Accession No

1982.4

Brief Description

vacuum tube, Plücker type, 1875-1925

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal); paper; wax (sealing wax)

Dimensions

length 247mm; breadth 25mm; depth 17mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Br’ (paper label)

Description Notes

Plücker type vacuum tube with central constriction. White metal terminals.

Condition good; complete.

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