Collection

Vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron, 1931 (replica)

Made:
1931
designer:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence
and
Milton Stanley Livingston
Replica of the main body of the vacuum chamber of the original

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Replica of the main body of the vacuum chamber of the original
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Copy of the vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston of 1931

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1954-468
Materials:
brass, glass, sealing wax and copper
type:
cyclotrons

Parts

Vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron, 1931 (replica)

Vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron, 1931 (replica)

replica of the main body of the vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston of 1931

Measurements:
overall: 420 x 430 x 40 mm
Materials:
brass , glass , sealing wax and copper
Object Number:
1954-468 Pt1
type:
vacuum chamber
Lid from Replica of Ernest Lawrence and Milton Livingston vacuum tank

Lid from Replica of Ernest Lawrence and Milton Livingston vacuum tank

Lid from Ernest Lawrence and Milton Livingston's vacuum tank vacuum tank copy of the original cyclotron of 1931, unsigned, American?, 1931-1954

Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Object Number:
1954-468 Pt2
type:
lid: from replica
Vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron, 1931 (replica)

Vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron, 1931 (replica)

Dee from the copy of the vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston of 1931

Measurements:
overall: 15 mm x 265 mm x 130 mm, 0.51kg
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Object Number:
1954-468 Pt3
type:
vacuum chamber
Cardboard packing carton for Heater electrode, from vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston

Cardboard packing carton for Heater electrode, from vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston

Cardboard packing carton for Heater electrode by G.E.C. from vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston of 1931

Materials:
cardboard and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1954-468 Pt6
type:
cartons

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