Accession No

1961

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1900-1950

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

length 445mm; maximum diameter 42mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Vacuum tube with ovoid chambers at ends. Main tube contains short glass tube with spherical chamber with three holes. White metal, splayed terminals.

Condition good; complete.

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