Crookes' tube for testing whether cathode rays are emitted at right angles to a surface

PART OF:: Twenty four electrical radiometers illustrating Sir W.Crookes' research on electrical discharges in a vacuum

Made:: 1879-1888

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Category:: Electricity and Magnetism

Object Number:: 1888-169/51

type:: tubes

credit:: Sir William Crookes

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Crookes' tube for testing whether cathode rays are emitted at right angles to a surface

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