and
cm. respectively. We see that these values are of the same order of magnitude as the distance observed by Stark between the two components polarized parallel to the electric force, viz.
and
cm. The values calculated are somewhat higher than those observed; the difference, however, might possibly be due to the difficulties, mentioned in Stark’s paper, of the determination of the magnitude of the electric force in his preliminary experimental arrangement.
For the ratio between the displacements of
and