Accession No

1955

Brief Description

glass discharge tube with shell target, 1875–1925

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (aluminium?); wax (sealing wax); shell

Dimensions

height 360mm; breadth 140mm; depth 90mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass discharge tube with curved support tube and terminals at top (aluminium disc) and one side. Piece of shell is supported in main reservoir as the target, so that it is illuminated when a current is passed through the tube. Two side arms.

Condition good; complete.

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