scientific instrument

Object NameCrooke's Railway Tube on a Stand

Made FromNon-lead glass, metal, wood

Date1870-1915

Place Madeprobably Germany; possibly England; possibly United States

TechniqueLampworked glass, hand worked metal

SizeOverall H: 18.5 cm, L: 28.0 cm, D: 5.4 cm; (a) H: 11.3 cm, L: 28.0 cm, W: 5.4 cm; (b) H: 8.1 cm, L: 12.4 cm, W: 5.4 cm

Accession Number97.3.22

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, silver metal, brown wood; lampworked glass, hand worked metal. Horizontal, cylindrical hollow tube which has secondary tubes extending upwards at right angles to the body at each end, each secondary tube cape with a metal cap and projecting look, held in place with plaster; a glass tube with a vertical wire extends down from the cap and ends in a circular glass and metal plate at right angles to the main tube. Within the central tube is a rectangular frame of glass tubing on which rests a metal flywheel which revolves and propels itself back and forth along the glass frame. The ends of the main tube come to a point and are tooled shut. (b) The tube rests on a wooden stand with a base and two vertical sides which have a V-shaped cut to hold the tube.

Provenance

Source Gemmary - 1997-06-09