II. Some experiments on the production of ozone

Abstract

The first experiment was made in order to see whether ozone could be formed by placing oxygen in a very strong electric field, the field, however, being just not strong enough to cause sparks to pass through the gas. This experiment finally took the following form:—ABC is a box made of flat pieces of glass about 1/16th of an inch thick, fastened together with paraffin; into the box two glass tubes, G and H, are inserted, the air entering the box through G, and leaving it through H. Against one side of the box a glass bottle, D, with flat sides, is placed and filled with water containing a little sulphuric acid, this serves as one electrode; the other electrode is a blackened tin plate, E, placed against the opposite side of the box, the distance between the electrodes being an inch and a half.