Partial Contents: 1. Some Pioneers. Cecil Reginald Burch, 1901 - 1983 (W. Steckelmacher). Pieter Clausing, b. 1898 (H. Adam and W. Steckelmacher). Saul Dushman, 1883 - 1954 (J.M. Lafferty). Rudolf Jaeckel, 1907 - 1963 (H.G. Noller, H.L. Eschbach, et al.). Irving Langmuir, 1881 - 1957 (G. Wise). John Yarwood, 1913 - 1987 (K.J. Close). 2. Some Major Advances. History of Vacuum Science: A Visual Aids Project (J.M. Lafferty). The Quest for Ultrahigh Vacuum 1910 - 1950 (P.A. Redhead). Ultrahigh Vacuum Technology at Westinghouse Research Laboratories 1947 - 1957 (D. Alpert). 3. Reproductions of Historical Papers 1900 - 1960. About Slow Cathode Rays 1908, (O. von Baeyer). Theory and Use of the Molecular Gauge 1915 (S. Dushman). A High Vacuum Mercury Pump of Extreme Speed 1916 (I. Langmuir). The Flow of Highly Rarefied Gases through Tubes of Arbitrary Length 1932 (P. Clausing). Vacuum Factor of the Oxide-Cathode Valve 1950 (G. Metson). Electronic Ultrahigh Vacuum Pump 1958 (L.D. Hall).

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