Accession No

1972

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1900-1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal)

Dimensions

length 457mm; maximum diameter 28mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 1974.

Inscription

Description Notes

Long cylindrical glass tube with ovoid chamber at one end. Disc-shaped terminals (one coming in from side of tube). Very short evacuation tube.

Condition poor (very dirty inside); complete.

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