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DescriptionGeiger1908.jpg	English: Diagram from a 1908 paper by Hans Geiger. This apparatus was used to observe the scattering of alpha particles by a metal foil.
Date	14 May 2014, 18:18:54
Source	http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/81/546/174.full.pdf
Author	Hans Geiger

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