X-ray tube
- Made:
- France
X-Ray tube made of glass, with curved aluminium disc cathode, aluminium rod anode and small copper anti-cathode with tungsten target, presented by Riviere, J.A. in 1934. The anti-cathode of this tube is very lightly made, a regulator is fitted, possibly of the hat wire type
Details
- Category:
- Radiomedicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A700044
- Measurements:
-
length 515 mm
width 195 mm
height 260 mm
- type:
- x-ray tube
- credit:
- Riviere, J.A.
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