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Publications and source records attributed to B. B. Voitsekhovskii.
We made a detailed study of Saint Elmo's Fire in the laboratory and discovered that the fire is due to sparking along the jets emitted from conically shaped water droplets located on objects.
The results of an experiment with a generator of a stream of charged drops are reported. The glow of subjects placed in the stream is observed. The volume of the glowing region reaches 20 cm$^3$ at a current less than 20 $μ$A through the object. Ideas are expressed concerning the connection between St$.$Elmo's fire and the observed glow.