Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 566
... fide of B , it will be repelled ; and if on the overcharged fide of B , it will be attracted . = 2. If the redundancy and deficiency in the two por . tions of B be inverfely proportional to the forces , fo that F ' : m'x ' : z , we ...
... fide of B , it will be repelled ; and if on the overcharged fide of B , it will be attracted . = 2. If the redundancy and deficiency in the two por . tions of B be inverfely proportional to the forces , fo that F ' : m'x ' : z , we ...
Page 576
... fide of B becomes undercharged , and its redundaut matter , attracting the fluid in A , condenfes it in the adjacent fide , abitracting part of the redundant fluid from that fide which is next to the pith - ball . Then the joint ac ...
... fide of B becomes undercharged , and its redundaut matter , attracting the fluid in A , condenfes it in the adjacent fide , abitracting part of the redundant fluid from that fide which is next to the pith - ball . Then the joint ac ...
Page 596
... fide of the coated pane unless it be fuppofing abftracted from the other ; and that therefore the char- that a char - ged glass contains no more than it did before charging . ged plate . We indeed find , that we cannot charge the infide ...
... fide of the coated pane unless it be fuppofing abftracted from the other ; and that therefore the char- that a char - ged glass contains no more than it did before charging . ged plate . We indeed find , that we cannot charge the infide ...
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