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An Experiment on Air Showers Produced by High-Energy Cosmic Rays

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  1. Part of Olbert's theory will appear soon in Annals of Physics. We are greatly indebted to Dr. Olbert for making his unpublished results available to us.

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    G. CLARK, J. EARL, W. KRAUSHAAR, J. LINSLEY, B. ROSSI & F. SCHERB

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CLARK, G., EARL, J., KRAUSHAAR, W. et al. An Experiment on Air Showers Produced by High-Energy Cosmic Rays. Nature 180, 406–409 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180406a0

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