Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947

Made:
1945-1947 in Manchester
maker:
Patrick Maynard Stewart Blackett
Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947 Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947 Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947 Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947
Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947 Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947 Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947 Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947

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Complete cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles" that was used at Manchester University.

This is the cloud chamber with which Rocester and Butler of the University of Manchester obtained the conclusive cloud chamber evidence for the existence of new unstable elementary particles in 1947.

The cloud chamber was operated at a mountain altitude of 2900m on the French Pyrenees at the Observatoire du Pic-du-Midi.

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1963-348
Materials:
brass, steel, rubber, glass and complete
Measurements:
overall: 240 x 400 x 460 mm
type:
cloud chamber
copyright:
Unlinked Name
credit:
Imperial College London

Parts

Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947

Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles", 1945-1947

Complete cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles" that was used at Manchester University.

Measurements:
overall: 240 x 400 x 460 mm
Materials:
brass , steel , rubber , glass and complete
Object Number:
1963-348/1
type:
cloud chambers
Image ©
Imperial College, London| Enquiries to Science Museum, London
Control mechanism in aluminium casting Control mechanism in aluminium casting, for cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler

Control mechanism in aluminium casting, for cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler

Control mechanism in aluminium casting, for complete cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles" that was used at Manchester University.

Measurements:
overall: 105 mm x 280 mm x 120 mm, 1.64kg
Materials:
brass , steel , aluminium (metal) , copper (metal) , plastic (unidentified) , metal (unknown) , wood (unidentified) and in-complete
Object Number:
1963-348/2
type:
component and cloud chamber
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Control mechanism on aluminium plate Control mechanism on aluminium plate, for cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler

Control mechanism on aluminium plate, for cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler

Control mechanism on aluminium plate, for complete cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles" that was used at Manchester University.

Measurements:
overall: 60 mm x 330 mm x 205 mm, 2.51kg
Materials:
aluminium (metal) , steel , rubber , brass , copper (metal) , steel (metal) , metal (unknown) , plastic (unidentified) , paint , textile and in-complete
Object Number:
1963-348/3
type:
component and cloud chamber
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Ground glass focusing screen for cloud chamber camera

Ground glass focusing screen for cloud chamber camera

Ground glass focusing screen with hinge and mounting plate for camera from cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for the first photographs of "strange (nu) particles" that was used at Manchester University.

Measurements:
overall: 240 x 400 x 460 mm
Materials:
brass , steel and complete
Object Number:
1963-348/4
type:
component and focusing screen
Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for first photographs of "strange (nu) particles, 1945-1947

Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for first photographs of "strange (nu) particles, 1945-1947

Cloud chamber used by Rochester and Butler for first photographs of "strange (nu) particles, 1945-1947

Object Number:
1963-348/5
type:
cloud chamber

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