Accession No

2048

Brief Description

X-ray focus tube, 1/4 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass, white metal, copper); rubber

Dimensions

height 345mm; breadth 200mm; depth 150mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Provenance field updated as part of Database Normalisation Project.

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass tube with central spherical chamber, tinged purple from gas. White metal rod anode in side arm. Long tube with side arm from sphere containing white metal cathode ending in concave disc. Opposite the cathode is a long glass tube containing the connection for the target, which consists of a white metal disc. Side arm evacuation tube. Brass caps on electrodes to aid electrical connection; spiral brass wire connects anode and target. Attached label reads ‘X-Ray gas tube Light anode type Muller tube used for Therapy. See Pg. 52 'Mullerpeutic’.

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