A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 179
rk portions. The effects of luminousconvective discharges arebest seen in exhausted glass tubes, called Geisslertubes, containing residual atmospheres of variousgases. (See Tubes, Geissler.) Discharge, Dead-Beat — A non-oscillatory discharge. (See Discharge,Oscillatory^) Discharge, Disruptive A… … Fig, 209. Discharge inRarefied Air. mits the discharge to pass as a spark, or rapidsuccession of sparks. In air, the spark, when long, generally takesthe zigzag path, as shown in Fig. 210. The sparks produced by disruptive dischargesconsist of heated gases,together with portions ofthe conductor…
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