laboratory built Geiger counter
Datecirca 1920
Inventory NumberRS1072a
ClassificationGeiger Counter
Subject
Dimensions18 x 14 x 11 cm, 11 lb. (7 1/16 x 5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in., 5 kg)
Material
AccessoriesGeiger counter for detecting cosmic rays (RS1072).
DescriptionBlack rectangular metal object with 2 dials on front. Thick cord with elbow shaped 5-pronged socket.
Signedunsigned.
Function"an instrument for detecting ionizing radiations, consisting of a gas-filled tube in which electric-current pulses are produced when the gas is ionized by radiation, and of a device to register these pulses: used chiefly to measure radioactivity. "
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Marion Electrical Instrument Company
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: Laboratory built Geiger counter (RS1072a).
Object number: RS1072
Kenneth Joseph Launie
Date: 2018
Accessories: geiger counter probe; fake white bird used in B.F. Skinner exhibit
Object number: 0002-3-2018
Kenneth T. Bainbridge
Accessories: key to open the can is taped to the top.
Object number: 2004-1-0421
C. F. Casella & Co. Ltd.
Date: early 20th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: wood carrying box containing the counter, in three parts; (9) glass slides; (2) red cardboard boxes labeled "1/4 Oz micro circles, in. 3/4 No.1"; (1) red cardboard box labeled, "DNC / 2/6"; (1) green cardboard box labeled "1/2 oz No 88138, non-corrosive Micro Cover Glasses, 18 m/m Circles No.1".
Object number: 1998-1-0858
Nucleonic Corporation of America
Accessories: Manual
Object number: 2012-1-0055
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