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Karl Taylor Compton with radium detector, circa 1936

Object summary

Title
Karl Taylor Compton with radium detector, circa 1936
Object ID
GCP-00000214
Date made
circa 1936
Place made

United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT

Maker
Wide World Photos
Object type
Photograph
Major collection
MIT History
Named collection
Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view
No
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Description

Karl Taylor Compton stands with radium detector. Technology Review, February 1936, p. 180. Original Credit Line: Wide World Photos, Inc., 841508.

Original Caption: "Pres. Compton demonstrates new radium detector developed by Prof. Evans".

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