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Electron Capture Detector

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1957

James Lovelock1957

London · Science / Technology

Invents the electron capture detector, which measures substances by their ability to remove low-energy electrons from a gas.

Names involved

James Lovelock

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