Coolidge X-Ray Tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: William David Coolidge (1873-1975), an American physicist working for General Electric, introduced a new hot cathode x-ray tube in 1913, with articles sent to scientific publications, and demonstrations given to physicians and radiologists, many of whom saw the advantages for diagnostic purposes and cancer treatments. This early Coolidge tube was used at the University of Maryland.
label: Description
content: Ref: William David Coolidge, “A Powerful Roentgen Ray Tube with a Pure Electron Discharge,” Physical Review 2nd Ser. 2 (1914): 409-430.
label: Description
content: General Electric Company, Coolidge X-Ray Tube (Schenectady, N.Y., 1920).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Modern Medicine and the Great War
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the University of Maryland, University Hospital, Department of Radiology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08013
label: catalog number
content: M-08013
label: accession number
content: 223481
objectType: label: Object Name
content: x-ray tube
label: Object Name
content: tube, x-ray
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass; metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 21 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 54.61 cm