Series 7: Photographs - Birmingham proton synchrotron

c1947Scanned from the original held Special Collections, Barr Smith Library.Under the supervision of Professor Marcus Olipahnt, F.R.S., members of the Physics Department of the University of Birmingham are constructing what will be one of the largest proton synchrotrons in the world. It will be used for accelerating protons to an energy of 1,300,000,000 electron-volts for use as projectiles in the study of nuclear strucure