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geissler tube

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  1. 1. A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it. Source: opted
  2. 2. A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plücker tube, from the German physicist who devised it. Source: webster
  3. 3. A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containingsome gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when anelectrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the nameof a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plücker tube, from theGerman physicist who devised it. Source: adambom

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