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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... Torpedo by Walsh , Hunter , & c . - Experiment on the formation of nitric acid before the Royal Society - Cavendish's artificial Torpedo Account of Cavendish's Writings on Electricity . PAGES xxvii to xxxviii The two papers in the ...
... Torpedo by Walsh , Hunter , & c . - Experiment on the formation of nitric acid before the Royal Society - Cavendish's artificial Torpedo Account of Cavendish's Writings on Electricity . PAGES xxvii to xxxviii The two papers in the ...
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... TORPEDO BY ELECTRICITY . " From the Phil . Trans . for 1776 ( pp . 196 to 225 ) . Walsh's experiments on the Torpedo Shock given by the Torpedo under water Electric resistance of salt and fresh water , and of iron wire Lines of flow of ...
... TORPEDO BY ELECTRICITY . " From the Phil . Trans . for 1776 ( pp . 196 to 225 ) . Walsh's experiments on the Torpedo Shock given by the Torpedo under water Electric resistance of salt and fresh water , and of iron wire Lines of flow of ...
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... TORPEDO . From MS . No. 13 . Shocks from 1st Torpedo Theory of divided circuits 596 597 Shock under water • First leather Torpedo Second leather Torpedo , Tuesday , April 4 [ 1775 ] 598 599 600 Second leather Torpedo , Saturday , May 27 ...
... TORPEDO . From MS . No. 13 . Shocks from 1st Torpedo Theory of divided circuits 596 597 Shock under water • First leather Torpedo Second leather Torpedo , Tuesday , April 4 [ 1775 ] 598 599 600 Second leather Torpedo , Saturday , May 27 ...
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... 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 .
الصفحة xxxv
... Torpedo when in air appeared , on many repeated experiments to be about four times as strong as when " in water . " 66 " The Torpedo , on this occasion , dispensed only the distinct instan- " taneous stroke , so well known by the name ...
... Torpedo when in air appeared , on many repeated experiments to be about four times as strong as when " in water . " 66 " The Torpedo , on this occasion , dispensed only the distinct instan- " taneous stroke , so well known by the name ...
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