M0015835: Focus type of x-ray tube introduced by Sir Herbert Jackson in March 1896

Previous title, replaced March 2022: X-ray tube- focus type with cathode slightly curved, introduced by Sir Herbert Jackson in March, 1896.

Photograph of an x-ray tube with a slightly curved cathode, originally part of the Tabor Collection. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R137/1956). It is not 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 item: accession number R137/1956

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.