Original portable apparatus for detecting and locating lost radium, used by Professor Hopwood

Original portable apparatus for detecting and locating lost radium and used by Prof. Hopwood, unsigned, British, 1930-1939. Consists of probe containg a letter lamp bulb and electrical board with resisters and a rheostat control.

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1939-285
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), cardboard, aluminium (metal), steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and textile
Measurements:
overall (probe): 65 mm x 1038 mm x 350 mm,
overall (spare bulb): 130 mm x 66 mm x 66 mm,
overall (base): 145 mm x 337 mm x 200 mm, 2.54 kg
type:
radiation detector
credit:
Hopwood, F.L.

Parts

Probe containg a letter lamp bulb

Probe containg a letter lamp bulb

Probe containg a letter lamp bulb

Object Number:
1939-285/2
type:
probe