Word: cyclotron
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Physicist Lawrence invented the cyclotron, a type of atom-smasher which accelerates atomic bullets in spiral paths as a baseball pitcher winds up for his throw...
...some time Dr. Lawrence has been dreaming, talking and planning a cyclotron of several thousand tons, which would yield projectile energies of more than 100,000,000 electron-volts. For safety, it would be housed in a vast laboratory buried in a hillside. Last week his plans for a 4,000-ton machine were all ready. The Rockefeller Foundation made its vitalizing gift contingent on the university's raising another $250,000; but it seemed certain the university would...
...cyclotron will uncover in the inner heart of matter. But no physicist doubted that it would unlock many a treasure house of secrets; and, more, show the way to new treasure houses now unsuspected...
...speakers and their topics have been announced as follows: "Atomic Nuclei and Radio-activity," John J. Livingood, instructor in Physics; "The Cyclotron and Induced Radio-activity," Kenneth T. Bainbridge, associate professor of Physics; and "Medicine and Induced Radio-activity," Shields Warren, assistant professor of Pathology...
John J. Livingood. instructor in Physics, will speak on "The Cyclotron," in Pierce Hall, at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Harvard Engineering Society...