M0016530: X-ray tube: heavy anti-cathode type

Previous title, replaced March 2022: X-ray tube. Heavy and anti-cathode type.

Photograph of an x-ray tube. The anti cathode has a funnel-like projection facing the anode. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1928 and again in 1958 (accession numbers R29219 and R28/1958). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

December 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the item: acc. number R29219 and acc. number R28/1958

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.