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How did we end up with 0.53mm columns rather than just 0.5mm columns in GC? It does not appear to be an obvious imperial conversion either.
Thanks!
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TCCrab wrote:
I suspect that Prof. Walter Goodrich Jennings (God rest his soul) was probably involved in some part of the decision.
https://www.agilent.com/en-us/products/ ... t-jennings
I had the pleasure and honor of meeting Prof. Jennings and visiting his facility in Folsom California in the early '80's. Got to witness firsthand the J&W Elves hard at work spinning the magic glass into miles and miles of capillary tubing.
Crabs
TCCrab wrote:
I also met the "W" of J&W some years back. He actually visited my lab on some errand, don't remember exactly what it was. We chatted for a long time and remember being awestruck that he was a founding father of J&W along with Prof. Jennings, whom I had met much earlier.
Had to dig deep to find his card, but I find it I did.
The elusive "W" is Dr. Robert Wohleb.
http://www.speciation.net/Database/Comp ... -;i1465a-1
'Crabs
James_Ball wrote:
When I first started work in 1991, I remember that Restek always put on their columns something like "manufactured using Hewlett Packard patent" or something like that déménageur Le Havre. They were the only third party I knew of that actually gave credit to HP for the design.
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