Gold-leaf electroscope by Cambridge Instruments
- Made:
- 1930-1970
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Gold-leaf electroscope by Cambridge Instruments, serial number C95 753. Used with x-ray tube to measure intensity of current by viewing decay of the gold leaf through the microscope; this established how strong the reflection from a crystal was.
From a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.
Details
- Category:
- Experimental Chemistry
- Object Number:
- 1993-421/30
- type:
- electroscope
- credit:
- Gift of University College London, in memory of Dame Kathleen Lonsdale
