Aston

American

[as-tuhn] / ˈæs tən /

noun

Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.

Aston British

/ ˈæstən /

noun

Francis William. 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist, who developed the first mass spectrograph, using it to investigate the isotopic structures of elements: Nobel prize for chemistry 1922

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Aston was a tall, thin Black dude with a shaved baldy.

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