Accession No

1991.3

Brief Description

vacuum tube, by G. A. Crowe, English, 1925

Origin

England

Maker

Crowe, G. A.

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1925

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

8/1925

Material

glass; metal (white metal); paper

Dimensions

length 372mm; breadth 106mm; thickness 25mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘ARGON
Made Aug 1925
GA Crowe’ (paper label)

Description Notes

Discharge-type vacuum tube. Elongated end bulbs joined by double rectangular coil. Short side arm near one end. White metal terminals. Paper label giving date made and gas contained (argon).

Condition good; complete.

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