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Seth Henry Neddermeyer Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Seth Henry Neddermeyer, based on 2 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

2 records1943–19432 events1 places

Chronological biography

1943

Implosion Research BeginsApril 1943
Science / Physics · Los Alamos

Neddermeyer begins experimental work on implosion as a method of rapidly compressing a hollow fissile assembly.

First Implosion Explosion4 July 1943
Science / Physics · Los Alamos

Neddermeyer conducts the first explosive experiment in the Los Alamos implosion research programme.

Record provenance

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