M0015825: Two Geissler tubes

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Geissler tubes.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Geissler tubes.

Photograph of two low vacuum discharge tubes for demonstrating the brillant discharge phenomena, manufactured by Geissler from around 1857. The item on the left was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R178/1956). The item on the right was purchased by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R168/1956). They are 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 items: accession number R168/1956 and accession number R178/1956

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.