Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
The phenomenon of the discharge of electricity through rarefied gases has been studied since the end of the 17th century. In the second half of the 19th century, the discharge of electricity through gas became the subject of intensive research experiments, primarily in Germany. Discharge tubes and pumps, invented by I. Geissler in the 1850s, and an induction coil, improved by H. Ruhmkorff at about the same time, allowed many physicists to experiment with cathode rays. A distinctive feature of these studies was the use of cold cathode gas discharge tubes.
cathode rays, Geissler tube, body spectrum, Hittorf tube, channel rays, Varley's research, Crookes' experiments, Goldstein's comet
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