BOMBARDMENT OF ATOM
Received Monday, 7.0 p.m. ' LONDON, Nov. 24. The research iilant being installed in the Birmingham University for the bombardment of the atom is the most powerful in the world and a big advance on similar apparatus designed in America and Russia, says the Daily Telegrapli's seieutilic correspondent. A feature of the machine is a new type of giant magnet measuring '32 feet across. The designer of the magnet, Professor Olipliant, and his assistants by adopting a radically new principle have prbduced equipment at a cost of £140,000 which will produce bombarding partieles with tliree times the energy given by equipment designed iu the United States at a cost of £500,000.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19461126.2.43
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 26 November 1946, Page 9
Word Count
113BOMBARDMENT OF ATOM Chronicle (Levin), 26 November 1946, Page 9
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in