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Geissler|ˈgaɪslə(r)|
The name of Heinrich Geissler (1814–79), German mechanic and glass-blower, used attrib. († or in the possessive) to designate certain apparatus invented by him, as Geissler tube, a sealed glass tube containing gas at low pressure and a pair of electrodes so designed that a luminous discharge can be produced between them.
1863E. Atkinson tr. Ganot's Physics §740. 706 Plücker has found that the light in Geissler's tubes does not depend on the substance of the electrodes. 1870Chem. News 28 Jan. 45/2 Experiments made with perfectly pure gases enclosed in so-called Geissler tubes. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 31/1 As it takes a height of about 30 inches of mercury to balance the pressure of the atmosphere, a Geisler pump necessarily is a somewhat long-legged and unwieldy instrument. Ibid., Even a Geisler's stop-cock requires to be lubricated to be absolutely gas-tight. 1930W. M. Deans tr. Pohl's Electr. & Magn. 219 Geissler tubes are being used to an increasing degree in practice for lighting. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XII. 589/1 Modified forms of Geissler tubes containing helium, neon, argon, or mercury have become familiar to everyone as luminous signs or fluorescent tube lamps. |