Cathode rays

A study was conducted to to investigate and gather more information about the nature of cathode rays. A number of experiments were carried out to test the consequences of the electrified-particle theory. One of these experiments focused on examining charge carried by cathode rays. It proved that something charged with negative electricity was shot off from the cathode, traveling at right angles to it and deflected by a magnet. Two coaxial cylinders with slits in them were placed into a bulb connected with a discharge-tube and the cathode rays from the cathode A passed into the bulb through a slit in a metal plug fitted into the neck of the tube. The deflexion of the electrometer connected with the cylinder increased up to a certain value and remained stationary despite the rays continuing to pour into the cylinder.