Accession No

2376

Brief Description

vacuum tube for radiation experiments, 1875-1900

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal); wax

Dimensions

length 210mm; diameter 30mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated in 1951.

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass cylindrical tube. Two white metal electrodes; one has wire connected to ring against inside of tube; the other has wire connected to a metal sheet, painted black on one side, which passes through the ring of the other electrode.

Condition fair; complete.

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