Log book, 1952 July 8-1953 June 11.

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Log book, 1952 July 8-1953 June 11.

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A chronological log of the activities and experiments done by members of the Stellarator Division of Project Matterhorn at Princeton University, in work performed for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission towards the goal of constructing a controlled thermonuclear reactor. The log book includes descriptions of experiments and their results, with accompanying diagrams, graphs, and mathematical calculations. The entries in the log are initialled by the persons who wrote them.

1 v. (152 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.

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