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Geissler tube

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Geissler tube /ˈgʌɪslə/

▶noun a sealed tube of glass or quartz with a central constriction, filled with vapour for the production of a luminous electrical discharge.

– origin C19: named after its German inventor Heinrich Geissler.

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