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
e 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 of ebonite between the spheres thespark instantly ceases and the discharge… … Fig. 20 8. Lwiinous Discharge with InterposedInsulators. plates may be made to stick together in this man-ner. If the spheres are so far apart that no sparkoccurs, even if they are far beyond the strikingdistance, by inserting a thick plate of glass thedischarge is instantly induced to pass from…
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