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IT has been known for some years that a stream of luminous vapour can be distilled away from the mercury arc in vacuo, the vapour still remaining luminous when it has passed far beyond the limits of the electric field. It is known also that this luminosity is quenched when the stream passes near a negatively electrified metal surface.
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STRUTT, R. Experiments Bearing upon the Origin of Spectra. Nature 93, 32 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093032a0
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