X-Ray Tube
date: label: date made
content: 1897-1906
label: associated dates
content: 1972
notes: label: Description
content: Two electrode cold cathode x-ray tube with a “SWETT & LEWIS CO. / BOSTON / 5364” inscription on the cathode plate. This firm began in business in 1897 and was taken over by the Electro-Radiation Co. in 1906. Some Swett & Lewis apparatus was made to the specifications of Dr. Frederick Finch Strong, an instructor at Tufts Medical School, and author of Essentials of Modern Electrotherapeutics (New York, 1908).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.119
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.119
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: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 41 cm x 14 cm; 5 1/2 in x 16 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in