General Information

Serial #

69742

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS TUBE WITH METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

22.0 cm

Width

8.1 cm

Height

10.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

ORIGINALLY THE PROPERTY OF CANADIAN GEOPHYSICIST DR. DAVID ARNOLD KEYS (1890-1977). ACCORDING TO HIS SON, SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS USED BY DR. KEYS IN DEMONSTRATIONS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN INTENDED TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN SCIENCE, OTHER PIECES DATE FROM HIS TIME AT GERMAN PHYSICIST WILHELM ROENTGEN'S LAB IN MUNICH, MCGILL UNIVERSITY & AECL. DR. KEYS WORKED WITH ROENTGEN IN MUNICH IN 1911 BEFORE EARNING A PHD AT CAMBRIDGE; HE WAS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT MCGILL 1921-1947; HE WAS VP FOR ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT AT NRC'S CHALK RIVER LABS 1947-1955; AND WAS AN AECL CONSULTANT UNTIL THE 1970'S.

Function

USED TO PRODUCE HIGH VELOCITY ELECTRONS TO CREATE ENERGY BEAMS OF VERY SHORT WAVE LENGTHS CALLED X-RAYS.

Technical

EXAMKPLE OF SMALL X-RAY TUBE WITH SIZE & DESIGN SUGGESTING IT WAS MADE IN EARLY 20TH CENTRUY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ONGLASS READS "69742"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 12/04/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ PLATED PARTS/ BLACK METAL PARTS

Decoration

N/A