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Mach and Einstein
pp. 151-164
in: John Blackmore (ed), Ernst Mach — a deeper look, Berlin, Springer, 1992Abstract
A significant episode of this time has still not yet been mentioned: It became possible in the year 1903 through Elster and Geitel together with Sir William Crooke's apparatus to show alpha particles by means of flashes on sidotblenden screens.