Radiometer

Radiological Defense

Radiological Defense

Name/Title

Radiometer

Entry/Object ID

2000.57.0001

Description

3 units Radiological Defense Operation Set - Hand Held. To check for nuclear fall out. Bendix Decameter for checking radiation. The decameter was worn in the shirt pocket to see if radiation was too high (battery operated). It had a manual and a larger piece of equipment that went with it. Ten Meters -- relating to, or being, a radio wave of a wavelengths between 0ne and ten decameters. Civil Defense Radiometer (Geiger counter) Used to detect, measure and record nuclear emanations, cosmic rays and artificially produced sub atomic particles