Accession No

3292

Brief Description

Metal Geiger tube, 20th C

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1980

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); plastic

Dimensions

length 115mm; breadth 155mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 09/1985

Inscription

‘PROBE UNIT α−β THIN WINDOW
TYPE NO 1150A
CAT N0 3-7/7952 SER. NO. 132’(HANDLE)

Description Notes

Metal tube with brass fittings for attachment to counter at one end; other end covered by metal mesh. Plastic handle.

Good condition; complete.

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