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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 162

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to such an extent that a platinumwire placed at the centre becomes red hot, and apiece of thin glass gets fused when the rays aredirected on it. 10 146 CATHODE KAYS Mechanical Effects produced by the CathodeRays. Mr. Crookes * has shown that when these raysimpinge on vanes mounted like those in a… … Fig. 20. discharge passes through the tube, the cathoderays strike against the upper vanes, and the wheeltravels from the negative to the positive end ofthe tube. In interpreting these experiments, wemust remember that since the sides of the vanesexposed to the bombardment get hotter than…

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