X-Ray Tube
notes: label: Description
content: Hot cathode, fixed anode x-ray tube in a protective casing. An inscription on one side reads “COOLIDGE / GE / TUBE” while that on the other reads “MADE IN / VICTOR / USA.” Another reads “W & B / C20741.” The Victor Electric Company was established in Chicago in 1893, and became part of the new Victor Electric Corp. in 1916. The Victor X-Ray Corp. was formed in 1920 through the merger of the Victor Electric Corp. and the x-ray interests of General Electric.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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-08014.01
label: accession number
content: 223481
label: catalog number
content: M-08014.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shield, X-Ray Tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, lead (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 18 cm x 19.7 cm x 46.3 cm; 7 3/32 in x 7 3/4 in x 18 7/32 in