Electrical Discharge Tube

Made:
1890-1940 in unknown
maker:
Unknown
Electrical Discharge Tube

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Crooke's electrical discharge tube on a turned wooden stand, 1890-1940.

Used for demonstratring fluorescence under cathode ray bombardment.

Details

Category:
Electricity and Magnetism
Object Number:
Y7002.156
Materials:
glass, wood (unidentified), copper (metal) and unidentified
Measurements:
overall: 165 mm x 185 mm x 78 mm,
type:
electric discharge lamp