Abstract
THAT department of physics which concerns itself with the electrical and kindred properties of incandescent bodies has recently attracted a good deal of controversial attention. From the outset, the subject aroused great interest, possibly in view of its speculative possibilities for solar physicists and others, and numerous workers have carried its development into great detail and some complexity. In a short resumé of the two phenomena specifically mentioned in the title of this article, we can do no more than touch on general outlines. Of the several aspects, the electrical one, now generally known as “thermionics,” calls for first mention.
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KAYE, G. The Electric Emissivity and the Directive Disintegration of Hot Bodies . Nature 93, 561–563 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093561a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/093561a0