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:
overall (assembled): 240 mm x 120 mm x 170 mm, 1.28kg
type:
replica
credit:
City University, London.