A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 233
ws that under these circumstancesthe surface molecules of the platinum lose theirpower of cohering and fly off into the spacearound them, i. e■-, suffer true evaporation. Thisaction takes place under atmospheric pressures,but, like ordinary evaporation, is greatly facili-tated by the presence of a… … Fig. 242. Electrical Evaporation. exposed to the air was first positively electrified,but after an exposure of if hours only a trifling-evaporation was noticeable- The water wasthen negatively electrified, and at the end of \\hours had lost yoW Par^ °f *ts weight more thandid the positively charged…
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