Van de Graaff's Demonstration Generator
Van de Graaff's Demonstration Generator
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- Object Name
- Generator, Van De Graaff
- Date made
- 1931
- maker
- Van de Graaff, R. J.
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Princeton
- Measurements
- copper hollow sphere: 24 in; 60.96 cm
- glass rod: 2 in x 84 in; 5.08 cm x 213.36 cm
- iron tripod base: 18 in x 18 in x 4 in; 45.72 cm x 45.72 cm x 10.16 cm
- silk charging belt: 168 in x 2 in; x 426.72 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0564.01
- accession number
- 1979.0564
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
- Exhibition
- Atom Smashers
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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