File:Inside the 60-Inch Cyclotron (8413527921).jpg
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| Description | In this 1939 photo, Eric and Margaret Lawrence are sitting inside the tank of something called the 60-inch cyclotron -- a machine invented by their father, Ernest Lawrence. The cyclotron is a unique circular particle accelerator, which Lawrence himself referred to as a "proton merry-go-round." In reality, the cyclotron specialized in smashing atoms. Fun facts: this cyclotron contains a magnet that weighs 220 tons, and experiments conducted on this very machine led to the discovery of plutonium and Nobel Prizes for researchers Glenn Seaborg and Melvin Calvin. | Photo courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. |
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| Source | Inside the 60-Inch Cyclotron |
| Author | ENERGY.GOV |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by ENERGY.GOV at https://www.flickr.com/photos/37916456@N02/8413527921. It was reviewed on 12 October 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work. |
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