Accession No

2073

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1875–1925

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; wood (cork); metal (brass, white metal); inorganic (charcoal); cloth (cotton wool)

Dimensions

height 535mm; breadth 220mm; depth 45mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 1974.

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass tube with contraction in centre and elongation at end containing carbon chip regulator. Cathode side arm set near contraction; cathode consists of white metal cylinder with central hole leading to narrower cylinder. Hollow cylinder white metal anode in side arm on opposite side. Carries attached label reading ‘for work of Kanahlstrohle after Goldstein’ in DJB’s [David Bryden] hand.

Condition good; complete.

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