2026-10-04 AIP Publishing / American Journal of Physics (Bing result only)

Tonks, Lewi, "The Birth of 'Plasma'", Am. J. Phys. 35(9), 857 (1967) [web] https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article (via Bing; the issue is Volume 35 Issue 9; page number 857 is [memory, medium]) Abstract per Bing/ADS snippet: "The origin of the 'plasma' of gaseous electronics need not be mythological. The author was there." Paywalled; the AIP page was not opened (time). Also indexed in NASA ADS. Bearing: the co-author's first-hand account of how the term and concept arose at GE (historical record, priority 1/4). Result: partial. Recheck: yes.