M0015832: Two Crookes' type discharge tubes with anodes in the shape of the Maltese Cross

Date:
1957
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/141/83
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M0015832: Two Crookes' type discharge tubes with anodes in the shape of the Maltese Cross. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced March 2022: Crookes' type discharge tubes
Previous title, replaced March 2022: Crookes' type discharge tube

Description

Photograph of two discharge tubes for demonstrating that cathode rays travel in straight lines. The items was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1954 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R148/1956 (left) and R149/1956 (right)). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1957

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: accession number R148/1956 and accession number R149/1956

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

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 2021.

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

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