Title
Lauritsen Electroscope
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Creation Date
1940
Description
Lauritsen electroscope, accession no. 41; circa 1940
This instrument was used by Dr. Fritz Lipmann. When charged with static electricity, the arms (vanes) opened. The speed with which the arms closed when radioactive phosphorus was brought near related to the amount of radioactivity in the sample. At present beta radiation and gamma radiation are measured routinely by sophisticated instrumentation and print-outs.
Photo by Lubosh Stepanek
Keywords
electroscope, Fritz Lipmann