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Recollections of the early days of SEM in the Cambridge University Engineering Department, 1948–53
Author(s) -
McMullan D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1985.tb02630.x
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , work (physics) , micrograph , subject (documents) , management , engineering physics , materials science , engineering , library science , computer science , mechanical engineering , composite material , economics
SUMMARY After a brief survey of the early development of the scanning electron microscope in Germany and the U.S.A., the paper describes the work on the subject that was carried out in the Cambridge University Engineering Department, particularly in the years 1948–53. This and later work led directly to the Stereoscan SEM marketed by the Cambridge Instrument Company in 1965. The paper is illustrated with a number of micrographs produced by early scanning electron microscopes.