Book contents
- Frontmatter
- The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish
- Frontispiece
- The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S.
- Preface to Volume I
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR
- Cavendish's Writings on Electricity
- The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S.
- First Published Paper on Electricity: An Attempt to Explain Some of the Principal Phænomena of Electricity, By Means of an Elastic Fluid
- Part II Containing A Comparison of the Foregoing Theory with Experiment
- Preliminary Propositions
- Appendix
- Thoughts Concerning Electricity
- Account of the Experiments
- Experiments on the Comparison of Charges
- Comparison of the Charges Of Coated Plates
- Repulsion as Square of Redundant Fluid
- Second Published Paper on Electricity: An Account of Some Attempts to Imitate the Effects of the Torpedo by Electricity
- Experiments in 1771
- Experiments in 1772
- Experiments in 1773
- M. [Measures]
- Experiments with the Artificial Torpedo
- Resistance to Electricity
- Results [of Comparisons of Charges]
- Results [on Resistance]
- Notes by the Editor
- Life of Cavendish
First Published Paper on Electricity: An Attempt to Explain Some of the Principal Phænomena of Electricity, By Means of an Elastic Fluid
from The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
- Frontmatter
- The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish
- Frontispiece
- The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S.
- Preface to Volume I
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR
- Cavendish's Writings on Electricity
- The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S.
- First Published Paper on Electricity: An Attempt to Explain Some of the Principal Phænomena of Electricity, By Means of an Elastic Fluid
- Part II Containing A Comparison of the Foregoing Theory with Experiment
- Preliminary Propositions
- Appendix
- Thoughts Concerning Electricity
- Account of the Experiments
- Experiments on the Comparison of Charges
- Comparison of the Charges Of Coated Plates
- Repulsion as Square of Redundant Fluid
- Second Published Paper on Electricity: An Account of Some Attempts to Imitate the Effects of the Torpedo by Electricity
- Experiments in 1771
- Experiments in 1772
- Experiments in 1773
- M. [Measures]
- Experiments with the Artificial Torpedo
- Resistance to Electricity
- Results [of Comparisons of Charges]
- Results [on Resistance]
- Notes by the Editor
- Life of Cavendish
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1921