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LicenseBox of five vacuum tubes of Ramsay's original gases
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Set of inert gas discharge tubes (He - Ne - A - Kr - Xe)
When a high voltage is applied to electrodes in a gas at low pressure an electric current is carried by charged atoms of the gas. A characteristic light is emitted.
