Cart
Letter
Spectrum Analysis Discoverer?
Hi-Res PDFAbstract
There is considerable evidence that spectrum analysis had its origin in western Pennsylvania. In 1854, Dr. David Alter, a physician from Freeport, Pennsylvania, published his work entitled, “On Certain Physical Properties of Light Produced by the Combustion of Different Metals in an Electric Spark Refracted by a Prism”.
Keywords (Audience):
General PublicKeywords (Domain):
History / PhilosophyKeywords (Feature):
LettersKeywords (Subject):
UV-Vis SpectroscopyCiting Articles
Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service. For a more comprehensive list of citations to this article, users are encouraged to perform a search in SciFinder.
This article has been cited by 2 ACS Journal articles (2 most recent appear below).
Early Spectroscopy and the Balmer Lines of Hydrogen
H. J. WagnerJournal of Chemical Education2005 82 (3), 380Early Spectroscopy and the Balmer Lines of Hydrogen
H. J. WagnerJournal of Chemical Education2005 82 (3), 380Interesting though the comments regarding David Alter and his alleged priority in discovering spectrum analysis in a previously published article are, there is at least one point that must be corrected.
Early Spectroscopy and the Balmer Lines of Hydrogen (the author replies)
H. L. RetcofskyJournal of Chemical Education2005 82 (3), 380Early Spectroscopy and the Balmer Lines of Hydrogen (the author replies)
H. L. RetcofskyJournal of Chemical Education2005 82 (3), 380David Alter’s publications on spectrum analysis preceded that of Kirchoff and Bunsen by approximately five years.
Tools
-
Add to Favorites
-
Download Citation
-
Email a Colleague -
Permalink
Order Reprints
Rights & Permissions
Citation Alerts
SciFinder Links
Explore by:
History
- Received: August 03, 2009
ACS
Network
Facebook
Tweet This
CiteULike
Newsvine
Digg This
Delicious
