M0015840: Two x-ray tubes with anode and cathode, c.1900

Previous title, replaced March 2022: X-ray tubes with anode and cathode, c. 1900 rather larger than the Jackson type tube.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: X-ray tubes with anode and cathode, c. 1900 rather larger than the Jackson type tube.

Photograph of two x-ray tubes rather larger than the Jackson type tube. The one on the left was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R170/1956). The one on the right was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R162/1956). Neither is held by Wellcome Collection.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: accession number R16w/1956 and accession number R170/1956

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 2021.

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