Object Details
- Description
- Glass x-ray tube with a concave cathode. Herbert Jackson, a chemist at Kings College in London, described a similar tube in 1894 for experiments with cathode rays, and later found it to be a good means of generating X-rays.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated dates
- 1966 10 13
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- red (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 cm x 33.5 cm x 11.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 13 3/16 in x 4 1/2 in
- Object Name
- X-Ray Tube
- tube, x-ray
- Other Terms
- X-Ray Tube; X-Ray Apparatus
