A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 263
of oxygen. Carbonic acid gas is formed during the com-bustion of carbon by a sufficient supply of air. Gas, Dielectric Density of A term sometimes emploved instead of dielectricstrength of gas. (See Gas, DielectricStrength of.) Gas, Dielectric Strength of The strain a gas is capable of bearing… … It has been calculated roughly that it requires40,coo volts per centimetre to pass a disruptivedischarge through dry air at ordinary pressures. Gas-Jet, Carcel Standard (See Car eel Standard Gas-jet.) Gas-Jet Photometer.—(See Photometer.) Gas-Lighting, Electric The electric ignition of a gas-jet…
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