Contents xxvii 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Henry Cavendish, from the picture by W. Alexander .... Frontispiece 



FACSIMILES OF CAVENDISH'S FIGURES 



FIG. PAGE 



12. Globe and Hemispheres ng 



15. [Adjustable] Trial Plate . I2 ^ 



14. Machine for trying simple conductors 128 



30. Electrometer ............. 132 



16. Insulators of waxed glass ........... 134 



20. Machine for trying Leyden vials 151 



23. [Perforated] coatings 163 



24. [Slit coatings] 164 



28. Effect of heat on glass ........... 182 



Facsimile of MS. containing the words "shock melter" ..... 317 



Do. containing Calc. S.S.A., &c. 320 



In the late Dr George Wilson's collection of Cavendish MSS. -there is a drawing of which 

 the following page is a reduced copy. The words " buried at Derby" are written in pencil on 

 the margin. 



Henry Cavendish was buried in the Devonshire Vault, All Saints' Church, Derby, but 

 Mr J. Cooling, Jun., Churchwarden of All Saints, inforrns me that there is no slab or monu- 

 ment of any kind erected in memory of him there. [See introduction to Vol. II of this 

 edition.] 





