Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 300
ws that theduration of an electric spark must beveiy brief, inasmuch as it fails toilluminate these objects in two successive positions. The remarkable beauty and brilliancy of the discharge isperhaps best exhibited by means of the well known Geisslerstubes. These tubes contain highly rarefied… … 280 ELECTEICtTY AND MAGNETISM. pouring from pole to pole, is often striated or divided trans-versely into luminous sections, with alternating darker sections,as shown in Figure 194. These striae vary in shape and color
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