Open AccessSome experiments on the properties of dielectrics
Publication year - 1915
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1915.0052
Subject(s) - residual , dielectric , partial discharge , mechanics , residual volume , materials science , mathematics , physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , voltage , algorithm , optoelectronics , lung volumes , lung
The phenomenon of the residual discharge has attracted the attention of many eminent physicists, and a large number of paper on this subject have been published. In 1854 Kohlrausch showed that the instantaneous discharge was apparently independent of the residual discharge and that, for a given jar left to itself for a given time after charging, the residual discharge was proportional to the initial potential; and in 1873 Maxwell put forward the view that the existence of the residual discharge could be explained by the assumption that it was due to the heterogeneity of the medium exhibiting it.