
The Beginnings of Electron Microscopy
- 1st Edition - February 5, 1985
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Peter W. Hawkes
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 1 4 5 7 8 - 2
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 3 4 3 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 4 6 5 - 1
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Request a sales quoteThe Beginnings of Electron Microscopy presents the technical development of electron microscope. This book examines the mechanical as well as the technical problems arising from the physical properties of the electron. Organized into 19 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the history of scanning electron microscopy and electron beam microanalysis. This text then explains the applications and capabilities of electron microscopes during the war. Other chapters consider the classical techniques of light microscopy. This book presents as well the schematic outline of the preparation techniques for investigation of nerve cells by electron microscopy. The final chapter deals with the historical account of the beginnings of electron microscopy in Russia. This book is a valuable resource for scientists, technologists, physicists, electrical engineers, designers, and technicians. Graduate students as well as researcher workers who are interested in the history of electron microscopy will also find this book extremely useful.
Contents
Contributors to Supplement 16
Foreword
Preface
On the History of Scanning Electron Microscopy, of the Electron Microprobe, and of Early Contributions to Transmission Electron Microscopy
I. Scanning Electron Microscopy, Electron Microprobe
II. Early Contributions to Transmission Electron Microscopy
III. Conclusion
References
Random Recollections of the Early Days
I. How I Came into the Subject
II. These I Met along the Way
III. Aid from America
IV. Final Word
References
Early History of Electron Microscopy in Czechoslovakia
I. Introduction
II. Construction of the First Electron Microscope in Czechoslovakia
III. Desk Transmission Electron Microscope BS 242
IV. Production of Electron Microscopes in Czechoslovakia
V. Conclusion
Appendix A: Bibliography of Related Publications
Appendix B: Publications from the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science in Brno (in Czech)
References
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in Electron Microscopy
I. Preamble
II. Beginnings in Britain
III. The Microscope at the Shirley Institute
IV. Inconveniences of Early Electron Microscopes
V. Group Contacts in Britain during the War
VI. Immediate Postwar Conferences in Europe
VII. Specimen Preparation and "The Practice of Electron Microscopy"
VIII. Grids
IX. A Problem with Photographic Plates
X. Capabilities and Use of Electron Microscopes during the War
XI. Shadowcasting
XII. Section Cutting
XIII. Replicas and Metallurgy
XIV. Optics of the Electron Microscope
XV. Later Instrumental Developments
XVI. Conclusion
References
Megavolt Electron Microscopy
I. Introduction
II. Early Developments in Electron Microscopy
III. How I Came to Electron Microscopy
IV. Megavolt Electron Microscopy
V. Applications of HVEM
VI. Resolution and Contrast in Megavolt Electron Microscopy
VII. Future Prospects
References
Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Ultramicrotomy: Reminiscences and Reflections
I. Introduction
II. The Nobel Institute for Physics
III. The Diamond Knife
IV. The Venezuelan Institute for Neurology and Brain Research
V. Low-Temperature Electron Microscopy and Ultramicrotomy
VI. Cryo-Electron Microscopy
VII. Reflections and Outlook
References
The French Electrostatic Electron Microscope (1941-1952)
I. Introduction
II. Electron Optics in Occupied France
III. The Liberation of the North of France and the Transition to Peace
References
Recollections from the Early Years: Canada-USA
I. Introduction
II. Initial Work: University of Toronto (1935-1936)
III. Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, New York ( 1937 -1941 )
IV. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
V. Transition from the Early Years
References
My Recollection of the Early History of Our Work on Electron Optics and the Electron Microscope
I. Emission Microscope
II. Studies of Specimen Techniques for Electron Microscopy
III. Electron-Microscopic Observations of Ionic Crystals
IV. The Pointed Filament and Its Application
V. Interference and Coherence
References
Reminiscences of the Development of Electron Optics and Electron Microscope Instrumentation in Japan
I. Historical Survey of the Early Stages of Electron Microscopy in Japan
II. Lens Aberrations
III. Practical Magnetic Lens Design
IV. Formation of Caustic and Shadow Images
V. Stigmators
VI. Electron Phase Microscope
VII. High-Voltage Electron Microscopes
References
Early Electron Microscopy in The Netherlands
Text
References
The Industrial Development of the Electron Microscope by the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company and AEI Limited
I. Introduction
II. Cathode Rays and Electron Images—Gabor and the Ironclad Concentration Coil
III. The First Commercial Electron Microscope—EMI
IV. Wartime Developments
V. The EM2 Electron Microscope
VI. A Three-Stage Electron Microscope—EM3
VII. A Simple Electron Microscope—EM4
VIII. High-Voltage Electron Microscopy—The EM5
IX. Improving the Resolving Power—EM3A and the Emergence of Electron Holography
X. High-Resolution Microscopes—EM6
XI. The Image Intensifier
XII. The Electron Microscope in Biology
XIII. Very High-Resolution Microscopy
References
The Development of the Scanning Electron Microscope
I. Introduction
II. The Initial Aims of the Three Groups
III. The Cambridge Microscope
IV. Uses of the Microscope
References
Some Recollections of Electron Microscopy in Britain from 1943 to 1948
Text
References
L.L. Marion, 1901-1979
Text
Bibliographical Appendix: Publications of L. L. Marton
References
1950-1960: A Decade from the Viewpoint of an Applications Laboratory
I. Introduction
II. Experience with Testing a New Microscope
III. A Microscope with Higher Resolving Power
IV. Development and Improvement of Preparation Methods
V. Teaching Duties in an Applications Laboratory for Electron Microscopy
VI. Final Remarks
References
From the Cathode-Ray Oscillograph to the High-Resolution Electron Microscope
I. Introduction
II. Developments up to the End of World War II
III. Period of Transition
IV. Improvements in the Electron Microscope after 1945
V. Concluding Remarks
References
Reminiscences
Text
References
Complementary Accounts of the History of Electron Microscopy
Text
Appendix
References
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 5, 1985
- No. of pages (eBook): 654
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780120145782
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483283432
- eBook ISBN: 9781483284651
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