A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 545
ures. Geissler tubes are made of a great variety ofshapes, and often include tubes, spirals, spheres,etc., within other tubes. These enclosed tubesare made either of ordinary glass, or of uraniumglass in order to obtain the effects of fluorescence. The vacuum in Geissler tubes is by no meanswhat… … Fig. 560. Geissler Tubes. Tubes of Force.—(See Force, Tubes of.)Tubes of Induction.—(See Induction,Tubes of.) Tubes, Vacuum Glass tubes, from which the air has been partially exhausted andthrough which electric discharges are passedfor the production of luminous effects. (SeeTubes,…
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