Object Details
- Description
- Simple two electrode cold cathode glass x-ray tube with a "Monell / 2745" inscription and a thin target that may be platinum foil. Samuel Howard Monell (1856-1918) was a New York physician and author of Manual of Static Electricity in X-Ray and Therapeutic Uses (1897).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated dates
- 1978 02 / 1978 02
- Credit Line
- Philip Batchelder, M.D.
- Physical Description
- purple (overall color)
- glass (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 cm x 46.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 18 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in
- Object Name
- X-Ray Tube
- tube, x-ray
