Accession No

1960

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1900–1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal)

Dimensions

length 285mm; maximum diameter 44mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Cylindrical tube with splayed wire electrodes at each end. Short side arm carries hinged glass target which hangs in the path of the electrons.

Condition good; complete.

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