CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE AN UPPER LIMIT TO THE KINETIC
ENERGY OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT [i], 1880
2. ON INDUCTION IN ROTATING SPHERES, 1880
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35
3. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY OVER THE SURFACE OF
MOVING CONDUCTORS, 1881
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127
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4. UPPER LIMIT FOR THE KINETIC ENERGY OF ELECTRICITY IN MOTION
[ii], 1881
137
5. ON THE CONTACT OF ELASTIC SOLIDS, 1881.
146
6. ON THE CONTACT OF RIGID ELASTIC SOLIDS AND ON HARDNESS,
1882.
163
7. ON A NEW HYGROMETER, 1882
184
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8. ON THE EVAPORATION OF LIQUIDS, AND ESPECIALLY OF MERCURY,
IN VACUO, 1882
186
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200
9. ON THE PRESSURE OF SATURATED MERCURY-VAPOUR, 1882
10. ON THE CONTINUOUS CURRENTS WHICH THE TIDAL ACTION OF THE
HEAVENLY BODIES MUST PRODUCE IN THE OCEAN, 1883
207
11. HOT-WIRE AMMETER OF SMALL RESISTANCE AND NEGLIGIBLE
INDUCTANCE, 1883 .
211
12. ON A PHENOMENON WHICH ACCOMPANIES THE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE,
1883.
216
13. EXPERIMENTS ON THE CATHODE DISCHARGE, 1883
224
14. ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF BENZENE WITH RESPECT TO INSULATION
AND RESIDUAL CHARGE, 1883
255
15. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF STRESS IN AN ELASTIC RIGHT CIRCULAR
CYLINDER 1884
261