[Nuclear Particle Accelerator at Auckland University College]
Maker and role
Sparrow Industrial Pictures, Photographer
Production date
1947-1952
Object detail
Accession number
PHO-2022-4.1
Description
Black and white photographic print mounted on card of Cockcroft-Walton Nuclear Particle Accelerator designed and built at the Nuclear Physics Lab at Auckland University College, now Auckland University, by Doctor Leo Hobbis.
Dr Hobbis built a Cockcroft–Walton type accelerator between 1948 and 1953 as part of his doctoral thesis "A Low Energy Cockcroft-Walton Accelerator."
Image shows the particle accelerator in situ at Auckland University with an unidentified person in a lab coat working with the accelerator.
Dr Hobbis built a Cockcroft–Walton type accelerator between 1948 and 1953 as part of his doctoral thesis "A Low Energy Cockcroft-Walton Accelerator."
Image shows the particle accelerator in situ at Auckland University with an unidentified person in a lab coat working with the accelerator.
Marks
Sparrow Industrial Pictures Signature
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 photograph (mounted) : black and white ; 50.5 x 40 cm, mounted ; 50.5 x 51 cm
Record level
Item
Credit Line
Sparrow Industrial Pictures. 1947-1952. [Nuclear Particle Accelerator at Auckland University College], PHO-2022-4.1. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Production place
Auckland City
Auckland District
Auckland
New Zealand
Auckland District
Auckland
New Zealand
Current rights
![Particle Accelerator [Cockcroft-Walton type]; Dr Leo Hobbis; University of Auckland; 1948-1953](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/57258/cfe80b581357c8585bb1a9ee511ef2f11aea7069.jpg)
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