Crookes discharge tube

Crookes discharge tube
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Crookes discharge tube, used to demonstrate that cathode rays travel in straight lines

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Category:: Radiomedicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A629131

Materials:: tube, glass, cathode, aluminium, anode, aluminium and glass

Measurements:: length 228 mm
width 95 mm

type:: discharge tubes

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