 Hillier's first microanalyzer, 1945 patent |
 Hillier's second microanalyzer, 1947 patent |
Very first paper (in French) by Castaing and Guinier on EPMA
given in 1949 in at the July 4-8, 1949 "Conference on Electron Microscopy"
This was the first international EM conference held following WW2
Cover (in color) of Delft Conference Proceedings
2 papers: Castaing and Guinier on the new instrument, and Castaing on EM work on Al-Cu alloy
Complete published Proceedings of the 1949 Delft EM Conference (27 MB)
Thesis as submitted by Castaing in 1951
Cover (in color) of Castaing's Thesis he presented to Andre Guinier
The inside title page of the thesis
Castaing was employed by ONERA as a researcher and developed the electron probe microanalyzer in the course of research with Guinier on the study of Al-Cu alloys. ONERA reprinted his thesis in 1952, which was then distributed around the world.
Very first paper in English by Castaing and Guinier on EPMA
given in 1952 in New Jersey, published in 1953
--lost until now?
Analytical Chemistry, May 1953, volume 25, number 5, pp. 724-726
Pdf (Adobe 5) of Castaing and Guinier, 1953
Henry Moseley (1887-1915)
- About Moseley and a copy of his 1913 paper "The high frequency spectra of the elements"
First qualitative X-ray chemical analysis, of brass- Moseley died in a WWI battle in Turkey in 1915. "In view of what he might still have accomplished (he was only 27 when he died), his death might well have been the most costly single death of the war to mankind generally," says Isaac Asimov (Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Technology).