Diagram showing apparatus, used by Ernest Rutherford and Hans Geiger, to measure the charge carried by an alpha-particle

Made:: 1920-1926 in United Kingdom

maker:: Unknown

Diagram on passe partout board minus frame
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Diagram on passe partout board minus frame, showing apparatus used by Ernest Rutherford and Hans Geiger, to measure the charge carried by an alpha-particle, unsigned, British, 1920-1926

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Category:: Nuclear Physics

Object Number:: 1926-126

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: overall (lying flat): 5 mm x 340 mm x 300 mm, 0.02 kg

type:: diagram

credit:: The Royal Society (British Empire Exhibition Committee)

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Diagram showing apparatus, used by Ernest Rutherford and Hans Geiger, to measure the charge carried by an alpha-particle

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