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Report number	CERN-OBJ-DE-011
Category	Detector
Title	bubble chamber lens
Description	Before the days of electronic detectors, visual techniques were used to detect particles, using detectors such as spark chambers and bubble chambers. This plexiglass lens was used to focus the image of tracks so they could be photographed.
Description (French)	Avant l'ère des détecteurs électroniques, des techniques visuelles étaient employées pour mesurer les particules. C'était l'époque des chambres à étincelles et des chambres à bulles. Cette lentille de plexiglass était utilisée pour focaliser les trajectoires dans le but de les photographier.
Physical characteristics	Height: 170cm Depth: 65cm Length: 112cm
Location	Building 33
Owner	PUBLIC
Availability	Not found during inventory August 2016
Access	Public
Borrower	CERN
File(s)	© CERNAccessing copyrighted material Total images: 1 CERN-OBJ-DE-011-1  -  GIF;ICON, JPEG Access to the pictures CERN-OBJ-DE-011-1 GIF;ICON, JPEG Access to the pictures

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