Dim lights in order to make the electron beam more visible. Wire up the heater and accelerator contacts (and also deflector contacts, if desired) on the tube to the power supply (or supplies). If ...

The Nobel Prize, which is awarded to those who “have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”, is presented across a number of categories. Even though it recognises specific work done by people, ...

Before the advent of flat-panel displays, cathode ray tubes were the mainstream. CRTs consist of a giant vacuum tube with an electron gun inside, which projects electron beams onto a phosphor screen ...

The cathode ray tube is dead. “Rust in peace,” ministered the New York Times in its 2009 catalogue of obsolescence for the aughts. The obvious play on words conjoins an industrial mythos with a ...

Nearly 120 years ago J. J Thomson discovered the first sub-atomic particle using a custom-made glass tube. His "cathode ray" turned out to be the electron. This video was produced by Science Museum, ...

1910 Boris Rosing is granted a Russian patent for his cathode-ray tube, the technology found in most TVs today. 1925 Ventriloquist dummy Stooky Bill makes his on-screen debut in the first successful ...

This week we return to the grainy and un-color-corrected goodness that is synonymous with ancient video reels. [CNK] sent in a tip to a set of videos showing how Cathode Ray Tubes are manufactured on ...

Barium platinocyanide. Sounds menacing. But it is a chemical that changed the world! For the better. The year was 1895 and Wilhelm Roentgen, professor of physics at the University of Wurzburg, was ...