Radiation Counter
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the top of this small and lightweight Geiger Mueller counter reads “MODEL 106B / ‘LUCKY STRIKE’ / GEIGER COUNTER / AEC SGM 49A / PRECISION / RADIATION INSTRUMENTS, INC. / LOS ANGELES 16, CALIF.” A tag reads “USAEC / G100 / No. 949.” This instrument, designed for uranium prospecting, was available in the early 1950s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.N-08273
label: accession number
content: 243274
label: catalog number
content: MHI-N-8273
label: model number
content: 106-B
label: serial number
content: 106H1403
label: catalog number
content: N-08273
objectType: label: Object Name
content: counter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 17.145 cm x 16.51 cm