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THE object of the work described in this communication was to measure the static breakdown voltages of long uniform-field spark gaps in atmospheric air, and to investigate the mechanism of sparkover. The measurements were made using electrodes of the Bruce profile1, for which sparkover occurred in a uniform electric field at electrode spacings up to 17 cm.
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BOYD, H., BRUCE, F. & TEDFORD, D. Sparkover in Long Uniform-field Gaps. Nature 210, 719–720 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210719a0
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