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Geiger Counter (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the Geiger counter, its 1908 origin with Geiger and Rutherford and the 1928 Geiger-Muller tube. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger_counter
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for the uncontested outline of the instrument and its history.
Sources
Geiger Counter (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)

This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Instruments, 15 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 5 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Scientists, 2 claims: 2 connected.

Well-attested

13

Instruments

Connected

4

Instruments

General References

5

Instruments

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