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□ Overview
PLA
□ PLA: Installation in Building 412 (1956-1957) □ Me and my PLA Part IV (1957) □ PLA Instruments (1950s/1960s)
Nimrod
□ Magnet Sector engineering at Metropolitan Vickers □ 40 photographs of Nimrod □ Excavation of Nimrod (1957) □ Construction of Nimrod (1959) □ Nimrod Injector (1959) □ Nimrod Vacuum System (1961) □ Nimrod: Machine equipment (1960s) □ Nimrod: Various photographs (1960s) □ Nimrod: Construction and set up (1959-64) □ Album No1: Early Nimrod experiments (1964-1966) □ Nimrod Engineering Group: Magnet Album no.2 (1967) □ Use of iron blocks in Nimrod experimental area (1967) □ BC and PPT (1971) □ Upgrading the Nimrod Injector (1974) □ VEC, PLA and Nimrod (c.1963)
Buildings
□ Miscellaneous buildings (1958-1964) □ Building construction (1962-1963) □ Buildings R25 and R26 (1962) □ Miscellaneous building work (1962-1964)
Events
□ RHEL Senior Management and Open Day exhibits (1964) □ Nimrod inauguration (24th April 1964) □ Press Contact photos (April 1964) □ Open day exhibits (19 May 1966) □ RHEL Open Days (July 1970) and Rutherford Centenary (October 1971) □ Rutherford Centenary (29th October 1971) □ Opening of the Library (26 November 1974)
Other accelerators
□ Accelerator at TRE (1947 to 1950) □ Various accelerators (1950s-1960s) □ Photos of Bubble Chambers (1959-1964) □ The Saclay Bubble Chamber and hydrogen supplies (1967)
Other photographs
□ Loose photographs up to 1964 □ Loose photographs from 1965 onwards □ Loose colour photographs □ Miscellaneous □ Slides

Bubble Chambers

HL11310 (25 June 1962) HL11311 (25 June 1962) HL11312 (25 June 1962) HL11313 (25 June 1962) HL11314 (25 June 1962) HL11315 (25 June 1962)

A7710 (23 July 1959) A7711 (23 July 1959) A7712 (23 July 1959) A7817 Front view (3 September 1959) A7818 Expansion mechanism (3 September 1959) A9676 (18 August 1960) A9677 (18 August 1960) A9679 (18 August 1960) A9680 (18 August 1960) A9681 (18 August 1960)

A10014 Damper boxes and link control for magnet air cushioning system (21 October 1960) A10015 Damper boxes and link control for magnet air cushioning system (21 October 1960) A10016 General arrangement of motor generator in its bed plate, R7 (21 October 1960) A10017 General arrangement of motor generator in its bed plate, R7 (21 October 1960) A10018 General arrangement of motor generator in its bed plate, R7 (21 October 1960) A10141 Hydrogen safety vessel (14 November 1960) A10142 Hydrogen safety vessel (14 November 1960) A10143 Hydrogen safety vessel (14 November 1960) A10144 Hydrogen safety vessel (14 November 1960) A10145 Hydrogen safety vessel (14 November 1960) HL322 (27 January 1961) HL323 Dump tank (27 January 1961) HL328 Bubble Chamber Plant Room (27 January 1961) HL1351 (17 February 1961) HL3639 General view (14 July 1961) HL3640 General view (14 July 1961) HL3641 General view (14 July 1961) HL3642 General view (14 July 1961) HL4697 General view (11 September 1961) HL4699 General view (11 September 1961) HL4700 General view (11 September 1961) AJ3723 Upper platform of the Bubble Chamber showing control equipment under construction (January 1962) HL8854 General view of National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber (15 February 1962) HL8855 General view of National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber (15 February 1962) HL8856 Inner chamber assembly showing the expansion system, chamber suspension and vacuum tank top plate (15 February 1962) HL8857 General view of National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber (15 February 1962) Bubble Chamber diagram HL9907 Bubble Chamber diagrams (5 September 1962) HL9907a Bubble Chamber diagram part (5 September 1962) HL9907b Bubble Chamber diagram part (5 September 1962) HL9907c Bubble Chamber diagram part (5 September 1962) HL9907d Bubble Chamber diagram part (5 September 1962) HL9970 General view (9 April 1962) HL9971 General view (9 April 1962) HL10620 Hydrogen refrigerator and bubble chamber control panels (17 May 1962) HL10621 Hydrogen refrigerator and bubble chamber control panels (17 May 1962) HL10622 Hydrogen refrigerator and bubble chamber control panels (17 May 1962) HL13633 Assembled chamber inside the vacuum tank showing the nine illumination ports and two of the four oil diffusion pumps (26 October 1962) HL13634 General view of National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber (26 October 1962) HL13635 General view of National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber (26 October 1962)

Photos taken by Phil Seager.

HL16703 Departure of bubble chamber electronic equipment to Geneva (28 February 1963) HL16704 Departure of bubble chamber electronic equipment to Geneva (28 February 1963) HL16705 Departure of bubble chamber electronic equipment to Geneva (28 February 1963) HL16706 Departure of bubble chamber electronic equipment to Geneva (28 February 1963) HL18099 Bubble chamber bridge departure (8 May 1963) HL18100 Bubble chamber bridge departure (8 May 1963) HL18101 Bubble chamber bridge departure (8 May 1963) HL18105 Bubble chamber bridge departure (8 May 1963) HL18102 Bubble chamber bridge departure (8 May 1963) HL18103 Bubble chamber bridge departure (8 May 1963) HL18104 Bubble chamber bridge departure (8 May 1963) Unknown

See Bulletin 18 Feb 1963.

HL16676 (18 February 1963) HL16677 (18 February 1963) HL16678 (18 February 1963) HL16679 (18 February 1963) HL16680 (18 February 1963) HL16681 (18 February 1963) HL16682 (18 February 1963) HL16683 (18 February 1963) HL16684 (18 February 1963) HL16685 (18 February 1963) HL16686 (18 February 1963)

HL27481 Bubble Chamber arrival (7 July 1964) HL27481b Bubble Chamber arrival (7 July 1964) HL27482 Bubble Chamber arrival (7 July 1964) HL27483 Bubble Chamber arrival (7 July 1964) HL27484 Bubble Chamber arrival (7 July 1964) HL27485 Bubble Chamber arrival (7 July 1964)

A35172 A35173

HL4014 20-inch chamber on the floor of the Cosmotron (From Physics Vol.5, Science News vol.52, Int Conf on HE Acceleration 1959)

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