Accession No

1978

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1875–1925

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal); paper; wax (sealing wax)

Dimensions

length 390mm; maximum diameter 73mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 1974.

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass case consisting of central spherical chamber with ovoid chamber either side. One side-arm terminal, one end terminal, both of white metal. Evacuation tubes sealed with wax. Central section of case holds a spherical glass chamber.
Remains of a paper label on one of the end chambers.

Condition good; complete.

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