PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
: TECHNOLOGICAL BRANCH. - . A meeting of the , technological section of the Philosophical Society was-held at the: Museum" last night; when Professor Marsden.' lectured on "The . Electron Theory ,of .the Conduction,'of' Electricity, in Metals.";' Professor Marsden : shewed: how by applying the principle of tho kinetic theory =' of gases to. the free elections'in metals, the conductivity of a. .metal could' ho predetermined. He also showed : the relation between the electric . conductivity ■ and. heat;■ conductivity of metals, and'.'hoV. this relation is borne out by experience.: Professor Marsden. also applied the theory to a dielectrics and ' to ■ several well-known phenomena such' as; the! Hall effect, P eltus effect, Edison effect, etq. : At the conclusion of the lecture: a' number of ' questions were, answered by the .lecturer, and on the motion'.: of the chairman' (Mr. B. W. Holmes) he. was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. " v. Mr..Parry also contributed a note on viscosity, ; and exhibited an insulator .taken- from Lake Coleridge transmission lines, and which had been punctured by | 'electric', lorce,..'.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2514, 15 July 1915, Page 3
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168PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2514, 15 July 1915, Page 3
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