Lauriston Sale Taylor using a capacitance compensator in a laboratory
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Title
Lauriston Sale Taylor using a capacitance compensator in a laboratory
Subject
Radiation dosimetry
Description
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 free-air ionization chamber, which he used to compare international x-ray standards and which became standard for the Bureau's operations.
Taylor's capacitance compensator is located in the Warren Anatomical Museum.
Taylor's capacitance compensator is located in the Warren Anatomical Museum.
Date Created
1920s, circa
Is Part Of
Lauriston Sale Taylor Papers, 1904-1999 (inclusive), 1928-1989 (bulk). H MS c334.
Format
image
Type
still image
Identifier
0001056
Bibliographic Citation
Lauriston Sale Taylor Papers, 1904-1999 (inclusive), 1928-1989 (bulk). H MS c334. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.
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Citation
“Lauriston Sale Taylor using a capacitance compensator in a laboratory,” OnView, accessed May 6, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/5490.