A new method and means for measuring dielectric absorption

Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June 25, 1925 J. B. Whitehead: We have not had sufficient recognition of the importance of dielectric absorption as a factor in the question of dielectric loss. Modern theory of dielectric behavior, such as it is, is directed more and more toward the explanation of dielectric loss in terms of dielectric absorption. That is not to say, however, that we are getting to understand the fundamental character of this loss any better, because there is no more obscure phenomenon than that of dielectric absorption.