{"id":1669,"date":"2020-03-15T20:31:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T00:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/?page_id=1669"},"modified":"2020-03-20T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T02:25:09","slug":"koeth-collection-radiation-detection-instruments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/npl-home\/history\/koeth-collection-radiation-detection-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"Koeth Collection – Radiation Detection Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Author: Tim<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim’s “Koeth Collection” began at age 10 with his first CDV-715 Civil Defense ion chamber. The collection has over 100 “antique” radiation detection instruments which are all on display at the University of Maryland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Cabinets #1 & #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Cabinets #3, #4, & #5.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Cabinet #3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Cabinets #4 & #5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Cabinet #5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The Precision Instrument Company’s line of prospecting instruments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The bottom shelf are where all the cutie-pie’s hang out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The Classmaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
A dekatron tube based scalar ratemeter, and lead shield for GM tube.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Cabinet #3 open, US and German military instruments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Oremaster and Radiac units.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Pocket dosimeters, R-Chambers, assorted GM tubes and scintillation crystals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
More dosimeters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
A chemical dosimeter – 450 Roentgens (yikes!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
All variations on the CDV-700 theme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The Nucleus scalar and GM tubes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
CDV-700 & CDV-705 speaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
These are special to Tim, see next pic for explanation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Click on the image to learn about the “Piscataway Radium Incident.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instruments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instruments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instruments: CDV-138 pocket dosimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-700 & 705<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-700<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-717<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-717<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-720<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-720<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-746 home dosimeter and ratemeter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-755<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instruments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: CDV-787, a can of Uranium epoxied to create a standard which to compare you contaminated drinking water with.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Victoreen Cutie Pie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
CDV-700 knock off. Model 3007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense pocket dosimeters and chargers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: FCDA CDV-700<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Civil Defense Instrument: FCDA CDV-720<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
CDV-700 knock off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
G E Smith & Associates Model GS-500A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Ludlum model 3 with 44-7 end window GM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Ludlum model 5 Geiger Counter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Ludlum model 9 ion chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Ludlum Model 2220 with 44-3 NaI probe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
A real antique, Beckman MX-2, circa 1948<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Beckman MX-5 of the 1950’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Beckman MX-5 of the 1950’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
El-Tronics’ pocket Sized Geiger Counter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
El-Tronics SM-3 Beta Gamma Survey meter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
El-Tronics SM-3 Beta Gamma Survey meter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Tracerlab’s Model 5UIH Cutie Pie style ion chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Variation’s on a theme: CDV-700<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Variation’s on a theme: CDV-700<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Victoreen 480 Ion Chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Victoreen Panoramic (Cutie Pie) ion chamber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Tim Tim’s “Koeth Collection” began at age 10 with his first CDV-715 Civil Defense ion chamber. The collection has over 100 “antique” radiation detection instruments which are all on display at the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1718,"parent":1517,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"categories":[60,64,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1669"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669\/revisions\/2623"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}