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Vacuum-tube patent drawing, 1916
US 1,203,495Vacuum-tube1916

PD-43 · US 1,203,495

Vacuum-tube

Coolidge's X-ray tube, patented as a plain 'vacuum tube' in 1916 — the design that made radiography routine for a century.

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William D. Coolidge
Patented
October 31, 1916

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PD-43 · US 1,203,495 · Filed May 9, 1913 ·

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