Replica of the apparatus (1903) used by Ernest Rutherford to demonstrate the corpuscular nature of radium alpha rays
- Made:
- 1964-1974 in United Kingdom
Replica of the apparatus (1903) used by Rutherford to demonstrate the corpuscular nature and the positive charge of the alpha rays from radium, unsigned, British, 1964-1974
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Physics
- Object Number:
- 1974-325
- Materials:
- lead (metal), aluminium alloy, brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy), metal (unknown), glass, acrylic, paper (fibre product) and wax
- Measurements:
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overall (assembled): 240 mm x 120 mm x 170 mm, 1.28kg
- type:
- replica
- credit:
- City University, London.