Cascade generator built at the Cavendish Laboratory
- maker:
- Cavendish Laboratory
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Cascade generator, designed by and built at the Cavendish Laboratory, by Philips, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England and Phillips, Holland, 1937. For Philips 1.5 million volt accelerator (also known as voltage doubler stack).
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Physics
- Object Number:
- 1982-1318 Pt1
- Materials:
- aluminium alloy, bakelite, chromium plated, nickel plated, selenium, steel (metal) and tin plated
- Measurements:
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overall: 4000 mm x 2000 mm x 1400 mm,
- type:
- generator
- taxonomy:
-
- tools and equipment
- equipment
- power producing equipment
- credit:
- University of Witswatersrand
