M0015827: Two Geissler tubes with inner glass spiral / M0015828: "Penetrator" x-ray tube introduced in 1896

Date:
1957
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/141/80
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M0015827: Two Geissler tubes with inner glass spiral / M0015828: "Penetrator" x-ray tube introduced in 1896. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: The 'Penetrator' x-ray tube. Introduced in 1896.
Previous title, replaced March 2022: Geissler tubes with complicated design
Previous title, replaced March 2022: Geissler tubes with complicated design

Description

Photograph of two Geissler tubes and a "penetrator" x-ray tube . The Geissler tubes were presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1954 and accessioned in 1956 (accession numbers R145/1956 (right) and R144/1956 (middle)). The x-ray tube was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R138/1956). None are 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 R144/1956 and R145/1956 and R138/1956

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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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