(under subclass 163) Discharge devices in which the liquid electrode makes contact with a plurality of other electrodes.
(1) Note. This subclass includes discharge devices having two electrodes which are wholly or partially immersed in a conducting liquid (e.g., mercury), there being no electrical contact to the liquid excepting that made by the electrodes which are immersed in it. The devices in use are intended to volatilize the liquid thereby interrupting the circuit between the two electrodes to establish a discharge, the liquid forming the gas or vapor in which the discharge is to be maintained.
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232, for discharge devices in which the electrodes are immersed in a nonconducting liquid, the discharge creating a path for itself through the liquid.
