A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 178
held within the stream ; and, what is more Dis.] 166 [Dis. singular, the luminous stream is not at all easilydeflected by the approach of a conducting body. At this stage the streams seemingly pass withthe greatest freedom through considerable thick-nesses of insulators, and it is particularly… … ix 207. Fifth, Typical Form of Discharge (Testa). erable to plates, as the discharge can be betterobserved. By inserting dielectric bodies betweenthe spheres, beautiful discharge phenomena maybe observed. If the spheres be quite close and aspark be playing between them, by interposing athin plate…
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