Geissler Kaleidoscope

Made:
1871-1900

Geissler Kaleidoscope, late nineteenth century.

Details

Category:
Electricity and Magnetism
Object Number:
2009-159
Measurements:
10 x 10 x 25mm, Weight 200g
type:
kaleidoscope
credit:
Purchased from Tesseract

Parts

Geissler Kaleidoscope (with radioactive Geissler tube removed and stored separately), 1871-1900.

Geissler Kaleidoscope (with radioactive Geissler tube removed and stored separately)

Geissler Kaleidoscope (with radioactive Geissler tube removed and stored separately), 1871-1900.

Object Number:
2009-159/1
type:
kaleidoscope
Geissler tube from Geissler Kaleidoscope, 1871-1900.

Geissler tube from Geissler Kaleidoscope

Geissler tube from Geissler Kaleidoscope, 1871-1900.

Object Number:
2009-159/2
type:
radioactive material and kaleidoscope

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