[Manuscript description of three items of apparatus used by Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie in 1934 in experiments to discover artificial radioactivity / Faculte des Sciences de Paris. Institut de Radium Laboratoire Curie. [1 leaf. The three objects, a shaped glass tube; a valve amplifier (made by Frederic Joliot-Curie); and an electro-chemical counter (made by Machlett Laboratories Inc) are all in the Museum's Atomic Physics/Nuclear Physics Collection with inventory numbers 1982-548, -547 and -549. The first-named is illustrated on the leaf. The description (in French) is on verso of Faculte des Sciences de Paris notepaper]
Details
- Category:
- Archive
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1996-214
- Measurements:
-
: 270 x 210 mm
- type:
- ms. description
- credit:
- Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
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