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James A. Van Allen journal, October 1955-March 1958

Page 54

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~ 46 persons from 23 institutions, 11 states, 14 papers ------------ At 0746 C.S.T. Wingen Research, Inc. launched a giant skyhook from Iowa City Airport on 13 March 1956. - 175 feet diameter by 125 feet high (2,000,000 cubic feet) [sketch/picture] carrying (a) McDonald's combination scintillator -- Cerenkov apparatus for alpha's & Li, Be, B. (recovery) (b) Kinsey Anderson's three tray G. M. tube telescope for vertical flux. (Telemeter) (c) Cahill's Varian - Packard proton - precession magnetometer (Telemeter)
 
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