The application of the neon lamp to the comparison of capacities and high resistances

The paper deals with the application of the "flashing" of the neon discharge tube to the measurement of capacities and high resistances. It is found that the relations both between the period of flashing and the resistance in the circuit, for a given capacity across the lamp electrodes, and the period of "flashing" and the capacity across the lamp, for a constant resistance, are linear to a high degree of accuracy. These linear relations are applied to the measurements of resistances and capacities. An extension of the method utilizes beats between two neon lamp circuits "flashing" at high frequencies, for the measurement of small capacities.