Accession No

1988

Brief Description

vacuum tube or discharge tube, 1900-1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal); paper

Dimensions

length 850mm; breadth 80mm; depth 35mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘CO2’

Description Notes

Glass tube with long central constriction. Long evacuation tube. White metal terminals.

Condition good; complete.

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