Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1913 — Electricity Round a Corner. [ARTICLE]

Electricity Round a Corner.

A curious experiment with an electric discharge conducted round a right-angled corner is described by Prof. Francis E. Nlpher. The corner was formed in bending sharply the conducting wire. A photographls place, enclosed In a hard rubber holder was placed under the wire In such a way that the discharge would descend toward lt, then turn at a right angle, and pass horizontally above It It was found that when a negative discharge passed down the wire to the angle the electrical particles kept straight on their way Instead of turning, penetrated the rubber cover and affected the enclosed plate. But when the discharge was positive no such effect was produced. The current apparently turned the right-angled corner without, so to speak, shooting off at the bend.