Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 55
tal. The force of attrac-tion of the electron toward the surface is, therefore F==e-/4n.The work done by an electron which escapes from the surfaceis thus / W — e (p ^= I dr ^= — , 4r- 4a (6) 40 K. T. COMPTOX. [J.F.I. where (/ is the ihstance from which the electron started, so that 2ais the… … in a field of force depends on the work M\ required to take anelectron from the second to the first position according tothe equation w 2 1 k T (7) where e is the base of the Naperian logarithms and T is theabsolute temperature. If the second position is the initial positionat a distance a, so that…
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