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X-ray Parts

Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1998-1-0116
ClassificationX-ray Parts
Subject
    DimensionsOverall - Storage: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
    plastic container: 10.5 x 9.2 cm (4 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
    Material
      Description1 gold with chrome covering, six sided bottle with screw lid of same material. On one of the faces of the bottle is "RADIUM CHEMICAL COMPANY/DISTRIBUTORS/PITTSBURGH, PA. U.S.A" Stamped on the bottom of the bottle is : NO3585

      Contains Radium 226, tested on 6/9/2025 by radiation safety office using a "Thermo-Scientific RIIDEYE M-G3, Radiation Isotope Identification" device
      FunctionX-ray laboratory
      ProvenanceCountway Library, Harvard Medical School. Transferred to CHSI July 2, 1997.
      Historical AttributesJuly 2, 1997: Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, this container of items was with the x-ray tubes transferred to the Collection on this date. The items in the plastic jar was originally in cardboard box 1998-1-0115.
      stoppered glass test tube of radium
      stoppered glass test tube of radium
      Theodore William Richards
      Date: circa 1900
      Object number: 4878
      unidentified mineral sample (radioactive)
      unidentified mineral sample (radioactive)
      American
      Date: 1890-1930
      Object number: 3928
      W. Crookes Spinthariscope
      W. Crookes Spinthariscope
      Eimer & Amend
      Object number: 1997-1-1698
      strontium formate crystal section in glass jar
      strontium formate crystal section in glass jar
      Percy Williams Bridgman
      Date: 1946
      Accessories: small white cardboard box glass jar wooden shipping crate
      Object number: 1998-1-1308
      sample of uranium ore in a stoppered glass test tube
      sample of uranium ore in a stoppered glass test tube
      Percy Williams Bridgman
      Date: circa 1925
      Accessories: wooden test tube holder
      Object number: 1998-1-0060r
      Split Anode Magnetron
      Split Anode Magnetron
      Telefunken
      Object number: VT0285
      canvas sack of thorianite granules
      canvas sack of thorianite granules
      Foote Mineral Company
      Date: circa 1915
      Object number: 4943
      unidentified mineral sample (radioactive)
      unidentified mineral sample (radioactive)
      American
      Date: 1900-1930
      Object number: 3917a
      unidentified mineral sample (radioactive)
      unidentified mineral sample (radioactive)
      American
      Date: 1900-1930
      Object number: 3917c
      sealed glass jar of thorianite ore
      sealed glass jar of thorianite ore
      Foote Mineral Company
      Date: circa 1915
      Object number: 4712
      Image Not Available for uranium cube from ALSOS Mission
      uranium cube from ALSOS Mission
      Edwin C. Kemble
      Date: 1940-1944
      Accessories: lead shielding; plastic tub
      Object number: 2023-1-0045
      x-ray parts
      x-ray parts
      Radium Chemical Company
      Date: circa 1900
      Accessories: metal needles (2); black rubber tubes with one conical end (5); large black pellets with small metal tubes protruding from the center (2); brown rubber tubes (4); dumbbell-like objects (2); small black caps (4); large black objects with rectangles gouged out of them (2); black cylindrical canisters (4); a metal tube with a screw top; and a bucket of misc. objects
      Object number: 1998-1-0115