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Into the Unknown. Fermi ran the test. At 9:54 a.m. he gave an order. A whining motor withdrew the automatic control rod. The Geiger counters on the instrument panel clicked a little faster; a pen drew a slightly higher curve on a strip of paper...
...London, a model of the proposed Franklin D. Roosevelt statue had a faintly Britannic air (see cut), but a protest that came from a member of the U.S. Embassy staff concerned something else. Roosevelt photographs usually showed him seated, wrote Theodore Geiger, and "Americans are so accustomed to seeing him in that position that a statue of him standing may seem incongruous. . . ." The embassy chargé d'affaires, who had approved the design, hurriedly announced that Geiger was just giving his own, unofficial opinion...
...molecules containing radioactive sulphur could be traced with Geiger counters. If they had wandered off by themselves, they would have proved that they are different chemically from natural penicillin. But they followed it faithfully through all the processes, proving that the composition was identical...
...Friendly Geiger Counter. Watchdog of the atomic age will be the Geiger counter, which registers even feeble radiation. Public-health officials may learn to carry them. Soldiers and diplomats, too, may find use for Geiger counters. When the Russians master atomic energy and explode their first test bomb in darkest Siberia, its radioactive by-products will sweep around the world in the upper atmosphere. Geiger counters will announce the news to every foreign office...
Some of the chemicals were mild enough to handle with long tongs. But every object was checked and rechecked with Geiger counters. Even a piece of glassware that looked entirely empty might be "hot" enough to kill...