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What does Crookes mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A surname​.
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It was launched without mast and rigging from Eskside Wharf after a friend of the Jenkinsons, Susan Crookes, smashed a bottle of champagne across the bow at her fifth attempt.
The films are put in the mouth, and the Crookes tube placed outside in such a position that the rays can pass through the jaw.
This is all which appears to be accomplished by the process which Mr. Crookes recommends.
Crookes studied the light from various gases by enclosing them in a tube which was pumped out until a low vacuum was produced.
The use of the X rays is accompanied with some danger if the Crookes tube is not properly used.
Both in the case of the Crookes tube and the aurora these streamers are produced by electrical discharges through rarefied air.

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