M0020021: Rotating electrode spark-gap introduced by d'Arsonval, c.1896

Previous title, replaced July 2022: A rotating electrode spark-gap, introduced by d'Arsonval.

Photograph of a rotating electrode spark-gap for use with high frequency apparatus to increase the number of condenser discharges per seconds. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem at an unknown point and accessioned in R10/1965

March 1965

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R10/1965

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 2022.

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