X-Ray Tube
name: label: maker
content: C. W. & R. M. Bowen Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Cold cathode glass x-ray tube with “Original Muller Rontgenrohre / . . .” and “Műller Patent 771086 / Queen Patent 594036” inscriptions on the bulb; and a “Perfection / C. W. & R. M. Bowen Co. / Providence, R. I.” inscription on the stem.
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry Lyman Sayen, “Roentgen Ray Tube,” U.S. Patent 594,036 (Nov. 23, 1897), assigned to The Queen & Co., of Philadelphia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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: 1978.0121.24
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0121.24
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: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 22.5 cm x 7 cm; 3 15/16 in x 8 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in