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INSPIRED by the magnificent X-ray tube with spinning target designed by Müller1 and now in operation at the Davy Faraday Laboratory of the Royal Institution, we have considered the feasibility of completely sealing off the rotating anode by means of mercury after the manner of the classical Torricelli experiment.
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A. Müller, NATURE, 124, 128, July 27, 1929.
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ASTBURY, W., PRESTON, R. A Mercury-Sealed Water-Cooled Rotating X-Ray Target. Nature 133, 460–461 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133460b0
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