rathole

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Experiments have shown that the electrons are identical in all their properties, whatever metal is used to form the kathode and anode, and of whatever gas there is a minute quantity in the bulb.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison

The increased excitability at the kathode is katelectrotonus, and the lowered excitability at the anode anelectrotonus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

You observed that the instant the air reached the kathode, as I for convenience call the electrified mass of gold, the action ceased.”

From The Moon Metal by Serviss, Garrett Putman

Some chemists speak of the electrons, which are the β-rays from radium, and the kathode rays produced in almost vacuous tubes, as non-material particles of electricity.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison

In passing the current it must be remembered that the negative electrode or kathode is the more painful of the two, and its action more stimulating than the positive electrode or anode, which is sedative.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various