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Whiting's notes on induction-coil size.
- Source :
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Physics Today . Jan2021, Vol. 74 Issue 1, p11-11. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The article "Sarah Frances Whiting and the "photography of the invisible" ( I Physics Today i , August 2020, page 26) was fascinating. I offer a different interpretation of Whiting's notes on an x-ray photography experiment that was "executed with a 6 in. coil" - the induction coil used to supply high voltage to the Crookes tube that produced the x rays. In the nomenclature of the day, the maximum voltage of an induction coil was measured in inches, referring to the maximum length of air-discharge spark it could make, the most reliable way to measure high voltage at the time. [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- *RADIOGRAPHY
*X-rays
*INDUCTION coils
*HIGH voltages
*COLLEGE facilities
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00319228
- Volume :
- 74
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physics Today
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147888289
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4647