This fact led him at first to conclude that the cause of the weakening was due to the action of the daylight upon the transmitting aerial, and that as the sun rose over Poldhu, so the wave energy radiated, diminished, and he suggested as an explanation the known fact of the Dissipating action of light upon a negative charge.
"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy"
John Ambrose Fleming
Reflections of a far different character succeeded, Dissipating the happiness he had for the moment experienced.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
The new Count-my immediate predecessor-was not long in Dissipating the great fortune left by his father, the worthy distiller.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon