X-Ray Tube

X-Ray Tube

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Description
An inscription on this x-ray tube reads "Westinghouse, Made in the U.S.A. WL-388." The tube owed much to Clayton Tridle Ulrey (1884-1963), a physicist with a Ph.D. from Columbia University who worked as a research engineer at the Westinghouse Lamp Co. in East Orange, N.J.
Ref: “New X-Ray Tube Speeds Treatment of Cancer,” New York Times (Jan. 4, 1924), p. 17.
H. M. Terrill and C. T. Ulrey, X-Ray Technology (New York, 1930).
“New X-Ray Tube Has Super Speed,” New York Times (Nov. 30, 1931), p. 12.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
tube, x-ray
maker
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Lamp Company
Measurements
overall: 9 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 8.89 cm
ID Number
1978.0435.027
accession number
1978.0435
catalog number
1978.0435.027
collector/donor number
2255
Credit Line
Gift of the American College of Radiology
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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