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 199
ff wire which is surroundedby a glass tube. The anode A was a brass tubesurrounding part of the cathode. The end of the tube opposite the cathode wasclosed by a strong metal cap fastened to the tubeby marine glue ; a hole 1.7 mm. in diameter wasbored in the middle of the cap, and this hole… … Fig. 39. 184 CATHODE RAYS ode were connected with the earth. The tube wasthen exhausted until the pressure was so low thatthe cathode rays reached the window. Then ina dark room diffuse light is seen to spread fromthe window into the air outside the tube ; this lightis brightest close to the…
Electric discharges through gases · Electricity · Electric Conductivity
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