Oscillograph for photographing electrons, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928

Title: Oscillograph for photographing electrons, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928
Date Created: 1928
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Close-up of a portion of oscillograph, with vacuum tube at center and cylindrical device at right
Related to the article “Caltech Acquires ‘Ossie,’ Oscillograph to Photograph Atoms at Rate of 100,000,000 Per Second Unique Device.” Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1928. “… known to well-informed electrical engineers as a cold cathode ray oscillograph which, in unscientific language, is a giant camera that records the antics of the electron particles composing an electric current. …”
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California Institute of Technology, Camera

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Science
Scientific equipment--California--Pasadena
Cameras
Education
Government
Electronic apparatus & appliances

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002d9r17
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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