X-Ray Tube
date: label: associated dates
content: 1978 02
name: label: maker
content: MacAlaster & Wiggin Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Cold cathode three electrode glass x-ray tube with gas auto regulation and a “3120 / Made in Boston / Macalister Wiggin Co. / Queen patent” inscription. Macalester, Wiggin Co. purchased the Frey glass blowing operation from Swett & Lewis in 1902.
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry Lyman Sayen, “Roentgen Ray Tube,” U.S. Patent 594,036 (Nov. 23, 1897), assigned to The Queen & Company of Philadelphia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: associated place
content: United States: Rhode Island, East Providence, Rumford
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Philip Batchelder, M.D,
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0121.14
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0121.14
label: accession number
content: 1978.0121
objectType: label: Object Name
content: X-Ray Tube
label: Object Name
content: tube, x-ray
label: Other Terms
content: X-Ray Tube; Radiography
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 44.5 cm x 11.5 cm; 8 11/16 in x 17 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in