The London, Edinburgh and Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science . of tubes likeK D B C L can only exist through the action of the diaphragm * From the Comptes Bendus, 30th December, 1901, and 6th January,1902, with some additions by the Author. Communicated by Prof. J. 134 M. W. de Nicolaieve on a New Reaction Fig. upon them, and these tubes will have a reaction tending* tocompress the diaphragm. Second Experiment—Two strips K and L (fig. 3) are sus-pended in water and separated fromeach other by a glass partition, electrostatic tubes of the kindL A K dis
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science . of tubes likeK D B C L can only exist through the action of the diaphragm * From the Comptes Bendus, 30th December, 1901, and 6th January,1902, with some additions by the Author. Communicated by Prof. J. 134 M. W. de Nicolaieve on a New Reaction Fig. upon them, and these tubes will have a reaction tending* tocompress the diaphragm. Second Experiment—Two strips K and L (fig. 3) are sus-pended in water and separated fromeach other by a glass partition, electrostatic tubes of the kindL A K displace the strips into thepositions K and I/, so that the two Kbodies under their mutual actions aredisplaced in the same direction, which Kis contrary to the fundamental lawof Action and Reaction. The onlyplausible explanation is that theedge A reacts upon the tubes L A Kwhich act like stretched elastic threadspressing against the edge and pullingthe strips. Third Experiment.—Metallic wires or strips K and L(fig. 4) are immersed in water and are fixed. The mica Fia- 4. B. partition, A B, floated by a cork, is movable. When in theposition A B it moves from A towards B, in the oppositedirection to the movement of the strips in the second experi-ment. The moving force is the difference of the pulls of thetubes L A K and L B K (fig. 3). When the edge A has passedthe line of the electrodes KL the tubes issuing from theother faces of the electrodes act still in the same the mica is parallel to the plane through K L it retreatsfrom them, a movement which is produced by the pressures between Electrostatic Tubes and Insulator 135 of the tubes. Such pressures should be experienced by thewalls o£ vessels containing electrolytes. To confirm the ex-periment and to be assured that the movements are notdue to currents of liquid, two electrolytes were placed inseries, both consisting of distilled water. After the mica hadmoved in one, a small quantity of chloride of sodium
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