College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
7B35.10 - Crookes tubes
Hook the induction coil to the electrodes of the tube, turn on and adjust the power and the direction of the current of the coil. The Crookes tubes are designed to be evacuated during the above operation so that different patterns and characteristics may be observed.
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- Ep-7, 9: Freier and Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
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- The Queen Catalogues Vol. II, Catalogue of Physicsal Instruments, Crooke's Tubes, p. 116.
- The Queen Catalogues Vol. II, Catalogue of Physicsal Instruments, Crooke's Radiant Matter Tubes, p. 123.
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