Format:
1 Online-Ressource (488 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511722417
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Physical Sciences
Content:
Henry Cavendish (1731–1810) was an English scientist whose published work was mostly concerned with electricity. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1760. Cavendish was a prolific scientific investigator, performing experiments on not only electricity but also magnetism, thermometry, gases, heat potential and the chemical composition of water. Although he published some of his research, including his discovery of hydrogen, the majority of his work remained unpublished until 1879, when James Clerk Maxwell published a collection of Cavendish's electrical experiments. These papers showed that Cavendish had discovered many important electrical concepts which had since been credited to other researchers, including the concept of electric potential. First published in 1921, these volumes are a collection of Cavendish's results from his many experiments. Volume 1 is a revised edition of James Clerk Maxwell's 1879 volume Electrical Researches of Henry Cavendish, also reissued in this series
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108018210
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108018210
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511722417
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511722417
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