Jesse Beams

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Jesse Beams was an American physicist (1898-1977) at the University of Virginia.

Beams' contributions include the first linear electron accelerator, the magnetic ultracentrifuge, and the application of the ultracentrifuge to the separation of Uranium isotopes. He held many patents in magnetic bearings and ultracentrifuges.

Patents of Jesse Beams
Inventor(s) Year Patent No. Invention Title
Trotter, Woodstock, Beams 1935 2,016,825 Air Conditioning
Beams, Holmes 1941 2,256,937 Suspension of Rotatable Bodies
Masket, Snoddy, Beams 1949 2,478,663 Projectile Testing Machine
Beams 1950 2,521,112 Method and Apparatus for Separating Fluids by Thermal Diffusion
Beams 1950 2,521,891 Valve
Beams, Snoddy, Hoxton 1950 2,525,197 Thermal Flowmeter
Beams, Morton 1954 2,666,363 Transmission Line Kerr Cell
Beams 1954 2,691,306 Magnetically Supported Rotating Bodies
Beams, Snoddy 1956 2,763,155 High Altitude Burner Simulator
Beams, Snoddy 1960 2,948,572 Centrifuges
Beams 1962 3,041,482 Apparatus for Rotating Freely Suspended Bodies
Beams 1962 3,066,849 High Vacuum Pump System
Beams 1965 3,196,694 Magnetic Suspension System
Goss, Porter, Roberts, Tuve, Beams, Selvidge 1975 3,908,933 Guided Missile

  • Beams, J. and Haynes, F., The Separation of Isotopes by Centrifuging, (Sept 1936) Phys. Rev., vol. 50, Issue 5, pp. 491-492.
  • Beams, J., Production and Use of High Centrifugal Fields, (1954) Science, vol. 120, Issue 3121, pp. 619-625.

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