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Re: Spinthariscope (fwd)



At 14:54 3/13/98 -0700, Dan M wrote:
...Can anyone help Bob Macdonell with this query??

Dan MacIsaac

From: Bob Macdonell <RM16@swt.edu>
Subject: Spinthariscope

Have been looking for a source for a spinthariscope, but in vain.
The last known manufacturer/supplier was Sargent-Welch 1973-74.

.. A small amount of radioactive substance is positioned just above
the screen.

I drew a blank on Gallenkamp, American Scientific Products and
Fisher Scientific.
I got hits using 'spinthariscope' on old Griffin & George and old
Phillip Harris cats. One offered a design like that mentioned above
- the other provided a screen with a scintillator and a source mixed.

Both of these were British cats, so the Scottish contributor on the
list might care to try a current cat?

Regards

Whatcott Altus