AERE Harwell: Target Room of the Van der Graaff Electrostatic Generator

PART OF:
AERE Harwell
Made:
1950 in England
AERE Harwell: Target Room of the Van der Graaff Electrostatic AERE Harwell: Target Room of the Van der Graaff Electrostatic

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AERE Harwell: Target Room of the Van der Graaff Electrostatic
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AERE Harwell: Target Room of the Van der Graaff Electrostatic
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

drawing. AERE Harwell: Target Room of the Van der Graaff Electrostatic Generator, by Laurence Scarfe, August 1950. Watercolour; 49.5x53cm. Signed and dated in ink, brc. Title in pencil, blc. Two sheets of paper are adhered to overlap; one standing figure is overlapped. Verso has outline sketches and colour notes. Scene depicts beam end of 5 MeV Van de Graaff generator. Base of main body of generator visible, tl. Left trolley carries analysing magnet; right trolley, ion chamber. Centre, main horizontal tubes are vacuum pumping lines, inset vertical cylinders are dry ice traps.

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1952-3/2
Measurements:
overall: 495 x 530 mm
type:
watercolour and drawing
credit:
Laurence Scarfe