left to right: Harold Clayton Urey (1893-1981), Lyle H.B. Peer (1898-1987), and Frieda Daum Urey (1898-1992)
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Date: 1939
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-0260
left to right: Physical chemist Harold Clayton Urey (1893-1981), General Electric Company scientist Lyle H.B. Peer (1898-1987), and Frieda Daum Urey (1898-1992) observe a demonstration of "The Electromagnetic Levitator" given by Peer at the National Academy of Sciences spring meeting, May 1939, Washington, D.C. The aluminum dish was made to float freely in the air by magnetic waves from the coils beneath. The photograph was captioned "It Floats in the Air.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-0260
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1939
Chemistry
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-0260]