Crookes' tube for showing that heat is produced by cathode ray bombardment

PART OF:
Twenty four electrical radiometers illustrating Sir W.Crookes' research on electrical discharges in a vacuum
Made:
1879-1888
Crookes' tube for showing that heat is produced by cathode ray bombardment

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Crookes' tube for showing that heat is produced by cathode ray bombardment

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Category:
Electricity and Magnetism
Object Number:
1888-169/58
type:
tubes
credit:
Sir William Crookes

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