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Geissler Vacuum Discharge Tubes in Box

Inventory Number 77926


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.77926

Item type
Object
Makers
Geissler
Object type
Vacuum tube
Dimensions
Height: 122mm Width: 261mm Depth: 223mm Weight: 658g
Inventory No
77926

Description

Wooden rectangular box without a lid.

Containing:

(1) Glass tube with candle-shaped ends and a spout in the middle capped with a red plastic seal. Internal metal rods at each end, terminating in external loops. A wire connects both loops. Internal spiral glass structure with a rounded yellow vase at one end.

(2) Glass tube with candle-shaped ends and a spout in the middle capped with a red plastic seal. Internal metal rods at each end, terminating in external loops. Internal yellow spiral glass structure with a rounded vase at one end.

(3) Glass tube with candle-shaped ends and a spout in the middle capped with a cord. Another spout on one of the ends capped with a red plastic seal. Internal metal rods at each end, terminating in external loops. A wire connects both loops. Internal spiral glass structure.

(4) Glass tune with candle-shaped ends, yellow spheres adjacent to each end and a central spiral structure. There is a spout on one end with a red plastic seal. Internal metal rods at each end, terminating in external loops.

(5) Two wire fragments.

(6) Paper label with inscription: "4 Oxford".