Apparatus for Cloud-Chamber Investigations with Free Balloons
- 1 January 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 20 (1) , 48-51
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1741349
Abstract
Apparatus for taking cloud‐chamber pictures in free balloon flights is described. The twelve‐inch cloud chamber is photographed once per minute by stereo cameras. The complete equipment for a six‐hour operation at 90,000 to 100,000 feet weighs 65 pounds and is housed in a 30‐inch diameter gondola equipped with temperature control.Keywords
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