Science and engineering technical files--radioactivity, 1946-1980.

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Science and engineering technical files--radioactivity, 1946-1980.

The records document Consumers' Research's investigations of radioactivity and products related to radioactivity. Included are correspondence, news releases, magazine and newspaper clippings, technical publications, reading lists, catalogs, comic books, drafts of a Consumers' Research article, packaging, and pamphlets. Subjects included are molecular and atomic physics, measurement of radioactivity, use of radioisotopes, radioactivity detectors such as geiger counters, radioactive elements, electric wave radiation including microwaves, and the physiological effect of x-rays, and other radiological health instruments.

1.5 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6705330

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For details of the history of Consumers' Research, Inc. and an overview of its records, see the introduction to this finding aid . From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc., General Files, Series 28-45 (only)., 1903-1982, (Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University Libraries) From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc.: Administrative Files: Series 1-15, 1917-1983, (Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Ar...