Vacuum chamber for prototype of "Atomichron" cesium-beam atomic frequency standard
Vacuum chamber for prototype of "Atomichron" cesium-beam atomic frequency standard
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Enclosing cylindrical vacuum chamber for cesium-beam atomic frequency standard
- date made
- 1956
- maker
- National Company
- Physical Description
- stainless steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (approx.): 80 in x 12 in; 203.2 cm x 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- EM.319766.2
- accession number
- 254092
- catalog number
- 319766.2
- Credit Line
- National Company, Inc.
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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