SWEEPNIK explained

SWEEPNIK was a device designed by Otto Frisch that used a sweeping laser to follow bubble chamber tracks. It was later used to follow roads as an aid to the digitisation of maps.[1] [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. Web site: Cambridge Physics, part of the Cavendish Laboratory Educational Outreach website for schools and the public . Cambridge Physics - Sweepnik . https://web.archive.org/web/20060620192304/http://www-outreach.phy.cam.ac.uk/camphy/sweepnik/sweepnik_index.htm . 20 June 2006 . 16 December 2008.
  2. Davies . D. J. M. . Frisch . O. R. . Street . G. S. B. . 1970-05-30 . Sweepnik: A fast semi-automatic track-measuring machine . Nuclear Instruments and Methods . 82 . 54–60 . 10.1016/0029-554X(70)90325-3 . 0029-554X.
  3. Web site: Cavendish Laboratory : The Sweepnik plate analyser for high energy particle tracks in about 1970 . 2024-08-14 . Cambridge Digital Library.
  4. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATA HANDLING SYSTEMS IN HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS, CAVENDISH LABORATORY, CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 23--25, 1970. Proceedings, Vol. I. . Davies . D J M . Street . G S B . Frisch . O R . 1970 . SWEEPNIK II, an improved track measuring machine . en . 10.5170/CERN-1970-021-V-1.285. 285-292.

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