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John Cockcroft
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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which led to the development of
Cockcroft in 1951
Cockcroft in 1951
The house in Walsden, Todmorden, where Cockcroft lived from the age of two until he was 28-years-old.
The house in Walsden, Todmorden, where Cockcroft lived from the age of two until he was 28-years-old.
GL Mk. III radar
GL Mk. III radar
A proximity fuze
A proximity fuze
Cockcroft–Walton generator
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The Cockcroft–Walton generator, or multiplier, is an electric circuit that generates a high DC voltage from a low-voltage AC. It was named after the British and Irish physicists John Douglas Cockcroft
John Cockcroft
…Laboratory, and Cockcroft completed his doctorate under Rutherford's supervision in 1928. With Walton and Mark Oliphant, he built what became known as a Cockcroft–Walton generator. Cockcroft and Walton used this to perform the first artificial disintegration of an atomic nucleus, a feat popularly known as "splitting the atom…
This Cockcroft–Walton particle accelerator was used during the development of the atomic bomb. Built in 1937 by Philips of Eindhoven it is now in the
This Cockcroft–Walton particle accelerator was used during the development of the atomic bomb. Built in 1937 by Philips of Eindhoven it is now in the National Science Museum in London, England.
750 kV Cockcroft-Walton accelerator used as the initial particle injector of the Japanese KEK accelerator, Tsukuba, Japan. The CW generator is on the
750 kV Cockcroft-Walton accelerator used as the initial particle injector of the Japanese KEK accelerator, Tsukuba, Japan. The CW generator is on the right, the particle source is on the left.
1.2 MV 6-stage Cockcroft–Walton accelerator at Clarendon Lab, Oxford University in 1948
1.2 MV 6-stage Cockcroft–Walton accelerator at Clarendon Lab, Oxford University in 1948
3-stage semiconductor diode cascade multiplier (green) in anode supply of a cathode-ray tube television set
3-stage semiconductor diode cascade multiplier (green) in anode supply of a cathode-ray tube television set