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William Crookes (1832–1919)
English:
Caricature of British physicist
Sir William Crookes
(1832-1919), inventor of the
Crookes tube
, an early type of experimental
vacuum tube
which produced colorful light displays. Caption read "ubi Crookes ibi lux", which in Latin means roughly, "Where there is Crookes, there is light".
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Date | 1902-1903 (published 21 May 1903) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Published in "Vanity Fair" , 21 May 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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creator QS:P170,Q920924
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