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One MV particle accelerator, 1937. Original Cockcroft - Walton design, using the voltage multiplier which bears their name. The angled cyclinders are Selenium rectifiers, the vertical brown structures capacitors.

 

Each step in the stack works at around 100,000 volts.

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Uploaded on August 31, 2015
Taken on April 26, 2013