Corona discharge with a discharge current of a few hundred microamperes can blow out a small candle flame within about 1 cm of a discharge point. A pinwheel, with radial metal spokes and pointed tips bent to point along the circumference of a circle, can be made to rotate if energized by a corona discharge; the rotation is due to differential electric attraction between the metal spokes and the space charge shield region that surrounds the tips. Corona discharge A corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid such as air surrounding a conductor that is
Demise of the Crown term was derived from the Sanskrit language term "svargagata" (स्वर्गगत), which means "has gone to Heaven". Demise of the Crown The demise of the Crown is the legal term for the end of a reign by a king, queen regnant, or emperor, whether by death or abdication. The term was coined in English law to signify the immediate transfer (Law French "demise", "sending down [the line of succession]", from Latin "demiss"-[gender ending], the perfect participle of "demittere", having the same meaning), of sovereignty and royal prerogatives to the late king or queen's successor without interregnum. The word "demise" is sometimes