Word: conductor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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First Appearance of Conductor Gustav Strube...
Farewell appearance of Conductor Max Zach...
...been found by experiment with this apparatus that air submitted to an electrical pressure of over two million volts becomes a fairly good conductor. In order to insulate the apparatus, it is placed three feet above the floor, and even in this position, luminous discharges from the apparatus to the floor and the room is darkened...
...tragedy should prove very beautiful. The music of Mendelssohn is perfectly adapted to the sentiment and secret fervor of the acting which it helps to express. Both the orchestra and the singers of the Cecilia were led by Mr. B. J. Lang, a prominent Boston musician, teacher and conductor. Rehearsals of the whole company are held daily throughout this week...
...lightning travelling through two miles of air meets with no more resistance than a flash going through two feet of air. This discovery practically reverses Ohm's Law, that the resistance which a current overcomes is proportionate to the distance traversed, in its bearing upon air as a conductor. The law still holds with regard to other conductors such as copper wire...