Accession No

1993

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1875–1925

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal)

Dimensions

length 299mm; breadth 48mm; maximum diameter 29mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass vacuum tube consisting of elongated bulb with extended tube below. Side arm with one terminal crossing the breadth of the bulb; the second terminal extends from the upper end of the bulb most of the way towards the side arm.

Condition good; complete.

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