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ONE of us (M.P.) announced in a letter to NATURE two years ago1 that electric arcs had been obtained between electrodes of substances which are insulators at ordinary temperature. By heating glass, porcelain, quartz, etc., to a very high temperature, it is possible to start the arc between electrodes of these substances.
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M. Pierucci, NATURE, 129, 724, May 14, 1932.
M. Pierucci, Nuovo Cimento, 1925 and 1932.
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PIERUCCI, M., SILVA, L. Electric Arcs with Fused Metals and Salts as Electrodes. Nature 134, 495–496 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134495b0
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