Crookes tube

English

Etymology

After Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist, one of its inventors.

Noun

Crookes tube (plural Crookes tubes)

  1. An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered.
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