M0015850: Later version of the Coolidge x-ray tube

Previous title, replaced March 2022: X-ray tube a later version of the Coolidge X-ray tube.

Photograph of a later version of the Coolidge X-ray tube. Heat is carried away from the target by a heavy block of copper and the metal fins. The item was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1954 (accession number R63/1954). 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 R63/1954

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.