Taylor, Lauriston Sale Papers, 1904-1999 (inclusive), 1928-1989 (bulk). H MS c334.

Hand drawn version of an early radiation warning symbol in a November 1953 draft for a Subcommittee on Regulation of Radiation Exposure meeting held in Washington, D.C. The radiation warning symbol was first created in the late 1940s at the…

Taylor began his career as a radiation physicist at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) to help organize an x-ray research program. While at the NBS, Taylor developed the first guarded-field…