Studies lending to the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics
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Studies lending to the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics

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Photograph

Carl D. Anderson

Maker
American, 1905–1991

Seth Neddermeyer

Maker
American, 1907–1988

Studies lending to the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics

1936
Gelatin silver prints
Image (top left): 3 11/16 × 4 7/16 in. (9.4 × 11.3 cm)
Image (top right): 10 9/16 × 8 1/8 in. (26.9 × 20.7 cm)
Image (bottom): 1 9/16 × 15 5/16 in. (4 × 38.9 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.7 cm)
Gift of the Photographic Society of America, Rochester Technical Section
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil below each image: [A-D]
Typed in black on applied labels on mount recto, OA: Studies lending to the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to \ Dr. C.D. Anderson - California Inst. of Technology, 1936 \ TRACKS DUE TO COSMIC RAYS \ A position produced by Cosmic Rays passing through a six millimeter \ plate of lead. The curvature is produced by a strong magnetic field \ and the difference in curvature before and after passing through the \ lead makes it possible to calculate the Energy. \ TRACKS DUE TO COSMIC RAYS \ A small shower of positive and negative electrons produced \ by Cosmic Rays. That two are positive and two are negative \ is shown by the opposite curvatures. \ TRACKS DUE TO COSMIC RAYS \ A large cosmic ray shower of positive and negative electrons \ TRACKS DUE TO COSMIC RAYS \ Disruption of an atom of lead by cosmic rays showing \ clearly the paths of the particles thrown out.
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, BLC: 8-B \ 540
Printed in black on orange applied label on mount verso, TL: first \ international \ exhibit \ SCIENTIFIC \ APPLIED \ PHOTOGRAPHY \ ROCHESTER \ TECHNICAL \ SECTION \ PHOTOGRAPHIC \ SOCIETY \ OF AMERICA \ RUNDEL LIBRARY \ MARCH 15 APRIL 3 \ 1937 \ ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Printed in black on blue applied label on mount verso, TL: FROM JANUARY SECOND TO JANUARY TENTH 1938 \ EXHIBITED \ THE ART CENTER SCHOOL LOS ANGELES, CALIF
Stamped in purple on mount verso, TR: AMERICAN \ ENGRAVING & ELECTROTYPE CO. \ MICHIGAN [illegible] \ DEC 16 1937 \ NO. 17205 \ 110 SOUTH BROADWAY \ LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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