Kamerligh Onnes Laboratory display commemorating producing liquid helium

Site of the first liquification of helium, July 10th, 1908. The 0.82 Kelvin denotes the record low temperature reached by pumping on a bath of liquid helium with a battery of 16 diffusion pumps. Display commemorating Dr. Kamerlingh Onnes producing liquid helium for the first time “at this location” on July 10, 1908., Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: Site of the first liquification of helium, July 10th, 1908. The 0.82 Kelvin denotes the record low temperature reached by pumping on a bath of liquid helium with a battery of 16 diffusion pumps. Display commemorating Dr. Kamerlingh Onnes producing liquid helium for the first time “at this location” on July 10, 1908.
Subject(s): Laboratories
Equipment and supplies
Leiden (Netherlands)
Date Created: circa 1922
Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: Kamerlingh-Onnes Heike H9