“…Since 1946 Pauthenier et al and others have reported some laboratory experiments where the thin dust layer was simulated by various, more or less porous, dielectric materials in plane-to-plane (1-3), point-to-plane (2,(4)(5)(6)9), or wire-to-cylinder (7,11) systems. The materials used were silk, filter paper, mica (2, 5-6), cambric (7), paper, cloth, cardboard, glass cloth, Kleenex (11), and nylon (3)(4)9).…”