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What does Crookes mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A surname​.
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This fact should be borne in mind when we come to speak of the electrical region outside a Crookes tube.
This is all which appears to be accomplished by the process which Mr. Crookes recommends.
Fig. 220 shows a Crookes tube fitted with a metal plate, so that the cathode rays coming from C will strike it.
The electrical discharge in the Crookes tube is many-sided in its manifestations.
The use of the X rays is accompanied with some danger if the Crookes tube is not properly used.
Another illustration of the power of cooled charcoal to produce high vacua is afforded by a Crookes radiometer.

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