title: The Golden Age of Microanalysis.
abstract: The history of electron probe analysis in the USA in its first two decades is reviewed, with reference to the personalities which were involved, the development of instrumentation and theory, and the technical problems and limitations of that era.
authors.affiliation: 804 Blossom Drive, Rockville, MD 20850.
authors.forename: Kurt F.J.
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Heinrich