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OBJECT TYPE: Coolidge/broad focus/45-degree angle/cathode- tungsten
DATE: 1900–1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0889.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Clear glass tube; black synthetic and silver metal components.

Dimensions

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

Length: 69.0 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Height: 21.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 4.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Paper label fixed to one end of tube reads "BROAD/ FOCUS". UHN catalogue no. "X976.19.B" printed by hand in white ink on one end of tube. NB: Protective glass enclosure over tube not opened at time of cataloguing: other markings are presumably present.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Clear glass tube; black synthetic and silver metal components.
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric, Tube, x-ray, circa 1900–1920, Artifact no. 2002.0889, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0889.001/

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