- 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".