[32] Phil. Trans., 1897, A., communicated to the Royal Soc., June, 1896.
[33] Quoted in The Electrician “Notes,” October 1, 1897.
[34] Phil. Mag., May and July, 1897. He also shows electrical cohesion by an emulsion of oil and water, the two liquids, thoroughly shaken up, at once separating when exposed to strong electrical influence.
[35] A fact noticed by Bichat and Blondlot.
[36] In this apparatus the mercury amalgams of K and Na are run through a fine funnel, so that the freshly-formed surface of the drops may be illuminated. Under these circumstances, while pure mercury fell from -185 to -175 volts in 30sec., amalgam of zinc fell from -195 to -116 in 15sec., amalgam of sodium fell from -195 to 0 in 10sec., and an amalgam of potassium fell from -195 to 0 in 5sec.
[37] [See Fig. 7], page 9.
[38] Corresponding to the activity of this gas as found by Wiedemann and Ebert (Wied. Ann., XXXIII., p. 258), in their researches on the influence of light on ease of sparking.
[39] [See Fig. 13], p. 15.
[40] Comptes Rendus, vol. 107, p. 559.
[41] Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg i. B., Bd. IX. Heft 2, June 21, 1894.