Accession No

1984

Brief Description

vacuum tube, c. 1896

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1896

Latest Date

1896

Inscription Date

1896

Material

glass; metal (white metal); paper

Dimensions

length 230mm; breadth 120mm; maximum diameter 18mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘CO2
Sep 18/96’ (paper label on outside of tube)

Description Notes

Plucker-type vacuum tube. Two long bulbs joinged by narrow shaft. Two side arms on opposite sides of the tube. Terminals at opposite ends of the tube. Label on outside of tube indicates that it contains carbon dioxide.

condition good; complete.

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