Photo showing an exhibition of French scientific instruments

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Folder of photos showing an exhibition of French scientific instruments
Made:
1950-02-08
part of archive:
Science Museum Group Corporate Archive
maker:
Sport and General Press Agency

Photograph with a caption that reads: '144904 Republique Francaise, Commissariat A L'energie Atomique. Radioactive Survey Equipment. Portable Rate Meter A.V.P. This instrument is calibrated in number of pulses per second. Variations of 10% of background counts can be detected. Activities up to 100 times the background can be measured. Time constant of integration: 5 sec. Power is supplied by accumulators of 45 hours capacity.'

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1 photograph
Identifier:
CORP/SCM/Z/111/50/06/03
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