Excerpt from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 17: From Their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800; Abridged, With Notes and Biographic IllustrationsThe experiments here analyzed are only one set among others which, though made with less accuracy, have given the same general results. These, relating to various kinds of substances, Mr. D. Intends to repeat, and to communicate their results to the R. 5. He then concludes this paper, with an immediate de monstration, that the hygroscopic motions of the slips are simple, while those of the threads are the combined effects of 2 opposite causes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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