A simple cathode ray tube. In order to determine the nature of cathode rays, experimenters like Arthur Schuster, J. J. Thomson, Heinrich Hertz, and Philipp Lenard would devise many variations on this simple design.

Tube drawing: Copyright 1923 by Central Scientific Company. Glow photo: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.



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