Libby Low Level Counter
National Museum of American History

Libby Low Level Counter

Libby, Willard F. · 1950

overall: 70 cm x 34 cm x 25 cm; 27 9/16 in x 13 3/8 in x 9 27/32 in
National Museum of American History
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National Museum of American History

The radiocarbon method of dating materials and objects containing organic carbon has revolutionized archaeology. This is the apparatus which chemist Willard Libby used to show that the complex technique worked.

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