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Thomson's gas discharge tube, 2000

 Item — Box: 1, Object: 2006.501.016

Scope and Contents

Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Gas discharge tube, with which J. J. Thomson discovered and characterized the electron, and determined the charge to mass ratio.

Dates

  • Creation: 2000

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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