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FunctionAn early, simple, x-ray tube. The shape of the cathode is designed to help focus the electrons on a small area of the angled platinum anticathode, which is the only anode present. This model has a regenerator to restore the optimum gas pressure inside the tube, as well as a connection which is broken.
ProvenanceFrom the Harvard Medical School.
Related WorksRobert G. Arns, "The High-Vacuum X-Ray Tube: Technological Change in Social Context," Technology and Culture 38 (1997): 852-890.