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

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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, 353–356 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180353a0

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