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Datelate 19th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number3969
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
    Owner Theodore William Richards 1868 - 1928
    Cultural Region
      Place of Use
        Dimensions30.6 x 9.2 x 1.8 cm (12 1/16 x 3 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionTube that is H shaped at the top with electrodes at each end, one tube longer than the other. The far side of the long tube tapers slightly before enlarging and then tapering once more till the end, which is ground on the outside.
          Signedunsigned
          FunctionUnknown.
          xenon (?) spectrum tube
          xenon (?) spectrum tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1895-1905
          Object number: 4851
          small glass spectral discharge tube: krypton
          small glass spectral discharge tube: krypton
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: circa 1900
          Accessories: card with signatures
          Object number: 3975
          argon spectrum tube
          argon spectrum tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1895-1900
          Object number: 3981
          small glass spectral discharge tube: xenon
          small glass spectral discharge tube: xenon
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: circa 1900
          Accessories: card with signatures
          Object number: 3976
          helium spectrum tube
          helium spectrum tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1895-1910
          Object number: 3979
          helium spectrum tube
          helium spectrum tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1895-1900
          Object number: 3978
          hydrogen spectrum tube
          hydrogen spectrum tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 3980
          helium and nitrogen spectrum tube
          helium and nitrogen spectrum tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1900-1920
          Object number: 3982
          tube
          tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 4346
          original Richards and Wells nephelometer
          original Richards and Wells nephelometer
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1895
          Object number: 3849
          spectrum tube
          spectrum tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1900-1928
          Object number: 3977
          cardboard mailing tube with eleven glass tubes inside
          cardboard mailing tube with eleven glass tubes inside
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Accessories: cardboard mailing cylinder, addressed the T. Richards in Germany
          Object number: 3973