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Vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron, 1931 (replica)

Made:: 1931

designer:: Ernest Orlando Lawrence and Milton Stanley Livingston

Vacuum chamber of the original cyclotron, 1931 (replica)

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Copy of the vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston of 1931

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Category:: Nuclear Physics

Object Number:: 1954-468

Materials:: brass, glass, sealing wax and copper

type:: cyclotrons

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replica of the main body of the vacuum chamber of the original

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

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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

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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

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Electrode chamber for copy of the vacuum tank of the original cyclotron

Electrode chamber for copy of the vacuum tank of the original cyclotron

Electrode chamber for copy of the vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston of 1931

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , solder , glass and paint

Object Number:: 1954-468 Pt4

type:: electrode chamber

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Heater electrode

Heater electrode

Heater electrode for copy of the vacuum tank of the original cyclotron of Lawrence and Livingston of 1931

Materials:: lead , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , solder , glass and wax

Object Number:: 1954-468 Pt5

type:: electrode

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

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum