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Occhialini’s scientific production between his stay at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in the early’ 30s and his stay at the Wills Laboratory in Bristol in the mid’ 40s is maybe the less known. The recollection of his papers was at the base of a reconstruction of his scientific activity and showed his work in a standard kind of researches on radioactivity and cosmic rays by means mainly of G-M counters and Wilson chambers(1), showing a status of continuity with his precedent activity in Florence and Cambridge. It was a particularly striking fact to note Occhialini’s technical ability in designing new kinds of simple devices to detect cosmic radiation in a situation of scarce financial and technological support.
On two devices by Occhialini and Damy de Souza Santos to be used with a controlled cloud chamber, see [1]
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Occhialini G. P. S. and Damy De Souza Santos M., “Two Useful Gadgets for Controlled Wilson Chambers”, “Symposium Sóbre Raios Cósmicos”, Rio de Janeiro, agôsto 4–8, 1941 (Imprensa Nacional) 1948, p. 165–168.
Monteux Y. and Occhialini G. P. S., “Sur un nouveau type de compteurs plans (I)” Annaes da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 12, No. 2 (1940) 125.
Cosyns M. G. E. and De Bruyn J., “Notes sur le fonctionnement des Compteurs Geiger-Müller”, Académie Royale de Belgique, Bulletins de la Classe des Sciences, 20 (1934) 371.
Occhialini G. P. S., “A Simple Type of Non-Ohmic Resistance for Use with Geiger-Müller Counters”, Journal of Scientific Instrument, 15 (1938) 97.
Occhialini G. P. S., Pompéia P. A. and Saboya J. A. R., “Nota sobre a estabilização de tensão em corrente alternada”, Annaes da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 12, No. 4 (1940) 349; Occhialini G. P. S., “Metodo per la stabilizzazione di alte tensioni”, La Ricerca Scientifica, 13, giugno-luglio (1942) 319.
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Chadwick J., Blackett P. M. S. and Occhialini G. P. S., “Some Experiments on the Production of Positive Electrons”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Ser. A, 144 (1934) 235.
Occhialini G. P. S., “Sur la radioactivité beta du rubidium”, Annaes da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 12, No. 1 (1940) 155.
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Gariboldi, L. (2006). Occhialini’s scientific production between the two English periods. In: Redondi, P., Sironi, G., Tucci, P., Vegni, G. (eds) The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37354-4_4
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