Accession No

2067

Brief Description

Müller series 13-type X-ray focus tube, 1/4 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass, white metal); rubber

Dimensions

length 415mm; breadth 230mm; depth 150mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 1974.

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass tube with central spherical chamber, tinged purple from gas. White metal rod anode in arm. Opposing long tube with side arm from sphere containing white metal cathode ending in concave disc. Side arm with connection for the target, which consists of a white metal disc at the end of a white metal cylinder. Side arm evacuation tube. Brass caps on electrodes to aid electrical connection; spiral brass wire connects anode and target.

Condition fair; complete.

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