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2008-078 Special Collection: R-Meter

Title

2008-078 Special Collection: R-Meter

Description

R-Meter gauge in mahogany wood housing, donated to SLAC by former director Burton Richter. The rate-meter (R-Meter) was installed in the SPEAR control room in 1974. The R-meter consists of an old Weston voltmeter and a digital-to- analog converter. It measured the rate at which new quarks were created in the SPEAR Mark II detector. The R-meter was featured in an article in SLAC Today, Nov 10, 2006 Dimensions are 19 inches L x 14 inches W x 4.5 inches H

Date

1974

Contributor

Richter, Burton, 1931-2018

Format

Realia

Identifier

2008-078

Extent

1 cubic feet

Collection

SLAC Archives, History & Records Office

Citation

“2008-078 Special Collection: R-Meter,” SLAC Archives, accessed May 1, 2024, https://slacarchives.omeka.net/items/show/646.