Accession No

1963

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1900-1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

glass (white, uranium); metal (white metal, aluminium); wax (sealing wax)

Dimensions

length 355mm; breadth 35mm; depth 30mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass casing with ovoid chambers at ends. Contains two sections of tubing, both tinged green - one in form of triple S, the other straight with three spherical chambers. White metal terminals with aluminium foil caps to aid electrical connection.

Condition good; complete.

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