M0015829: Two Geissler discharge tubes for experiments on the effects of cathode rays / M0015830: Early x-ray tube with convex cathode, anti-cathode and anode, c.1897

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Early x-ray tube, c. 1897. Convex cathode, anti-cathode and anode.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Discharge tubes for experiments on effects of cathode rays

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Discharge tubes for experiments on effects of cathode rays

Photograph of two Geissler tubes and an early x-ray tube. The items were presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1954 and accessioned in 1956 (accession numbers R150/1956 and R151/1956 (Geissler tubes) and R153/1956 (x-ray tube)). None are 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 R150/1956 and R151/1956 and accession number R150/1956 and R153/1956

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.