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X-ray diffraction image of DNA in the "A" form, Annotated by Raymond Gosling

  • Circa 1953

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Photographic print of X-ray diffraction image of DNA in the "A" form with annotation by Raymond Gosling (1926-2015). The original image was made by Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) and her student Raymond Gosling (1926-2015) at King’s College London in 1952. It was published by Franklin and Gosling in the July 1953 issue of Nature, which described the A-form of DNA. The photo is annotated on the reverse by Gosling in ink and reads, “Print of Original X-ray Diffraction Pattern of 1st Struct A only Specimen. Made around '53. R.G. Gosling. 1951/52"

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  • (Back of photograph written by Raymond G. Gosling) "Print of Original X-ray Diffraction Pattern of 1st Struct A only Specimen. Made around '53. R.G. Gosling. 1951/52"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Series V: Rosalind E. Franklin papers, 1934-1959 (bulk 1950s)
  • Sub-series 6: Photographs, 1930s-1958
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  • Box 10, Folder 15

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Franklin, Rosalind, and Gosling, R. G. (Raymond George). “X-Ray Diffraction Image of DNA in the ‘A’ Form, Annotated by Raymond Gosling,” circa 1953. History of Molecular Biology, Box 10, Folder 15. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/eyxsls9.

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