Aurora tube with stopcock and weighted brass base

Made:
1850-1883
maker:
W. Ladd & Co.

Aurora tube in green glass, with stopcock, on weighted brass base, W. Ladd & Co., London, United Kingdom, 1850-1883

Details

Category:
Electricity and Magnetism
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1982-1660
type:
tube
credit:
Wellcome Trust

Parts

Aurora tube in green glass, with stopcock, W. Ladd & Co., London, United Kingdom, 1850-1883

Aurora tube in green glass

Aurora tube in green glass, with stopcock, W. Ladd & Co., London, United Kingdom, 1850-1883

Measurements:
overall (approx - measured through packaging):: 50 mm x 650 mm x 50 mm,
Materials:
glass and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1982-1660/1
type:
radioactive material

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