The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ...

Henry Cavendish

University Press, 1879 - 454 pagina's

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INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR	xxvii

Charge of glass plates is many times greater than it ought to be by	xxviii

Biographical dataLord Charles Cavendishs experimentsHenry	xxxvii

Method of testing	xliv

First experiment	li

Determination of the power of the velocity to which the resistance	lix

Sat sol in 99 39 sat	lx

Remaining experiments	lxiii

386	189

Effect of floor and walls of the room	193

16	197

Condition of electric equilibrium between conductors in electric com	199

Electrification by induction	205

Effect of an overcharged body	209

Capacity as affected by walls of room	210

1st Night	216

AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PHENOMENA OF ELECTRICITY	1

3 COMPARISON OF THE CHARGES OF COATED PLATES	3

4 REPULSION AS SQUARE OF REDUNDANT Fluid	4

Fig 2 Repulsion of a particle on a column	5

Repulsion of a cone on a particle at the vertex 711	7

Comparison of the charges of four rosin plates with those of circles 93	9

The repulsion between two bodies electrified to the same degree ought	11

Force between two bodies over or under charged 1315	13

Equilibrium of electricity in a globe 2027	20

Experiment to test the theory Fig	31

Charge of a condenser little affected by the presence of an over	52

Fig 3 Action of a uniform cylinder on an external point	61

147	67

Two cylinders	71

Flat circular plate	78

Cor 176	85

Whether the conditions of equilibrium are the same for two bodies com	94

PAGE OF MS ARTICLES	95

Cor 7	97

FIG PAGE	104

Attraction and repulsion 106117	106

The Leyden jars	110

Advantages of the method	115

Trial Plate	116

On the cases in which bodies receive electricity from or part with	118

Method of making the experiment	120

Insulators of waxed glass	124

Leakage of the Leyden vials	126

Cantons and Franklins experiments	127

Fifth experiment Charge of two small circles compared with that of	133

Allowance for connecting wire 647	137

List of plates of glass 592	144

Machine for trying Leyden vials	145

The trial plate	147

Fringe of dirt	155

Ten plates from Nairne 593	157

Slit coatings	159

Comparison of different cylinders	161

On the Leyden vial	168

Compared results 649	170

Application of this hypothesis to the three circles and the globe	172

Density more nearly uniform than if there had been	179

Effect of heat on glass To face p	180

Cor 2	181

Method of preventing the vibration of the straws	182

Lemma Potential of two equal particles compared with that of their	187

The electricity of glass is here taken to be positive	217

Two tin circles of 93 compared with one of 185	222

The charging jar	223

Advantages of the second method	229

Second experimentA piece of wood within a vessel formed of	235

Plate of air between glass plates with tinfoil coatings	237

Exp IV	238

Increase of charge by induction 652	240

Method of operation Fig 14	241

501	250

Crown A and C compared with A B and C of Nairne	253

Breaking of electricity through thin plates of lac experi	259

Charge of the triple plate the three plates A B and C	266

PAGE OF MS ARTICLES	269

Coated plate compared with nonelectric body with strong and weak	280

Disturbing cause	287

Comparison of Lanes electrometer with light straw electro	291

Iron wire and salt water	294

MEASURES	298

Artificial Torpedo	310

First leather Torpedo 599	312

Experiment of p 61 tried with small ball blown to the	316

Experiments without any Torpedo 613	319

Comparison of charges of jars and battery method of repeated communi	321

Comparison of water purged of air and plain water 624	326

To find what power of the velocity the resistance is proportional to 629	336

Results 646	343

41 x 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

Other saline solutions	360

Fifth hypothesis on the communication of electricity between conductor	384

The battery and its charge	397

First hypothesis Electricity penetrates into the glass to a certain depth	403

The two flat conductors between which the plate of air lies or in modern	404

Mode of charging the battery	414

The testing electrometer 244	418

Torpedo in a basket in sand shock through wet shoes and through net 421424	421

Structure of the electric organ	434

Pump water rain water salt in 1000 sea water 684	443

Sea salt	444

Globe and circle	448

Conduction only normal to the surface of the plate	449

Cor Distribution probably nearly the same as in plate of air of equiva	452

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Titel	The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ...
Auteur	Henry Cavendish
Redacteur	James Clerk Maxwell
Uitgever	University Press, 1879
Oorspronkelijk uit	Harvard University
Gedigitaliseerd	18 juli 2007
Lengte	454 pagina's

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