Encyclop¿dia 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 578
... plate ; but this is owing to the electricity induced on the plate . If the electric is pofitive , the adjacent furface of the plate becomes faintly negative , and the fide next the electrometer flightly pofitive . This affects the ...
... plate ; but this is owing to the electricity induced on the plate . If the electric is pofitive , the adjacent furface of the plate becomes faintly negative , and the fide next the electrometer flightly pofitive . This affects the ...
Page 582
... plate or plates jointly . ≥ Thefe make a forcer which ba . with the force . lances the repulfion r of the other plate . No other dif . position will be permanent ; for if a particle be taken out from either Atratum Aab B or Ced D into ...
... plate or plates jointly . ≥ Thefe make a forcer which ba . with the force . lances the repulfion r of the other plate . No other dif . position will be permanent ; for if a particle be taken out from either Atratum Aab B or Ced D into ...
Page 586
... plate on the fluid in the whole canal CP . 2. Required the action of the plate , whose diameter is A a , on the particle P ? Let a represent the area of a circle , whofe diameter gle particle is = 1. Then a is the area of the plate ...
... plate on the fluid in the whole canal CP . 2. Required the action of the plate , whose diameter is A a , on the particle P ? Let a represent the area of a circle , whofe diameter gle particle is = 1. Then a is the area of the plate ...
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