a glass tube having two electrodes and containing a gas which, when electrified, takes on a luminous glow of a color characteristic of the gas: used in spectroscopy, etc.
Origin of Geissler tube
after H. Geissler (1814-79), German inventorGeissler tube
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Noun
(plural Geissler tubes)
- An early gas discharge tube used to demonstrate the principles of electrical glow discharge.
Origin
After Heinrich Geissler, who invented it in 1857.
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