X-Ray Tube
date: label: associated dates
content: 1978 02 / 1978 02
notes: label: Description
content: Simple two electrode cold cathode glass x-ray tube with a "Monell / 2745" inscription and a thin target that may be platinum foil. Samuel Howard Monell (1856-1918) was a New York physician and author of Manual of Static Electricity in X-Ray and Therapeutic Uses (1897).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: associated place
content: United States: Rhode Island, East Providence, Rumford
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Philip Batchelder, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0121.03
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0121.03
label: accession number
content: 1978.0121
objectType: label: Object Name
content: X-Ray Tube
label: Object Name
content: tube, x-ray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 46.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 18 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in