Accession No

1952.3

Brief Description

flash tube, 1900–1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (mercury); wax (sealing wax)

Dimensions

length 304mm; maximum diameter 12mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass casing containing tube with seven spherical chambers. Mercury between outer and inner tubes (acts as excitor). Yellow/green fluid in inner tube. Sealing wax on end of evacuation tube.

Condition good; complete.

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