Vincent Schaefer waves his scientific wand through snow cloud produced in a cold chamber
Abstract/Description: | Man-made snow has been created for first time by Vincent Schaefer at the General Electric Research Laboratory. Here Dr. Schaefer waves his scientific wand through snow cloud produced in a cold chamber. Cloud was created by introducing moist air from the breath into minus 5 degrees fahrenheit temperature of atmosphere in the chamber. The wand, cooled in liquid air to minus 70 degrees fahrenheit, leaves tiny ice germs in the cloud which grow at expense of water droplets comprising the cloud. Result: man-made snow. |
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Subject(s): | Meteorology Laboratories Equipment and supplies Schaefer, Vincent J. |
Date Created: | November 29, 1946 |
Credit Line: | AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection |
Catalog ID: | Schaefer Vincent F1 |
Title: | Vincent Schaefer waves his scientific wand through snow cloud produced in a cold chamber. | |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | November 29, 1946 | |
Extent: | 1 photographic print (black and white; 7.5 x 6 inches) | |
Abstract/Description: | Man-made snow has been created for first time by Vincent Schaefer at the General Electric Research Laboratory. Here Dr. Schaefer waves his scientific wand through snow cloud produced in a cold chamber. Cloud was created by introducing moist air from the breath into minus 5 degrees fahrenheit temperature of atmosphere in the chamber. The wand, cooled in liquid air to minus 70 degrees fahrenheit, leaves tiny ice germs in the cloud which grow at expense of water droplets comprising the cloud. Result: man-made snow. | |
Identifier(s): | Schaefer Vincent F1 (Catalog ID) | |
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Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection |
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Subject(s): |
Meteorology Laboratories Equipment and supplies Schaefer, Vincent J. |
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Held by: | Niels Bohr Library & Archives | |
Related Title: | Physics Today Collection. | |
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