contain same quantity of electricity when close together as when at a distance , tried by machine for Leyden vials . 555 • 89. Whether charge of white glass thermometer tube is the same when hot as when cold 556 92. Allowance for ...
... contain same quantity of electricity when close together as when at a distance , tried by machine for Leyden vials . 555 • 89. Whether charge of white glass thermometer tube is the same when hot as when cold 556 92. Allowance for ...
الصفحة xxiv
... containing the words " shock melter To face p . 326 Do. containing Calc . SS.A. , & c . To face p . 329 ERRATUM . P. 137. Art . 283 , line 2 , for 1.53 read 1.153 . In the late Dr George Wilson's collection of Cavendish MSS . there is a ...
... containing the words " shock melter To face p . 326 Do. containing Calc . SS.A. , & c . To face p . 329 ERRATUM . P. 137. Art . 283 , line 2 , for 1.53 read 1.153 . In the late Dr George Wilson's collection of Cavendish MSS . there is a ...
الصفحة xxx
... contain 28 " inches of electricity , " up to his battery of 49 jars , which contained 321000 " inches of electricity " * . These " inches of electricity " can be directly compared with our modern measurements of electrostatic capacity ...
... contain 28 " inches of electricity , " up to his battery of 49 jars , which contained 321000 " inches of electricity " * . These " inches of electricity " can be directly compared with our modern measurements of electrostatic capacity ...
الصفحة xxxi
... contains Cavendish's Eudiometer and Registering Thermometer . No trace , however , of a set of glass plates could be found . It is possible , however , that if the plates were neatly packed up , their small bulk and their apparent ...
... contains Cavendish's Eudiometer and Registering Thermometer . No trace , however , of a set of glass plates could be found . It is possible , however , that if the plates were neatly packed up , their small bulk and their apparent ...
الصفحة xxxiv
... his celebrated paper on the Torpedo . The private investi- gations of Cavendish are contained in this volume , but the ex- * Phil . Trans . , 1778 , p . 313 . ternal events which were more or less connected with them xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... his celebrated paper on the Torpedo . The private investi- gations of Cavendish are contained in this volume , but the ex- * Phil . Trans . , 1778 , p . 313 . ternal events which were more or less connected with them xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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