Set of five Geissler tubes
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A set of five geissler tubes in a brown wooden box tagged "No. 31":
label: Description (Brief)
content: .01: an axial coil in a four piece tube, with corked fill-hole in external tube.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .02: in series - green chamber, spiral, green chamber, spiral, green chamber. External tube. Metal tube attached at one end.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .03: in series - one clear, two green chambers, green horn. External tube.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .04: in series - green chamber, axial coil, green horn, two green chambers. External tube.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .05: Description: eight chambers mounted in series - hexagonal configuration. No external tube. General reference: Max Kohl A.G. (Chemnitz, Germany) catalog No. 100, volume III, pages 1009-1010.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Wall (1990.0539.20.05)
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from University of London King's College, Department of Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0539.20
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0539.20
label: accession number
content: 1990.0539
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: geissler tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: .01: 9 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: .02: 11 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 29.21 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: .03: 8 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: .04: 11 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: .05: 14 in x 10 in x 2 in; 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 4 1/2 in x 23 in x 12 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 58.42 cm x 31.75 cm