Radioactive Scaler
notes: label: Description
content: Scalers of this sort were used to count pulses from radiation detectors. According to the donor, this example was one of the first available for bench-top use. One inscription reads “RADIATION INSTRUMENT / DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY.” Another reads “Model 200 / Serial—B347.” By 1964, Radiation Instrument Development Laboratories (RIDL) had become a division of Nuclear Chicago.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. J. P. Lambooy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0214.2
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0214.2
label: accession number
content: 1985.0214
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Radioactive Scaler
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 cm x 59 cm x 41.2 cm; 13 in x 23 1/4 in x 16 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: scaler: 13 in x 24 in x 16 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 60.96 cm x 41.91 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: additional parts, in museum housing: 1 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 6 in; 4.445 cm x 29.5275 cm x 15.24 cm