Wilson cloud chamber
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Wilson cloud chamber
Named after Charles T. R. Wilson
Example Sentences
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The best instrument, and the hardest to use, is the Wilson cloud chamber, where the particles make visible tracks of white condensed moisture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The standard Wilson cloud chamber for making atomic particles visible is a rather complicated apparatus.
From Time Magazine Archive
That day, as part of a big cosmic ray program organized by his chief, Robert Andrews Millikan, he was gambling with his Wilson cloud chamber and with expensive photographic plates.
From Time Magazine Archive
The energy of the particles and the recoiling atom can be measured accurately by studying the tracks of moisture they make in a Wilson cloud chamber.
From Time Magazine Archive
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