History
of Mass Spectrometry - Pioneers
Mass spectrometry has a long and distinguished
history spanning almost 100 years. The articles below bring to life
some of the field's early pioneers.
"There
used to be many anecdotes about the Thomson-Rutherford-Aston trio.
Someone
should write them down before they are forgotten"
Nobel Laureate Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
References:
Downard
KM (2009) J.J. Thomson Goes to America, J. Am. Soc. Mass
Spectrom., 20, 1964-1973. (cover article of November 2009
issue)
Downard KM (2007) Francis William Aston - The Man
Behind the Mass Spectrograph, Eur. Mass Spectrom.,
13, 177-190.
Downard KM (2007) Cavendish's Crocodile and Dark Horse: The Lives of
Rutherford and Aston in Parallel, Mass Spectrom. Rev.,
26, 713-723.
References
relevant to Australia's Mass Spectrometry
History:
Downard
KM, deLaeter JR, (2005) A History of Mass Spectrometry in Australia, J.
Mass
Spectrom., 40: 1123-1139.
Downard KM (2006) The Life and Travels to
Australia of Francis Aston - Inventor of the Mass
Spectrograph, Chem. in Aust., 1/2: 17-20.
