X-Ray Tube
date: label: Date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: Glass x-ray tube with inscriptions that read in part “COOLIDGE TUBE / D140 / PATENTS PENDING / . . . / GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.” William David Coolidge (1873-1975) was an American physicist who worked for General Electric.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0235.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0235.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: X-Ray Tube
label: Object Name
content: tube, x-ray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 31.5 cm x 18 cm x 34 cm; 12 3/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 13 3/8 in