Spinthariscope
date: label: Date made
content: early 20th c.
notes: label: Description
content: A spinthariscope indicates the presence of alpha particles by means of the scintillations they produce when they hit a screen of suitable phosphorescent material. The British scientist, William Crookes, explained the phenomenon to the Royal Society of London in 1903, coined the term spinthariscope, and saw the instrument become a popular piece of demonstration apparatus. An inscription on this example reads “SPINTHARISCOPE / W. CROOKES 1903 / R. & J. BECK LTD. LONDON”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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: 1994.0125.17.1
label: accession number
content: 1994.0125
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0125.17.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spinthariscope, Crookes
label: Object Name
content: spinthariscope, Crookes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 1 3/8 in x in