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Cavendish Laboratory : Jackson X-ray tube made for JJ Thomson

Cavendish Laboratory

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This type of discharge tube invented by Sir Herbert Jackson of King's College London in 1896 was the most efficient source of X-ray production at that time. This example was constructed by J.J. Thomson's personal assistant, E. Everett. He and W.H. Hayles took X-ray photographs of patients brought by doctors to the Cavendish Laboratory. At the same time, Thomson was investigating the nature of X-rays and their influence on the conductivity of gases.</p>


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