Radiation Counter
name: label: maker
content: Beckman Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: A tag on this portable Geiger Mueller counter reads “BETA GAMMA SURVEY METER / . . . / MANUFACTURED FOR / THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION / . . . / BECKMAN MODEL MX-5 / NATIONAL TECHNICAL LABORATORIES / SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.” The U.S. Government established the Atomic Energy Commission (or AEC) in 1946 to manage the development, use, and control of atomic (nuclear) energy for military and civilian applications.
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-08268
label: accession number
content: 243274
label: catalog number
content: MHI-N-8268
label: serial number
content: 1036
label: catalog number
content: N-08268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: counter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 16.1925 cm x 14.605 cm x 26.67 cm