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FunctionThis is a very simple, early x-ray tube. Its elongated glass tube contains a flat cathode at the end of a long neck, and there is one target in the middle of the bulb. Other than that, there is only a vent to regulate the gas pressure.
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.