Item 135 - Los Alamos: Draft, 'Eye witness report of nuclear explosion, July 16, 1945'

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FRSH/B/135

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Los Alamos: Draft, 'Eye witness report of nuclear explosion, July 16, 1945'

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  • 1945, 1974 (Creation)

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3 sheets

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Frisch, Otto Robert (1904-1979), physicist
(1904-1979)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Frisch's 1 p. typescript contemporary account, with a photocopy, and a later (1974) typescript note by him annotating the published version of his 1945 account printed on the verso of a partial photocopied drawing of Holders for Cursor Mirrors dated '25.5.73 ORF'

1945 typescript stamped 'Secret' at top and bottom and crossed through with Frisch's initials

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