geiger counter
Inventory Number2012-1-0058
ClassificationGeiger Counter
Subject
Maker
Reeves Instrument Corporation
c.1944 - 1967?
Maker
Department of Physics, Harvard University
founded 1884
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Place of Use
Dimensions12.9 × 21.1 × 18.1 cm (5 1/16 × 8 5/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Material
Signedprinted on front panel: REAC / LYNBROOK, N.Y. / MODEL E110
plate on back panel: DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED / EXCLUSIVELY FOR REAC / BY OXFORD ENGINEERING CORP. / WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS.
Inscribedprinted on back panel: MODEL E110 / SERIAL 257 / 105-125 V. / 60 CYCLES
Marion Electrical Instrument Company
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: Laboratory built Geiger counter (RS1072a).
Object number: RS1072
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: Geiger counter for detecting cosmic rays (RS1072).
Object number: RS1072a
Kenneth T. Bainbridge
Accessories: key to open the can is taped to the top.
Object number: 2004-1-0421
Nucleonic Corporation of America
Accessories: Manual
Object number: 2012-1-0055
Oxford Instrument Company
Date: circa 1968
Object number: 1997-1-1147
Nuclear Measurements Corporation
Date: circa 1960
Accessories: 5 baseplates, 1 ?, and 2 ? all in gray box next to instrument.
Object number: 2006-1-0007
Kenneth Joseph Launie
Date: 2018
Accessories: geiger counter probe; fake white bird used in B.F. Skinner exhibit
Object number: 0002-3-2018