M0015837: Two examples of the modified version of the focus tube introduced by Sir Herbert Jackson

Previous title, replaced March 2022: X-ray tubes; modified version of the Jackson focus tube type. By A.E. Dean

Previous title, replaced March 2022: X-ray tubes; modified version of the Jackson focus tube type.Probably French

Photograph of two x-ray tubes. The one on the left is probably French, with an anode and anti-cathode, from c.1900. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R164/1956). The one on the right was created by by A.E. Dean in c.1898. It was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R177/1956). Neither is 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 R177/1956 and accession number R164/1956

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.