Abstract
The portable gold-leaf electrometer designed by C. T. R. Wilson gives a means of measuring the charge upon and current through a conductor exposed to the earth's field and maintained at zero potential. Further, Wilson has shown (1) that the dissipation factor (the ratio of current per minute to the corresponding charge) is approximately the same for a surface of turf and the metal test-plate; and (2) how to deduce the corresponding charge and current per square centimetre on the neighbouring ground-level. Wilson's measurements were made chiefly in a country atmosphere (near Peebles), and we have made observations with a similar instrument in town air, in and near Edinburgh, to find out whether the dissipation factor is notably affected by the purity of the atmosphere as regards smoke, etc.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Medicine,General Chemistry
Cited by
4 articles.
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