Wilson expansion apparatus

Made:
1912-1913 in Cambridge
maker:
The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited
inventor:
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Wilson expansion apparatus, a cloud chamber

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Wilson expansion apparatus, a cloud chamber
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Wilson expansion apparatus, a cloud chamber, invented by Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, and made by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd., Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912-1913

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Wilson cloud chamber

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Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1981-2175
Materials:
glass, metal (unknown), zinc (metal), mahogany (wood), rubber (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 480 x 295 x 300 mm
type:
expansion apparatus
credit:
University College London

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