Model of cloud chamber magnet presented to Prof. P.M.S. Blackett, 1934

Made:: 1957 in England

maker:: Unknown

Model of a cloud chamber magnet
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Model of a cloud chamber magnet, mounted on a wooden base with fitted wooden case, unsigned, England, 1957. Presented to Professor Patrick Maynard Stewart Blackett, physicist; government and military adviser, who in 1934 had designed the original cloud chamber magnet.

Details

Category:: Nuclear Physics

Object Number:: 1980-592

Materials:: wood, brass, copper, steel and plastics

Measurements:: overall: 130 x 200 x 180 mm

type:: model - representation, cloud chamber and magnet

credit:: Lady Blackett.

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