Parts of 250 kV continuously-pumped equipment for deep x-ray therapy

Made:
1938 in Manchester urban district
maker:
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited

Parts of 250 kV continuously-pumped equipment for deep x-ray therapy, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Details

Category:
X-rays
Object Number:
1962-260
type:
parts
credit:
Christie Hospital & Holt Radium Institute

Parts

Rectifier, part of continuously-pumped 250KV deep x-ray therapy equipment

Rectifier, part of continuously-pumped 250KV deep x-ray therapy equipment

Rectifier, part of continuously-pumped 250KV deep x-ray therapy equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Measurements:
big box: 670 mm x 620 mm x 640 mm,
small box: 340 mm x 500 mm x 650 mm,
Object Number:
1962-260 Pt1
type:
rectifier
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
250 megohm oil-immersed wire-wound step-down resistor

250 megohm oil-immersed wire-wound step-down resistor

250 megohm oil-immersed wire-wound step-down resistor, part of continuously-pumped 250KV deep x-ray therapy equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Object Number:
1962-260 Pt2
type:
resistor
Control panel, part of continuously-pumped 250KV deep x-ray therapy equipment

Control panel, part of continuously-pumped 250KV deep x-ray therapy equipment

Control panel, part of continuously-pumped 250KV deep x-ray therapy equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Measurements:
overall: 690 mm x 790 mm x 660 mm,
Object Number:
1962-260 Pt3
type:
control panel
Spare anti-cathode for continuously-pumped deep x-ray therapy equipment

Spare anti-cathode for continuously-pumped deep x-ray therapy equipment

Spare anti-cathode for continuously-pumped deep x-ray therapy equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Object Number:
1962-260 Pt4
type:
anti-cathode
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
X-ray tube including diffusion pump unit

X-ray tube including diffusion pump unit

X-ray tube including diffusion pump unit, part of continuously-pumped deep x-ray therapy equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Measurements:
Tube: 240 mm x 240 mm x 640 mm,
Diffusion pump unit; overall (estimate): 1421 mm x 2688 mm x 920 mm,
Object Number:
1962-260 Pt5
type:
x-ray tube
Vacuum pump part of continuously pumped 250kV deep therapy x-ray equipment

Vacuum pump part of continuously pumped 250kV deep therapy x-ray equipment

Vacuum pump part of continuously pumped 250kV deep therapy x-ray equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Object Number:
1962-260 Pt6
type:
pump
Vacuum pump assembly

Vacuum pump assembly

Vacuum pump assembly, part of rectifier from continuously pumped 250kv deep x-ray therapy equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Object Number:
1962-260 Pt7
type:
pump
tube

tube

Two spare ceramic tubes for rectifier unit of continuously pumped 250 kv deep x-ray therapy equipment, by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, England, 1938.

Measurements:
Each tube: 250 mm x 250 mm x 640 mm,
Object Number:
1962-260 Pt8
type:
tube

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