Atomic Heritage Foundation

January 28, 1939

January 28, 1939

Physicists recreate fission experiment at the Carnegie Atomic Physics Observatory in Washington D.C.

Date Range:

1939CE Jan 28th

Era:

1938 to 1939: Discovering Fission

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