Glass vacuum tube used in a hospital sun lamp, Slough, England, 1928

Made:
1928 in Slough

Glass vacuum tube containing mercury, used as element in hospital sun lamp, by Hanovia Lamps of Slough in 1928

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630982
Materials:
tube, glass, clear, brown, leads, copper and clamps (2), aluminium, asbestos?, ceramic, plastic
type:
mercury vapour lamp
credit:
Hanovia Lamps and Englehard Industries