 | Ludwig Friedrich Kämtz, Charles Martins, Léon Lalanne - 1845 - 670 pages
...defensible. In the sudden agglomeration of many minute and feeble electrified globules into one rain-drop, the quantity of electricity is increased in a greater...the laws of electric distribution) it is spread. Its ten« Vide PHI. Mag. March. 1843. t Vide Camplet rerutiu del'Acud. May 5, 1841. -"in. therefore, is... | |
 | 1850 - 436 pages
...agglomeration of many minute and feebly electrified globules into one rain-drop, the quantity of the electricity is increased in a greater proportion than...the drop to seek the surface of the cloud, or of the newly formed descending body of rain, which, undef such circumstances, and with respect to electricity... | |
 | 1850 - 440 pages
...agglomeration of many minute and feebly electrified globules into one rain-drop, the quantity of the electricity is increased in a greater proportion than...is increased, and may attain the point when it is cap.ible of separating from the drop to seek the surface of the cloud, or of the newly formed descending... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 570 pages
...result of the agglomeration of many minute and feebly electrified globules into one rain-drop, by which the quantity of Electricity is increased in a greater proportion than the surface over which it is spread : the tension is therefore increased, and at last becomes enormous, and the flash escapes.... | |
 | Francis Albert Rollo Russell - 1893 - 252 pages
...defensible. In the sudden agglomeration of the many minute and feeble electrified globules into one raindrop, the quantity of electricity is increased in a greater...spread. Its tension therefore is increased, and may reach the point when it is capable of separating from the drop to seek the surface of the cloud, or... | |
 | 1839 - 1198 pages
...the electric discharge ? Opinion would seem to lean to the latter side, or rather, we are not aware that the former has been maintained or even suggested....in a greater proportion than the surface over which (ac. cording to the laws of electric distribution) it is spread. Its tension therefore is increased,... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...defensible. In the sudden agglomeration of many minute and feebly electrified globules into one rain-drop, the quantity of electricity is increased in a greater...is spread. Its tension therefore is increased, and mayattainthe point when it is capable of separating from the drop to seek the surface of the cloud,... | |
 | 1850 - 582 pages
...prominent. Under ordinary circumstances the intense charge of each drop is brought to the ground ; but if the quantity of electricity is increased in a greater proportion than the surface of each drop over which it is spread, then in the very act of descending to the earth the tension may... | |
 | 1850 - 1174 pages
...prominent. Under ordinary circumstances the intense charge of each drop is brought to the ground; but if the quantity of electricity is increased in a greater proportion than the surface of each drop over which it is spread, then in the very act of descending to the earth the tension may... | |
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... consequence of the electric discharge ? Opinion would seem to lean to the latter side, or rather, we are not aware that the former has been maintained or even suggested ; yet it is very defensible. In the sudden agglomeration of many minute and feebly... 