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Publicity photograph of the Spark Chamber Scanning System 2319

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Title

Publicity photograph of the Spark Chamber Scanning System 2319

Description

Used in physics laboratories the Spark Chamber Scanning System used television cameras to record the location of cosmic ray events within the spark chamber. This information was recorded on tape and then fed into an IBM computer for further analysis. Spark chambers were an early form of particle detector.

Creator

Digital Equipment Corporation

Date

ca 1963

Identifier

2017.32

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

5x7 in