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Luminous Spiral Discharge Tube, Associated with Faraday, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 25663


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.25663

Item type
Object
Provenance
Alleged to have been used by Michael Faraday
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
glass
wood
tin (?)
Dimensions
Diameter: 27mm
Inventory No
25663

Description

Glass tube with spiral of tinfoil spots with wooden ends