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OWING to the simultaneous use of steam and electricity on the Swiss railways during the process of gradual electrification, a curious physical phenomenon is seen when the mixture of smoke and vapour from a steam locomotive comes within the electric field produced by the overhead conductors, which operate at a pressure of 15,000 volts, and a periodicity of 17 per second.
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MERCANTON, P. Effect of High Tension Electric Fields upon the Discharge of Locomotive Gases. Nature 115, 874–875 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115874b0
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