Accession No

1999

Brief Description

mercury vapour lamp, 1875-1925

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (mercury); paper (cardboard)

Dimensions

length 153mm; breadth 112mm; depth 55mm box length 167mm; breadth 120mm; height 105mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass discharge tube with spherical fluid reservoir containing mercury. Above this a long horizontal cylinder, above which are two tubes which form terminals. Cardboard box.

Condition good; complete

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