Tube, Geissler
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLUORESCENCE
- DATE
- 1856
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1298.007
- MANUFACTURER
- Dunscombe, M.W.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Bristol, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 7
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS & METAL/ GASES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.6 cm
- Width
- 2.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 2.2 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Demonstration & teaching equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Dunscombe
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Bristol
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- LAST HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
- Canada
-
GEISSLER & CROOKES TUBES WERE STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN PUBLIC & UNIVERSITYELECTRICAL DEMONSTRATIONS IN LAST HALF OF 19TH CENTURY IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE. - Function
-
SET OF EVACUATED GLASS TUBES FILLED WITH CONDUCTING GASES & WITH EMBEDDED ELECTRODES, SO THAT TUBES GLOW WHEN ELECTRIC CURRENT IS PASSED THROUGH THEM, USED TO DEMONSTRATE PHENOMENON OF FLUORESCENCE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED TO ILLUSTRATE PROPERTIES OF CERTAIN GASES IN RELATION TO ELECTRICITY, ESP. FLUORESCENCE. WORK WITH GEISSLER TUBES LED TO DISCOVERY OF CATHODE RAYS; WILLIAM CROOKES INVESTIGATED HOW THEY WERE AFFECTED BY MAGNETIC FIELDS, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO TECHNOLOGY OF CATHODE RAY TUBES USED IN TELEVISIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- From CA of 12/10/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - appears to be
- Finish
- COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS TUBES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dunscombe, M.W., Tube, Geissler, after 1856, Artifact no. 1995.1298, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1298.007/
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