Accession No

2373

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)

Dimensions

length 108mm; diameter 21mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Cylindrical glass tube. One terminal set across diameter of tube near upper end to which second terminal is attached, so that it almost touches the first. A thin metal sheet is supported on first terminal by means of a coiled wire, the other end of which can touch the second terminal.

Condition good; complete.

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