Professor W. Rudolph Kanne with his electrostatic generator (atom smasher), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1941
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Photograph of Professor W. Rudolph Kanne in the Physics Building (Chapin Hall) with his electrostatic generator, also known as an atom smasher. Kanne was an assistant professor of Physics at IIT from 1940 to 1944, and worked on Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor, with Enrico Fermi... Show morePhotograph of Professor W. Rudolph Kanne in the Physics Building (Chapin Hall) with his electrostatic generator, also known as an atom smasher. Kanne was an assistant professor of Physics at IIT from 1940 to 1944, and worked on Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor, with Enrico Fermi on the University of Chicago campus. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate. Show less
