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SOME time ago, experiments were made here in connexion with thunderstorm production to see if charges were produced when water drops splashed office. Charges were certainly produced of a considerable magnitude but, as seems the fate of many meteorological experiments, the results were most inconsistent. Not only did the magnitudes vary but also even the polarity. The only reproducible fact was that distilled water was always much more effective than ordinary water.
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Phys. Rev., 78, 254.
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GILL, E., ALFREY, G. Production of Electric Charges on Water Drops. Nature 169, 203–204 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169203a0
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