 No gas lit, but wire on the electrometer as in the other tests* In place of the metal point, a round disc of zinc, 8 centimetres in diameter, was fixed, as shown in fig. 3, to the end of another steel wire of the same length ; and leakage from it to the...  Proceedings - Page 44by Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1900 - 870 pages
...Remarks. Centimetre 1-0 1-6 3-0 6-0 Volts 200 to 80 = 140 200 to 92 = 108 200 to 179= 21 200 to 196= 4 200 to 197= 3 No gas lit, but wire on the electrometer...or the metal disc, the rate of leakage through the FIG. 3. same difference of potential, was less for the point than for the disc. Thus with the flame... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1897 - 900 pages
...above the point, the leakage from 3500 volts was practically the same as if the flame was not lit. In place of the metal point, a round disc of zinc,...steel wire of the same length ; and leakage from it tothe flame above it, observed. For the same distance between the flame and either the point or the... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1900 - 894 pages
...one minute Volts 200 to 60 = 140 200 to 92 = 108 200 to 179= 21 200 to 196= 4 200 to 197= 3 Remarks. No gas lit, but wire on the electrometer as in the...or the metal disc, the rate of leakage through the FIG. 3. same difference of potential, was less for the point than for the disc. Thus with the flame... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1911 - 394 pages
...minute Remarks Centimetre 1-0 1-5 3-0 6-0 Volts 200 to 60 = 140 200 to 92-108 200 to 179= 21 200 to 196= 4 200 to 197= 3 No gas lit, but wire on the electrometer...or the metal disc, the rate of leakage through the same difference of potential, was less for the point than for the disc. Thus with the flame 25 centimetres... | |
 | Kelvin - 1890 - 402 pages
...minute Remarks Centimetre Volts 1-0 200 to 60 = 140 1-5 200 to 92=108 3-0 200 to 179= 21 6-0 200 to 196= 4 200 to 197= 3 No gas lit, but wire on the electrometer...or the metal disc, the rate of leakage through the same difference of potential, was less for the point than for the disc. Thus with the flame 25 centimetres... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1897 - 686 pages
...above the point, the leakage from 3500 volts was practically the same as if the flame was not lit. In place of the metal point, a round disc of zinc,...or the metal disc, the rate of leakage through the same difference of potential, was less for the. point than for the disc. Thus with the flame 25 centimetres... | |
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