X-Ray Tube
X-Ray Tube
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- Description
- Cold cathode glass x-ray tube with gas auto regulation (probably asbestos), and “Victor / MADE IN BOSTON USA / TUNGSTEN / MACALASTER WIGGIN CO / 5575” inscriptions. Macalaster, Wiggin Co. bought the Frey glass blowing operation from Swett & Lewis in 1902. In 1916 it became part of the new Victor X-Ray Company.
- Ref: “Fred S. Macalaster,” Boston Globe (Feb. 6, 1946), p. 20.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- X-Ray Tube
- tube, x-ray
- Other Terms
- X-Ray Tube; Radiography
- maker
- MacAlaster & Wiggin Co.
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- purple (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 cm x 28.5 cm x 18 cm; 8 11/16 in x 11 1/4 in x 7 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 1989.0398.02
- catalog number
- 1989.0398.02
- accession number
- 1989.0398
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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