Crookes' Discharge Tubes
- Made:
- 1860-1920 in unknown place
Set of three mineral sample Crookes' discharge tubes on turned mahogany stands, 1860-1920.
These tubes contain mineral samples within bulb-shaped partially evacuated Crooke's discharge tubes, for demonstratring fluorescence under cathode ray bombardment.
Details
- Category:
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Object Number:
- Y1989.249.1
- Materials:
- glass and mahogany (wood)
- Measurements:
-
tube 2: 360 mm 115 mm,
tube 1: 350 mm 125 mm,
tube 3: 360 mm 120 mm,
- credit:
- Purchased From Christie's
