Crookes tube

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

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

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

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