Article ID: CBB000831646

My Favourite Instrument (2007)

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Description On the spinthariscope invented by William Crookes in the early 20th century to show visible evidence of radiation.


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Authors & Contributors
Brock, William H.
Herran, Néstor
Leone, Matteo
Robotti, Nadia
Carbonari, Luca
Dörfel, Günter
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Physics in Perspective
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Ashgate
University of California Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Radioactivity
Physics
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Science and religion
Biographies
Radium
People
Crookes, William
Curie, Marie Sklodowska
Fermi, Enrico
Joliot-Curie, Irène
Carpenter, William Benjamin
Curie, Pierre
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
France
Spain
Vienna (Austria)
Germany
Hungary
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Society for Psychical Research
Solvay Conferences
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Hirnforschung, Berlin-Buch
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