Accession No

2367

Brief Description

radiant matter tube, 1875-1900

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal)

Dimensions

length 208mm; diameter 37mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass cylindrical tube with electrodes set in wall of cylinder. Paddle wheel with eight white-metal paddles moves along glass tracks set down the centre of the tube so that the top paddle is in the line of the electron flow.

Condition fair (wheel has come off its rails and paddles are getting broken); complete.

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