Atmospheric electricity over the ocean
Although the different phenomena of atmospheric electricity have been thoroughly investigated over land, very little work has yet been done over the ocean, and on the few occasions on which experiments have been made, the observations have been too few to give conclusive results. It was thought that...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspa.1911.0031 2024-10-06T13:44:18+00:00 Atmospheric electricity over the ocean 1911 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1911.0031 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspa.1911.0031 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character volume 85, issue 577, page 175-199 ISSN 0950-1207 2053-9150 journal-article 1911 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1911.0031 2024-09-09T06:01:18Z Although the different phenomena of atmospheric electricity have been thoroughly investigated over land, very little work has yet been done over the ocean, and on the few occasions on which experiments have been made, the observations have been too few to give conclusive results. It was thought that the long voyage from England to New Zealand of Captain Scott’s Antarctic ship “Terra Nova” would furnish an excellent opportunity for continuing these investigations. The plan of the work to be undertaken was:— (1) To investigate the electrical potential-gradient existing over the ocean. (2) To investigate the quantity of the radioactive products in the air. (3) To measure the number of free ions over the ocean. (4) To investigate the ionisation of the air in a closed vessel, with the object of determining the presence or absence of a penetrating radiation over the sea. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic The Royal Society Antarctic New Zealand Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character 85 577 175 199 |
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Although the different phenomena of atmospheric electricity have been thoroughly investigated over land, very little work has yet been done over the ocean, and on the few occasions on which experiments have been made, the observations have been too few to give conclusive results. It was thought that the long voyage from England to New Zealand of Captain Scott’s Antarctic ship “Terra Nova” would furnish an excellent opportunity for continuing these investigations. The plan of the work to be undertaken was:— (1) To investigate the electrical potential-gradient existing over the ocean. (2) To investigate the quantity of the radioactive products in the air. (3) To measure the number of free ions over the ocean. (4) To investigate the ionisation of the air in a closed vessel, with the object of determining the presence or absence of a penetrating radiation over the sea. |
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