Crookes tube

William Crookes

Museo della Radiologia
Palermo, Italy

Instrument used mainly in education, produced by the publishing house G.B. Paravia in Turin. It was used to study the radiant matter. The tube owes his name to the inventor, the British physicist Sir William Crookes. It is composed by a spherical glass bulb, having two cylindrical protuberances which constitute the two exlectrodes of the device. The tube has a wooden circular base.

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Title: Crookes tube
Creator: William Crookes
Rights: All rights reserved
External Link: Museum of Radiology, University of Palermo, IT
Medium: Glass, wood, aluminium, steel

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