Accession No
1954
Brief Description
glass discharge tube, 1875-1925
Origin
Maker
Class
physics
Earliest Date
1875
Latest Date
1925
Inscription Date
Material
glass; metal (aluminium?); stone (garnet?)
Dimensions
length 180mm; breadth 52mm; depth 42mm
Special Collection
Cavendish collection
Provenance
Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 1974.
Inscription
Description Notes
Glass discharge tube with one aluminium (?) terminal and faceted red mineral target.
Condition good; complete.
References
Events
Description
Discharge tubes contain one or a combination of the following: rarefied (thinned) gasses such as neon or argon, conductive liquids or minerals. When an electrical charge is passed through the tube different effects are created.
FM:40457
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