Coolidge tube

Coolidge tube
a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
[1910-15, Amer.; named after William D. Coolidge (1873-1975), U.S. physicist and chemist who devised it]

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  • Coolidge, William D — ▪ American engineer and chemist born Oct. 23, 1873, Hudson, Mass., U.S. died Feb. 3, 1975, Schenectady, N.Y.       American engineer and physical chemist whose improvement of tungsten filaments (filament lamp) was essential in the development of… …   Universalium

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