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Coolidge X-Ray Tube, by General Electric, USA, c. 1940

Inventory Number 10006

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10006

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Chemical Crystallography, University of Oxford in 1969 per. Mr. F. Welch and Prof. H. M. Powell
Primary inscriptions
"CA6 / COOLIDGE / [GE logo] / TUBE / MADE IN USA" stamped on exterior glass surface.
Other inscriptions
"C.U. TARGET / MATERIAL" printed on metal plaque attached to screw-type base.
Physical material
Glass
Plastic
Copper
Iron
Object type
X-Ray equipment
Dimensions
Diameter: 62mm Width: 312mm Weight: 0.6kg
Inventory No
10006
Accession Number
1969-30/1

Description

A water cooled X-ray gun for crystallographic analysis with copper target and Iron electrodes. With rubber/plastic sheath-type grip and metal screw at the end. Cylindrical tube with internal glass structure containing thick wires, and a metal component extending outside the tube. Glass tube broken away at one end. Glass shards kept in a separate plastic bag. "CA6 / COOLIDGE / [GE logo] / TUBE / MADE IN USA" stamped on exterior glass surface. "C.U. TARGET / MATERIAL" printed on metal plaque attached to screw-type base.

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