Geisslerrör

Ritning på Geisslerrör från 1869 Fransk fysikbok, visar en del av de dekorativa formerna och färgerna.
Modern återskapade av ett Geisslerrör på ett museum

Geisslerrör[1] är ett tidigt gasurladdningsrör som används för att demonstrera principerna för elektrisk glödurladdning.

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Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, Geissler tube, 16 januari 2013.

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Författare/Upphovsman: Paul Downey from Berkhamsted, UK, Licens: CC BY 2.0
A modern electrical artwork that is an imitation of a Geissler tube, a gas discharge tube invented by Heinrich Geissler in 1857. It consists of a series of glass tubes filled with various gases at low pressure, with metal electrodes at each end. A high voltage of several thousand volts is applied between the electrodes. The high voltage ionizes the gas causing it to give off light by fluorescence in a glow discharge. The color of the light depends on the gas used. Geissler tubes like this of many elaborate shapes and colors were made for entertainment starting around 1860 until the turn of the 20th century. By the 1920s this technology was commercialized in neon signs.
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Color drawing of Geissler tubes lit by their own light, from an 1869 French natural philosophy book, showing some of the many fanciful shapes and colors. They were powered by high voltage from an induction coil. Invented by German glassblower Heinrich Geissler in 1857, Geissler tubes were the first gas discharge tubes and were manufactured for entertainment. Around 1910 they evolved into the first neon lights. Caption: "Electric discharge in rarefied gasses: 1.Discharge in Vapor of Alcohol. (2.3.4.5.Geissler's tubes enclosing rarefied gasses) 2.Shows Fluorescence of Sulphuret of Calcium, 4.Fluorescence of Uranium glass, 5.Shows Fluorescence of Sulphuret of Strontium, 6.Fluorescence of Uranium glass and Sulphate of Quinine".