Compton generator

Arthur Compton was experimenting by the Compton Generator. The box is constructed out of asbestos to minimize the temperature differential across the ring, which causes errors since it creates convectional current. There is a further screen of asbestos in front of Compton in order to prevent his breath from hitting the box of asbestos.

A Compton generator[1][2] or Compton tube[3] is an apparatus for experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation, similar to the Foucault pendulum and to gyroscope devices.[4] Arthur Compton (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927) published it during his fourth year at the College of Wooster in 1913.[5]

  1. ^ Analytical Mechanics, p. 280.
  2. ^ Classical Mechanics, p. 365.
  3. ^ Blackie's Dictionary of Physics, p. 72.
  4. ^ A laboratory method of demonstrating the Earth's rotation 1913, p. 803.
  5. ^ Karukstis, Kerry K. (2020-12-01). "Analysis of the Undergraduate Research Movement: Origins, Developments, and Current Challenges". Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. 3 (2): 46–55. doi:10.18833/spur/3/2/8.

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