Accession No

1973

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 272mm; maximum diameter 33mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Vacuum tube with long evacuation tube. Two side-arms for the electrodes which are formed as white metal wire loops.

Condition good; complete.

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