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WHEN describing a new power rectifier valve utilizing line emission from the wetting edge of a mercury pool1, the observation of a new phenomenon of emission was mentioned. At low loads, luminous patches had appeared for short instants parallel to the emission line in places on the anchor where film-like condensation had occurred. The luminous patches started on the film of condensate without visible initiation by a cathode spot from the emission line.
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von Bertele, H., Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng., Part II, No. 83 (Oct. 1954).
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VON BERTELE, H. A New Phenomenon of Electron Emission from Thin Mercury Films. Nature 182, 1148–1149 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821148a0
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