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Definition of Spinthariscopes
1. spinthariscope [n] - See also: spinthariscope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinthariscopes
Literary usage of Spinthariscopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1909)
"CURIE'S RADIUM SALTS from 40 X activity to 1.800.000 X- spinthariscopes, X-RAY
TUBES, FLUORESCENT SCREENS, ETC. NEW! PATENTED! . . . SECTIONAL . ..."
2. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann (1905)
"Probably many of you have seen one of Professor Crookes' spinthariscopes, in
which a small particle of radium is mounted over a screen of some substance, ..."
3. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss (1906)
"... spinthariscopes, in which a small particle of radium is mounted over a screen
of some substance, like zinc sulphate, which becomes fluorescent when ..."
4. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss (1905)
"Probably many of you have seen one of Professor Crookes' spinthariscopes, in
which a small particle of radium is mounted over, a screen of some substance, ..."
5. Marvels of Scientific Invention: An Interesting Account in Non-technical by Thomas W. Corbin (1917)
"... the invention, I believe, of Sir William Crookes, called spinthariscopes.
Each of these consisted of a short brass tube with a small lens in one end. ..."
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