"Cliff, Phil, and Pem" 9/28/75 Side 2., 1975

Item — track: 19

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Scope and Contents

She found a drawing of a flat bottom tube from 1927, but he claims that it was just a drawing and there is no way he had completed one at that time.
He says early on they made their own ovens for the tubes.
At the time they couldn't buy Cesium, so they would create it instead. He describes their process for doing this.
He tells a story of getting potassium in his eyes and washing them out quickly to avoid damage.
They spend some time reading Phil's journal to ascertain when they were experimenting with different ideas.
There are approximately seven minutes of empty space at the end of the disc.

Dates

1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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