Electrical Conductivity Of Air Research Articles

Papers read to the Society, March 28, 1901.

I. “On the Arc Spectrum of Vanadium.” By Sir N. Lockyer, F. R. S., and F. E. Baxandall. II. “On the Enhanced Lines in the Spectrum of the Chromosphere.” By Sir N. Lockyer, F. R. S., and F. E. Baxandall. III. “Further Observations on Nova Persei, No. 2.” By Sir N. Lockyer, F. R. S. IV. “The Growth of Magnetism in Iron under Alternating Magnetic Force.” By Professor Ernest Wilson. Communicated by Professor J. M. Thomson, F. R. S. V. “On the Electrical Conductivity of Air and Salt Vapours.” By Dr. H. A. Wilson. Communicated by Professor J. J. Thomson, F. R. S.

On the electrical conductivity of air and salt vapours

The experiments described in this paper were undertaken with the object of obtaining information on the variation of the conductivity of air and of salt vapours with change of temperature, and on the maximum current which a definite amount of salt in the form of vapour can carry. They are a continuation of the two researches on the same subject published in 1899. In the paper on the Electrical Conductivity and Luminosity of Flames ( loc. cit .) some observations on the variation of the conductivity with the temperature at different heights in the flame are given. They indicate a rapid increase in the conductivity with rise of temperature.