From the January 14, 1933, issue
By Science News
NEW TYPE OF ATOM-SMASHING GENERATOR NEARS COMPLETION
The new type of electrostatic high-voltage generator being constructed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Round Hill, Mass., with a Research Corporation grant will be in operation in a few weeks. Dr. R.J. Van de Graaff, its inventor, President Karl T. Compton of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. L.C. Van Atta so informed the American Physical Society.
It will develop a steady, direct current potential of 10,000,000 volts with a continuous power output of about 20,000 watts. One of the first tasks of the generator will be atom smashing.