Images Dated 5th October 2017

Splitting of the Atom - apparatus used by Dr J D Cockcroft

Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus, which appears to break up into two helium nuclei. Physicists Cockcroft and E Ts Walton developed the Cockcroft-Walton accelerator to artificially accelerate atomic particles to high energies, to enable them to observe the results of splitting the atom. At the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
1932

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

New Year card in the shape of a folding screen

New Year card in the shape of a folding screen, depicting an artist with a palette and a set of verses. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

© The David Pearson Collection/Mary Evans Picture Library

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Romantic greetings card with secret message

Romantic greetings card with secret message - Turn me quickly round and round, and my message will be found. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

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