Name/Title
Aurora TubeEntry/Object ID
2013.3.6Description
An apparatus, listed in the earliest catalogues, that is still listed in current catalogues.
If a battery is discharged through a tube several feet long and nearly exhausted of air, the whole space is filled with a rich purple light. The sparks from the machine, conveyed through the same tube, exhibits flashings and tints resembling an aurora borealis.
Sometimes the "Guinea & Feather Tube" is used as an aurora tube.Collection
Moosnick Museum - Scientific Apparatus