‘Strobotac’ stroboscope (type 631-B, serial no 2132) by General Radio Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1935-1937. Used for early research on aircraft radar detection (c,1935), at the Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern and after 1946 at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment ,Harwell
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Physics
- Object Number:
- 1982-672
- Materials:
- steel (metal), chromium plated, glass, copper (metal), paper (fibre product), rubber (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), electrical components and bakelite
- Measurements:
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overall: 235 mm x 201 mm x 180 mm, 4.31 kg
- type:
- stroboscopic lamp
- credit:
- Baker, M.A.W.
