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Scott Kozak
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Hello everyone,
This is my second year teaching Physics and I have come upon an interesting apparatus that no one can seem to identify. It appears to be two vacuum tubes protruding from a casing which includes two sets of three parallel brass plates, presumably with some sort of dielectric in-between. These plates are in turn wired to what I believe is an insulated solenoid of unknown coil number. There is another coil of wire wrapped around a glass test tube connected in parallel to the bulbs and I think to the negative feed (although this connection seems to have worn out). It is made by the Central Scientific Company (Cenco), listed as a "laboratory apparatus" along with "supplies chemical." Dimensions are 30cm bulb to bulb with a 10 x16 cm base and stands 13 cm tall at its highest point (picture attached.
I haven't the slightest clue what this thing is or does but my students are absolutely fascinated with it. Can anyone help me Identify it.
Thanks,
Scott
This is my second year teaching Physics and I have come upon an interesting apparatus that no one can seem to identify. It appears to be two vacuum tubes protruding from a casing which includes two sets of three parallel brass plates, presumably with some sort of dielectric in-between. These plates are in turn wired to what I believe is an insulated solenoid of unknown coil number. There is another coil of wire wrapped around a glass test tube connected in parallel to the bulbs and I think to the negative feed (although this connection seems to have worn out). It is made by the Central Scientific Company (Cenco), listed as a "laboratory apparatus" along with "supplies chemical." Dimensions are 30cm bulb to bulb with a 10 x16 cm base and stands 13 cm tall at its highest point (picture attached.
I haven't the slightest clue what this thing is or does but my students are absolutely fascinated with it. Can anyone help me Identify it.
Thanks,
Scott