THE 



SCIENTIFIC PAPERS 



OF THE HONOURABLE 



HENRY CAVENDISH, F.R.S. 



VOLUME I 

 THE ELECTRICAL RESEARCHES 



Edited from the Published Papers, and the Cavendish 



Manuscripts in the possession of 

 His GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G., F.R.S. 



by 

 JAMES CLERK MAXWELL, F.R.S. 



CAVENDISH PROFESSOR OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS IN THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 



Revised by 

 SIR JOSEPH LARMOR, F.R.S., M.P. 



LUCAS1AN PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS 



CAMBRIDGE 



AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 



1921 



