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Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Mobile Roentgen Ray Apparatus 359 series with the dynamo a current of loamperes at lOO volts may be obtained.This combination makes it possible toobtain 4 or 5 milliamperes through a tubeof medium hardness. Fig. 3 shows the latest type of Englishapparatus set up ready for operation. Thecanopy extension connected to the auto-mobile serves as a fluoroscopic room. The Equipage Radiologique with the mercuryinterrupter on a shelf by the drivers seatand a gas-electric generating set mountedbehind the drivers seat. The latest typeof French roentgen ray automobile outfithas been described as follows by Lt. Col.P. M. Hickey: It consists essentially of an ordinaryautomobile with a large box body, which
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Fig. 2. Gas Electric Set of English Portable Apparatus. body is thoroughly equipped as a darkroom. The power for the roentgen ray ap-paratus and electric lights is supplied bydynamo operated by the motor of the truck.The French service has also dependedupon the coil and interrupter actuating agas tube, and for generating apparatus hasused a dynamo driven by the automobileengine, or in some cases a separate gas-electric set. The output of such apparatusis about 10 milliamperes through a mediumtube. Fig. 4 represents the French is equipped to serve as a dark room andfor storage of tables, etc. The essentiallynew part of the outfit (Fig. 5) is that thechassis in its forward part is of a peculiarconstruction. Instead of terminating di-rectly under the forward part of the hood,the front end of the chassis is elongatedwith a U-like projection of very heavy-material. This U-shaped projection servesfor the mounting of the dynamo. Thisdynamo is mounted on a prolongation ofthe axis of the crank

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