U.S. Patent 3,591,860 (gamma-electric cell)

CTL-E-3960 · Work · other · 1971

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U.S. Patent 3,591,860, awarded July 6, 1971, covering the gamma-electric cell - a direct-conversion device turning gamma-ray energy into electricity - invented by Henry T. Sampson Jr. and George H. Miley.

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Henry T. Sampson Jr. — authored by
U.S. Patent 3,591,860 for the gamma-electric cell was awarded to Henry T. Sampson Jr. and George H. Miley.

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African American Registry - Henry T. Sampson Jr.

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