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Bacteria Bigger than a Terrier

  • Electron microscope, perfected at RCA Laboratories, reveals hitherto hidden facts about the structure of bacteria

  • 1948

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Black and white print advertisement for an electron microscope manufactured and sold by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for various scientific and industrial applications. The advertisement features a photographic collage of a scientist and microscope, a magnified view of bacteria, and a terrier (dog). The accompanying text details the electron microscope's ability to make the infinitesimal visible.

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Radio Corporation of America. “Bacteria Bigger than a Terrier,” 1948. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/f4752h90r.

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