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 196
Fig. 37. 180 CATHODE KAYS start from the surface in all directions. Thephenomenon is regarded as analogous to thediffuse reflection of light from such a surfaceas gypsum, and the cathode rays are said tobe diffusely reflected from the surface. Thephenomenon can be very simply shown by thefollowing… … Fig. 88. the plate f, which can be rotated by turning therod which passes through the stopper at A. Thewalls of the tube AC become phosphorescent fromthe cathode rays diffusely reflected from /. Thisoccurs even when the plate is made of some sub-stance which does not of itself phosphoresce underthe…
Electric discharges through gases · Electricity · Electric Conductivity
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