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Further reading □ OverviewAccelerator at TRE (1947 to 1950)PLA: Installation in Building 412 (1956-1957)Me and my PLA Part IV (1957)Magnet Sector engineering at Metropolitan VickersConstruction of Nimrod (1957)Miscellaneous buildings (1958-1964)Building construction (1962-1963)Nimrod: Machine equipment (1960s)Nimrod: Various photographs (1960s)Nimrod: Construction and set up (1959-64)Album No1: Early Nimrod experiments (1964-1966)Various accelerators (1950s-1960s)Miscellaneous building work (1962-1963)RHEL Senior Management, Open Day exhibits, Photos used on exhibits (1964)Nimrod inauguration (24th April 1964)Nimrod Engineering Group: Magnet Album no.2 (1967)Displays for RHEL Open Days (July 1970) and Rutherford Centenary (October 1971)BC and PPT (1971)Rutherford Centenary (29th October 1971)Loose monochrome photographsLoose colour photographsPhotographic slides
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OverviewAccelerator at TRE (1947 to 1950)PLA: Installation in Building 412 (1956-1957)Me and my PLA Part IV (1957)Magnet Sector engineering at Metropolitan VickersConstruction of Nimrod (1957)Miscellaneous buildings (1958-1964)Building construction (1962-1963)Nimrod: Machine equipment (1960s)Nimrod: Various photographs (1960s)Nimrod: Construction and set up (1959-64)Album No1: Early Nimrod experiments (1964-1966)Various accelerators (1950s-1960s)Miscellaneous building work (1962-1963)RHEL Senior Management, Open Day exhibits, Photos used on exhibits (1964)Nimrod inauguration (24th April 1964)Nimrod Engineering Group: Magnet Album no.2 (1967)Displays for RHEL Open Days (July 1970) and Rutherford Centenary (October 1971)BC and PPT (1971)Rutherford Centenary (29th October 1971)Loose monochrome photographsLoose colour photographsPhotographic slides

Interior and technical set up of the 7 GeV proton synchrotron (1959-1964)

Permutit water treatment plant
Diagrammatic arrangement of Permutit water treatment plant Flow diagram from hose-board NIRNS recruitment (27 April 1962) NIRNS recruitment (27 April 1962) NIRNS recruitment (27 April 1962) NIRNS recruitment (27 April 1962)

Nimrod: Various diagrams
Diagrammatic layout of accelerating unit Winding diagram showing a single turn Diagrammatic layout of injector Control system sequential control Outline operation of 7 GeV proton synchrotron

RF system, accelerator cavity and beam control equipment
RF cavity Unknown RF accelerator cavity (7 August 1959) RF accelerator cavity (7 August 1959, aka HLC350) RF accelerator cavity (15 May 1961) RF accelerator cavity (15 May 1961) RF accelerator cavity (15 May 1961) RF accelerator cavity (15 May 1961) RF accelerator cavity (15 May 1961) Nimrod RF cavity (1 August 1961) RF cavity (25 September 1961) Nimrod machine (5 July 1962) Beam control system: Electrodes installed in Box 6 viewed from inner ring Beam control system: Electrodes straight box no.3 Beam control system: Electrodes straight box no.3 Beam control system: Electrodes straight box no.3

Main Control Room
Main Control Room R2 Main Control Room R2 (2 October 1962) Main Control Room R2 (2 October 1962) Main Control Room R2 (2 October 1962) Main Control Room R2 (2 October 1962) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Main Control Room, Injector Control Room, temperature monitoring system (11 June 1963) Injector Control Room (11 June 1963) Injector Control Room (11 June 1963) Main Control Room (25 June 1963) Main Control Room (25 June 1963)

Survey equipment
Nimrod Magnet Room (13 July 1959) Nimrod Magnet Room (13 July 1959) Hilger and Watts autoset level Hilger and Watts autoset level on instrument stand (16 November 1960) Target surveying equipment (13 April 1961) Target surveying equipment (13 April 1961) Target surveying equipment (13 April 1961) Press advert (Heath. Illust.): Drawing of Magnet Hall (28 April 1961) Building Research Station (BRS) instruments in Magnet Room and Shield Bridge (21 September 1961) Building Research Station (BRS) instruments in Magnet Room and Shield Bridge (21 September 1961) Building Research Station (BRS) instruments in Magnet Room and Shield Bridge (21 September 1961) Building Research Station (BRS) instruments in Magnet Room and Shield Bridge (21 September 1961) Nimrod reference grid survey equipment (29 September 1961) Nimrod reference grid survey equipment (29 September 1961) Nimrod reference grid survey equipment (29 September 1961) Nimrod survey equipment (13 November 1961) Nimrod survey equipment (13 November 1961) Concrete monolith strain observations (16 December 1963) Concrete monolith strain observations (16 December 1963) Concrete monolith strain observations (16 December 1963) Concrete monolith strain observations (16 December 1963) Concrete monolith strain observations (16 December 1963) Concrete monolith strain observations (16 December 1963)

HEP beamlines etc
Experimental Area NIRNS projects for Mr Mullett's visit to Russia (22 May 1963) Unknown NIRNS recruitment photo (6 November 1963) Beamlines on Nimrod and hydrogen target (30 January 1964) Beamlines on Nimrod and hydrogen target (30 January 1964) Beamlines on Nimrod and hydrogen target (30 January 1964) Beamlines on Nimrod and hydrogen target (30 January 1964) Beamlines on Nimrod and hydrogen target (30 January 1964) Beamlines on Nimrod and hydrogen target: Type-1 quadrupole Unknown Unknown Unknown Nimrod beam transport: Fitting alignment targets on quadrupole magnet (Ted Higgins) Unknown A helium bag being fitted into a beam line in the Nimrod Experimental Hall to reduce the probability of protons being scattered out of the beam by collision with air molecules (April 1964) P2 beam line (6 August 1964) P2 beam line (6 August 1964) P2 beam line (6 August 1964)

HEP experiments
Typical local control room (Nimrod P2 beam line) Unknown Unknown Unknown The alignment of counters around a hydrogen target in the Nimrod Experimental Hall before the start of an experiment (April 1964) A counter and sonic spark chamber array being set up in the Nimrod Experimental Hall to record the position of a charged particle to within one hundreth of an inch (April 1964)

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