Copper target with tungsten core attached to glass cold cathode tube

Made:: 1913-1920 in United States

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Copper target with tungsten core attached to glass cold cathode
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Copper target with tungsten core attached to glass cold cathode tube, probably made by General Electric Corporation, U.S.A., 1913-1920

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Category:: Radiomedicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A656621

Materials:: glass, copper and tungsten

type:: x-ray tubes

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Copper target with tungsten core attached to glass cold cathode tube

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