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[Grenadier] built his very own x-ray machine. He's no stranger to high voltage - we've seen his Jacob's Ladders and Marx generators. Surely he can handle himself with high voltage and dangerous equipment. With this portable x-ray machine, [Grenadier] has begun overloading Geiger counters. We're just happy he knows what he's doing. The key component of [Grenadier]'s portable x-ray machine is … [Read more...]
We never really thought about it before, but this post about Rapatronic Shutters answers the question of how to photograph an atomic bomb detonation. The post includes an MIT video where [Charles Wyckoff] explains how he and [Harold Edgerton] developed the Rapatronic Camera. It is designed to snap a photograph based on zero time, marked by the X-ray transmission emanating from the bomb before it … [Read more...]
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