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OBJECT TYPE: COOLIDGE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0272.001

MANUFACTURER: VICTOR X-RAY CORP.
MODEL: 4689
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS TUBE WITH METAL WORKING PARTS AND ENDS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 41.0 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Radiology
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: VICTOR
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY IN THE 1920S AND 1930S
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO PRODUCE X-RAYS BY BOMBARDING A METAL TARGET WITH A STREAM OF HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONS [REF 1]
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE OF AN X-RAY TUBE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON GLASS IN MIDDLE OF TUBE: '10 MA[?]/ COOLIDGE/ VICTOR/ TUBE/ MADE IN USA/ 4689/ PATENTED JAN 11 [?]/ 12 DEC 30, '13[?]/ OCT 31, 16 JAN. 2 '17./ PATENTS PENDING/ THIS TUBE IS NOT LICENSED TO BE/ [?] OR REPAIRED, NOR IS/ [?] THEREIN CONTAINED [?]/ CEASED TO BE USED EXCEPT IN THIS/ PARTICULAR TUBE/ VICTOR X-RAY CORPORATION/ CHICAGO ILL. U.S.A.'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH YELLOWISH GLASS IN CENTRE
Decoration: N/A

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VICTOR X-RAY CORP., Tube, x-ray, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0272, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0272.001/

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