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Whilst looking around for something in the chem stock room where I work I opened a drawer and saw this antique Geiger counter. Before I ran back to my class I snapped a few pictures - it is just so 1960s cold war - it could be a prop in a space movie. But best of all it is called the "Victoreen Cutie Pie". There is something so delusional - when you go out to survey the nuclear holocaust wasteland you will have your Cutie Pie at your side. Last time it was calibrated was 1969. Great prop for Weird Al's "Christmas at Ground Zero".
"Ill duck and cover with my Yuletide lover, while the air raid sirens blare..."
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Max Geiger and I presented our game RagnaRokk to the department at the seminar on 11/29!
Although we weren't able to thank the following people during the presentation, we really want to say a special thanks to Mike Rossmassler, Al Yang, Freddie Wong, Tracy Fullerton, Peter Brinson, our CTIN 484/489 classmates, all of our playtesters, Moonsorrow, Jason Forrest, Joel Trussel, Harmonix, and Red Octane. Without you all we wouldn't have been able to create such a ROCKIN' GAME!! :D
Keep an eye on the IMD website ( interactive.usc.edu ) for a link to a downloadable version of our game.
Constructed in 1862 by Dr. Davison Geiger and John Tilton, this steep, winding route up the Virginia Range was the main route miners took to reach the mines of Virginia City from Truckee Meadows (Reno). The route was too steep for heavy loads, but became popular with stagecoaches, who still had to face sharp switchbacks, high winds, snows, avalanches, and groups of robbers who hid nearby in spots like Deadman's Point and Robber's Roost.
Virginia Heights, Nevada
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National Atomic Testing Museum
Survey meter kit used by the United States Navy in the 1950s and 60s.
The unit was produced by the Nuclear Instrument and Chemical Corporation for the Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ships. The company, based in Chicago, Illinois, was awarded the contract in 1952 for this instrument which measures alpha particles; known as an air-proportional alpha counter
I continued on my goal of completing an end-to-end hike of the FLT. I started my trek in 2010 and hike about once per month between March and October. All of my hikes are "out-and-back" hikes so I am actually doing the FLT e2e twice. I typically hike 20+ miles each hike and it takes me anywhere from 8 - 10+ hours; an all day hike. I started keeping a blog of my hikes to share my adventures and the photos I take along the way. You can read more and see the photos at scottgeiger.com.
1961 Algonquin Geiger Counter
Invented by Mr. Walter Woytowich, Deep River, ON
This Geiger Counter was given by Mr. Woytowich to Miss. Noulty to show the inside of the counters.
The long grey rectangle is the capacitor for the Geiger Counter which would store the charge once the counter was cranked. The generator uses about 300 volts AC; this was one of the hardest things to make small enough to make it portable. Of course, this would be much smaller today with the newer technology but that he was able to organize and fit all the necessary parts into such a portable and small size is amazing.