Accession No

2986

Brief Description

glass discharge tube with maltese cross, c.1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (aluminium, white metal, brass)

Dimensions

length 262mm; breadth 86mm; height 215mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by Department of Physics, Guy’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, London, England, 1983.

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass tube widening towards target end. Long side arm with anode. Disc-shaped cathode. Hinged aluminium Maltese cross acts as target.

Condition good; complete.

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