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English: A diagram of the apparatus used by Geiger and Marsden in their famous gold foil experiment. This diagram is from a 1913 paper by Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, The Laws of Deflexion of a Particles through Large Angles.


A - rotating platform
B - metal cylinder
C - airtight joint
D - diaphragm (to create a narrow beam of particles).
F - metal foil
M - microscope
P - glass plate
R - radium
S - zinc sulfide screen
T - tube for pumping out air

A 3D model based on this diagram is available at File:Geiger-Marsden apparatus CGI mock-up.png
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Source http://groups.uni-paderborn.de/cc/lehrveranstaltungen/_aac/vorles/skript/kap_2/kap2_4/ruther.html
Author Ernest Rutherford

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