Object Details
- Description
- Hot cathode glass x-ray tube with fixed anode, and "Medium Coolidge Tube G.E. Made in U.S. 66207" inscriptions. William David Coolidge (1873-1975), a physicist with a Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig who worked at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., was responsible for the tungsten cathode and other key elements of this tube.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Victor Electric Company
- Credit Line
- Gift of the American College of Radiology
- Measurements
- overall: 21 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 54.61 cm x 19.05 cm
- Object Name
- tube, x-ray
