Description

Black and white photograph of Kenneth J. Button, center, and two other men including Benjamin Lax, running experiments using high field electromagnets in the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory. Original caption: "Scientists at the National Magnet Laboratory carry out an advanced experiement using one of the Laboratory's several high field electromagnets. The magnet itself is the circular structure at the rear of the elongated glass tube. Utility hoses from the floor feed electrical power and cooling water to the magnet."