X-Ray Tube
notes: label: Description
content: Cold cathode glass x-ray tube made in the Carl Müller factory near Hamburg. It features duplex regulation of the gas: the spiral platinum wire can increase the vacuum while the mica discs can decrease the vacuum automatically. Inscriptions read “Original Muller Rontgenrohur / Mueller Patent 771086 / Queen Patent 594036 / No 52310 / Made in Germany.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry Lyman Sayen, “Roentgen Ray Tube,” U.S. Patent 594,036 (Nov. 23, 1897), assigned to Queen & Co.
label: Description
content: Carl Heinz Florenz Mueller, “X-Ray Tube,” U.S. Patent 771,086 (Sept. 27, 1904).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Emil Grubbé
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-05008
label: accession number
content: 161220
label: catalog number
content: M-05008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: X-Ray Tube
label: Object Name
content: tube, x-ray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 15 cm x 41 cm; 8 9/32 in x 5 29/32 in x 16 5/32 in