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XIII.—The Cathode Fall of Potential in a High Voltage Discharge

  • G. P. Thomson (a1) (a2)
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Most of the work which has been done directly on the cathode fall of potential refers to discharges where the potential difference applied was less than 1000 volts. In view of the large amount of work which has been done with discharge tubes worked from an induction coil at voltages of the order of 30,000, it seems of interest to consider how far the results obtained at the lower voltages can be applied to this case.

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page 129 note * Harris has made some experiments by the cathode ray method, though at rather lower potentials than those used in these experiments, Phil. Mag., 6, vol. xxx, p. 182.

page 135 note * See Thomson's, J. J.Rays of Positive Electricity, p. 108.

page 135 note † Ibid., p. 110.

page 137 note * The case Q = 0 is shown in J. J. Thomson's Rays of Positive Electricity, p. 112, to lead to Aston's expression for the force in the dark space V = Bξ 2.

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