Inventor Name
Tantalus Project Records
Repository
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 601/Room 1100
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-3270
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Physical Description
3.5 cubic ft.
Summary
At the University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965-1967, a team led by particle physicist Ednor Rowe began constructing a machine designed to analyze high-energy particle accelerators. But as the apparatus neared completion, the project lost its funding, which led the scientists to nickname their machine "Tantalus." Consists largely of notebooks, manuals, and other data and operational logbooks documenting the creation, building, and maintenance of Tantalus, and the experiments performed on the machine. Tantalus was the first dedicated synchrotron radiation laboratory and source.
Finding Aid
http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC0532.html
