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Title
Mercury Experiment
Publication Information
Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Santa Clara University
Collection
Santa Clara University Archives ClaraVision Photograph Collection
Rights Information
Permission to copy or publish any portion of SCU Archives materials must be given by Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections.
Description
This instrument appears to be an early type of vacuum discharge tube or x-ray tube. The glass tube contains metal electrodes that have been sealed and from which the air has been removed by a vacuum system.
Type
image
Format
image
Identifier
http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/claravision/id/262
Language
English
Subject
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Santa Clara University (Calif.)
Electric discharges
X-ray tubes
Place
Santa Clara (Calif.)
Source
sci.inst.RB.42
Relation
Santa Clara College 19th Century Scientific Instruments Collection

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