The effect of frequency on the condensed discharge ignition of carbonic oxide-air detonating gas

The thermal theory of the mechanism of the ignition of an explosive gaseous mixture by an electric discharge was put forward by Taylor-Jones, Morgan and Wheeler, in terms stating that “the ignition of a gaseous mixture depends primarily . . . on the heating of a sufficient volume to a sufficient tempera­ture.” The electrical ignition of gases has been studied by R. V. Wheeler, Taylor- Jones, Holm, and J. D. Morgan, all of whom have put forward facts pur­porting to establish a purely thermal theory which, it is claimed, explains the mechanism of ignition as a whole, whether by electric discharges or by any other means.