Accession No

1998

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1900-1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

glass, metal (two types of white metal)

Dimensions

length 176mm; breadth 28mm; depth 19mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Vacuum tube with intricately folded cased contraction of tube. White metal terminals with white metal caps.

Condition good; complete.

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