atomic pile
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But when Greenewalt landed in Chicago, where the first atomic pile was being built at the University of Chicago, the scientists thought differently.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the 1936 edition, the physicists too have been busy producing words and expressions for everyday use, e.g., atomic pile, chain reaction, Einstein equation and fissionable.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this heady point a sobering word came from famed Physicist Dr. Fr�d�ric Joliot-Curie, who tends France's atomic pile, known as "Zoe," at Fort de Ch�tillon.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Oak Ridge released the radioactive byproducts of its atomic pile for private use in 1946, few U.S. businessmen paid much attention.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were two methods to choose from: a cyclotrongenerated neutron beam or a chain-reacting atomic pile.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
