Electron Tube
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1960
name: label: maker
content: Physical Science Study Committee
notes: label: Description
content: Using an electron tube to measure the mass of the electron was a basic PSSC experiment. In this example, the tube marked "RCA RADIOTRON ELECTRON TUBE MADE IN U.S.A. 63-30" is mounted on a wood and cardboard base, and provided with color-coded wire leads.
label: Description
content: Ref: PSSC, Physics Laboratory Guide (1960), pp. 82-84 (for the Mass of the Electron).
label: Description
content: Macalaster Scientific Company, ad in Science 136 (1962), p. 271 (for Mass of the Electron Apparatus Kit, $3.50 each).
label: Description
content: Macalaster Scientific Company, Catalog (1971-1972), p. 12 (for Mass of the Electron Apparatus).
label: Description
content: Central Scientific Company, Educational Catalog (ca. 1974), p. 647 (for Mass of Electron Apparatus)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Uri Haber-Schaim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0043.01
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0043.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0043
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube for Mass of the Electron Experiment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 10.4775 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; tube only: 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm