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RefNoMS/844/1
LevelItem
TitleRutherford Centenary: Royal Society Celebrations. Pamphlet recording the visit to the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory
Date29/10/1971
DescriptionPamphlet of 10 pages recording the history of the establishment of the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, the largest of the Science Council's research establishments, and the work it does. Illustrated. Includes;
1. Panoramic view from the North-West of the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory
2. Diagram of Feiger and Marsden's alpha scattering apparatus
3. Apparatus for a pion-proton scattering experiment being installed in Experimental Hall 3
4. Part of the main ring magnet of Nimrod, in the region where the beam lines lead off to Experimentall Hall 1
5. The 15 MeV liner accelerator, which acts as an injector for Nimrod, seen from its input end
6. Tailpiece of a polarized target cryostat, showing cooling coils and, at the top, the microwave cavity containing the actual target
7. Spar chambers and scintillation counters seen at the exit end of a spectrometer magnet
8. The body of the 1.5 metre Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chamber
9. Cover; photograph of Rutherford
Extent1 volume
FormatPrinted
AccessStatusOpen
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