Collection of four vacuum tubes (originally seven tubes but three BOS March 1931)

Collection of four vacuum tubes (originally seven tubes but three BOS March 1931) Collection of four vacuum tubes (originally seven tubes but three BOS March 1931)

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Collection of four vacuum tubes (originally seven tubes but three BOS March 1931).

Details

Category:
Electricity and Magnetism
Object Number:
1917-135
type:
radioactive material
credit:
Duddell, W.D.

Parts

Geissler tube with two spirals and four bulbs

Geissler tube with two spirals and four bulbs

Geissler tube with two spirals and four bulbs, part in uranium glass

Object Number:
1917-135 Pt1
type:
radioactive material
Geissler tube with four loops

Geissler tube with four loops

Geissler tube with four loops, part in uranium glass

Object Number:
1917-135 Pt2
type:
radioactive material
Geissler tube

Geissler tube

Geissler tube with internal glass 'tulip' of uranium glass

Object Number:
1917-135 Pt3
type:
radioactive material

Geissler tube surrounded by red liquid, 1850-1910

Geissler tube with internal tube surrounded by red liquid, used for demonstrating the principles of electrical glow discharge, 1850-1910

Measurements:
overall: 25 mm x 215 mm x 25 mm,
Materials:
plastic (unidentified) , glass and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1917-135 Pt4
type:
electrical discharge tube
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