Crookes Tube With Three Anodes

 

When a high voltage is applied, the cathode rays leaving the cupped cathode form three beams - one beam going to each anode. The beams are visible due to the fluorescence of the gas molecules caused by the electrons traveling through the tube. The age of this tube is uncertain, possibly late 1800s or early 1900s.

 

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