Crookes discharge tube

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

Details

Category:: Radiomedicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A629162

Materials:: tube, glass and cathode, aluminium

type:: discharge tubes

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