He then worked in the electronics industry on laboratory instruments for spectrum analysis.
At the age of 25, he founded Rainin Instrument Company which initially distributed laboratory instruments and supplies.
Cooks' expertise lies in mass spectrometers, large laboratory instruments that measure the mass to charge ratio of ions.
Its technical equipment ranges from simple laboratory instruments to complicated spectrographs and huge copying cameras.
CaF2 is used in laboratory instruments as a window material for both infrared and ultraviolet radiation.
On the other hand, quantitative tests generally require the use of dedicated and expensive laboratory instruments.
THERMO ELECTRON, the No. 1 maker of medical laboratory instruments, said it would spin off its Viasys Healthcare unit as a dividend to shareholders.
PerkinElmer, which makes genetic-screening equipment and laboratory instruments, announced last month that it would pay $650 million for Packard BioScience, which makes equipment for biotechnology research.
PerkinElmer, which makes drug discovery tools, has agreed to buy the Packard BioScience Company, a maker of laboratory instruments, for $650 million in stock and debt.
The bride's father was a sales manager in Springfield, N.J., for Fisher Scientific, a pharmaceuticals manufacturer and a supplier of laboratory instruments and materials.
Neither could Dr. Russell of Kettering University, who said his laboratory instruments still could not reliably distinguish a crack from a thunk, even though his ears could.
