X-Ray Tube
name: label: maker
content: Swett, James H.
label: maker
content: Swett & Lewis Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Three electrode cold cathode glass x-ray tube with gas auto regulation (asbestos), and a “SWETT & LEWIS CO. / BOSTON, MASS. / 10305” inscription. This firm was in business from 1896 to 1906.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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: 1978.0121.21
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0121.21
label: accession number
content: 1978.0121
objectType: label: Object Name
content: X-Ray Tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 47.5 cm x 12.5 cm; 8 27/32 in x 18 11/16 in x 4 29/32 in