Helium Liquefier

Made:
1900-1982 in Oxfordshire
Helium Liquefier

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Helium liquefier, built at the Clarendon Laboratory in Oxford, used from 1956 to 1979 ( sectioned)

Details

Category:
Heat
Object Number:
1981-676
Measurements:
overall: 2000 mm x 2500 mm x 740 mm,
type:
liquefier
credit:
Croft, A.J.

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