Abstract
RECENT publications on the after-effects from the electrical explosion of wires1 and in Geiger counters2, the cold emission of electrons in spark gaps3 and the light output of sparks4 suggest that the following experiments may be of interest, as we have not seen comparable results reported elsewhere.
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JOHNSON, R., JONES, D. Decay of Light to Very Low Levels from Spark Discharges. Nature 170, 669–670 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170669c0
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