Vacuum tube

Made:: 1880

Vacuum tube to show that cathode rays would cause phosphorescence after turning a corner

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Category:: Electricity and Magnetism

Object Number:: 1919-369

type:: tubes

credit:: Executors of Sir William Crookes

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Vacuum tube

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