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IN the history of physical science, it is a commonplace that a new discovery which at first appears to be of purely scientific interest, ultimately, within a period of twenty years or more, is found to have useful practical applications. This is well illustrated by the discovery of the rare gases in the atmosphere, neon and argon, which are now used in quantity for industrial purposes. The fundamental discovery in 1919 of the isotopic constitution of the majority of our elements, so largely due to Aston, at first sight appeared to be of purely scientific significance, but it may ultimately have wide practical consequences in many directions.
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RUTHERFORD Heavy Hydrogen. Nature 132, 955–956 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132955a0
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