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American Journal of Science, October.—Explosive effect of electrical discharges, by J. Trowbridge, T. C. McKay, and J. C. Howe. The authors investigated the sudden increase of pressure in the gas, through which the discharge passes, by means of a vacuum tube provided with a manometer gauge. When spark-gaps up to 50 cm. were employed, with a maximum difference of potential of three million volts, they found that the explosive effect increased closely in proportion to the length of the spark, and began to diminish when the spark was longer than 50 cm.
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Scientific Serial. Nature 60, 611–612 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060611b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/060611b0