Uploaded September 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Episode #274 of GE's "Excursions in Science" program, produced with radio station WGY. Features Robert Stone, director of the WGY players, and science reporter Emerson Markham. In this episode, Markham describes the "betatron," a device for producing x-rays. The information in this highly technical episode comes from Dr. E.E.Charlton of the General Electric Research Laboratory.
This recording was provided by the Antique Wireless Association in Bloomfield, NY. A special thanks for providing the audio and image.
Episode #274 of GE's "Excursions in Science" program, produced with radio station WGY. Features Robert Stone, director of the WGY players, and science reporter Emerson Markham. In this episode, Markham describes the "betatron," a device for producing x-rays. The information in this highly technical episode comes from Dr. E.E.Charlton of the General Electric Research Laboratory.
This recording was provided by the Antique Wireless Association in Bloomfield, NY. A special thanks for providing the audio and image.










