X-Ray Tube
name: label: maker
content: Victor Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: Hot cathode glass x-ray tube with fixed anode, and "Medium Coolidge Tube G.E. Made in U.S. 66207" inscriptions. William David Coolidge (1873-1975), a physicist with a Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig who worked at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., was responsible for the tungsten cathode and other key elements of this tube.
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 American College of Radiology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0435.041
label: accession number
content: 1978.0435
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0435.041
label: collector/donor number
content: 2213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tube, x-ray
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 54.61 cm x 19.05 cm