X-Ray Tube
X-Ray Tube
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- Description
- Cold cathode, three electrode glass x-ray tube with gas auto regulation. The spark gap connecting wire is intact. An inscription reads “Frank Betz Co. / Chicago / Germany No. 444 / F.R.G. 257453 / Patent Appl. For.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- tube, x-ray
- dealer
- Frank S. Betz Company
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 14 3/4 in x 10 in; 12.7 cm x 37.465 cm x 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0435.063
- accession number
- 1978.0435
- catalog number
- 1978.0435.063
- collector/donor number
- 2981
- Credit Line
- Gift of the American College of Radiology
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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