Accession No

1956

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1875–1925

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (white metal, brass); organic (shell)

Dimensions

length 125mm; breadth 160mm; thickness 60mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Wide glass tube containing large number of pieces of white shell. Long closed tube set at centre top of chamber. Two side arms with white metal terminals and brass caps to improve electrical contact. Glass is cracked and the blown end is broken.

Condition fair; complete.

Found broken 31-8-1999

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