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Set of 8 Discharge Tubes, English, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 39646


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mrs Primrose Powell, widow of Professor Powell, in 1999. H. M. Powell (1906-1991) was the pioneer of chemical crystallography in Oxford.
Other inscriptions
Post-It note on lid "Prof. Powel"
Dimensions
Height: 49mm Width: 303mm Depth: 256mm Weight: 1008g
Inventory No
39646
Accession Number
1999-15

Description

Set of 8 glass discharge tubes (one broken) contained in a shallow lidded wooden box with a copper alloy clasp. It has wooden divisions lined with cotton wool. Some of the tubes have pasted slips, one marked "Argon", another "HG", another "H".