Radiation Meter
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1946?
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this radiation meter reads "ZEUS α-β-γ SURVEY METER / LICENSED UNDER PATENTS OF / THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION / MODEL NO. Z100 SERIAL NO. 29 / THE RAULAND CORP. CHI-CAGO, ILL."
label: Description
content: E. Norman Rauland (1898-1975) was born in Norway, moved with his family to Chicago, and became fascinated with radio at a young age. In 1920, after a stint with the U.S. Army, he established the All-American Radio Corporation. That firm was incorporated as Rauland Manufacturing Co. in 1922, and later became a subsidiary of the Zenith Radio Corporation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Department of Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0125.27
label: accession number
content: 1994.0125
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0125.27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Radiation survey meter, "Zeus"
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 33 cm; x 6 5/16 in x 13 in