The discharge of electricity through gases : lectures delivered on the occasion of the sesquicentennial of Princeton University (1898)
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940 · New York : Charles Scribner's sons · leaf 106
into thisvat that its electri-ze, y, fication was tested.The arrangementused is represented in Fig. 11. The arc wasformed in an inverted flask, and the air wassucked out from just over the arc. The air be-fore entering the flask bubbled through sulphuricacid and passed through a tube filled with… … ELECTRIFICATION OF GASES 91 ment seems to show that the electrification ob-served near arcs, and probably therefore nearincandescent solids, is not carried by metallic dustgiven off either from the electrodes or from thehot wire, but by the gas itself, though the gas carry-ing the electrification…
Electric discharges through gases · Electricity · Electric Conductivity
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