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Fascinating facts, figures, and foibles of the forty-two U.S. presidents and their first ladies.Do you know . . .Which president could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other?As a young law student, what president broke into the dean's office at Duke University Law School?Which president, at age seventeen, underwent a gall bladder operation without anesthesia?Who was the first president to be born in the twentieth century?What was Bill Clinton's name at birth?When finding himiself short of funds during poker games, President Warren G. Harding sometimes used what White House items with which to ante?Which president became stuck in a White House bathtub?In the May 1995 issue of Outlaw Biker magazine, who was selected as "First Lady of the Century"?Early morning skinnydipping in the Potomac River was a frequent activity of which president?Who became president of the United States without having been elected as president or vice president?In Presidential Trivia more than 1,200 unusual, interesting, and little-known facts are assembled in a volume that will tantalize the mind and teach history. It's a handy guide offering more than 200 years of facts about those who have served in the position that is today the most influential one in world politics. Presidential Trivia will encourage readers to learn more about each of the fascinating individuals who have served as president of the United States of America.

Author Biography

Couch, with his wife Jill, owns Consultx, a support firm for the publishing industry with specialties in advertising and graphic design.

Table of Contents

Preface.List of commonly-used abbreviations.1. Fundamentals. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Inlets. 1.3 Collision-induced dissociation. 1.4 Detectors. 1.5 Mass resolution. 1.6 Data processing. 1.7 Isotopes. References. 2. Mass analysers.2.1 Introduction.2.2 Sectors.2.3 Quadrupoles.2.4 Quadrupole Ion Trap. 2.5 Time-of-flight. 2.6 Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance. References. 3. Ionisation techniques.3.1 Introduction.3.2 Electron ionisation.3.3 Chemical Ionisation.3.4 Field ionisation / Field desorption.3.5 Plasma Desorption.3.6 Fast Atom Bombardment / Liquid Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry.3.7 Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation.3.8 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.3.9 Electrospray ionisation.References. 4. The ESI MS behaviour of simple inorganic compounds.4.1 Introduction.4.2 Simple metal salts.4.3 Polyanions formed by main group elements.4.4 Oxoanions formed by main group elements.4.5 Borane anions.4.6 Fullerenes.4.7 Inorganic phosphorus compounds: phosphoranes and cyclophosphazenes.4.8 Summary.References. 5. The ESI MS behaviour of coordination complexes. 5.1 Introduction.5.2 Charged, "simple" coordination complexes.5.3 (Neutral) metal halide coordination complexes.5.4 Metal complexes of polydentate oxygen donor ligands: polyethers, crown ethers, cryptands and calixarenes.5.5 Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins.5.6 Metal alkoxides - highly moisture-sensitive coordination compounds.5.7 b-Diketonate complexes.5.8 Metal complexes of carbohydrates.5.9 Metal complexes of amino acids, peptides and proteins.5.10 Oxoanions, polyoxoanions and related species.5.11 Metal clusters.5.12 Compounds with anionic sulfur and selenium donor ligands.5.13 Characterisation of metal-based anticancer drugs, their reaction products and metabolites.5.14In situ formation of coordination complexes as an ionisation technique.5.15 Summary.References. 6. The ESI MS behaviour of main group organometallic compounds. 6.1 Introduction.6.2 Organometallic derivatives of group 14 elements.6.3 Organometallic derivatives of group 15 elements.6.4 Organometallic derivatives of group 16 elements; organo-sulfur, -selenium and -tellurium compounds.6.5 Organomercury compounds.6.6 Other organometallic derivatives.6.7 Summary.References. 7. The ESI MS behaviour of transition metal and lanthanide organometallic compounds. 7.1 Introduction.7.2 Metal carbonyl complexes.7.3 Metal isocyanide complexes.7.4 Metal cyclopentadienyl and related complexes.7.5 Metal h3-allyl complexes.7.6 Metal arene complexes.7.7 Formation of p-hydrocarbon complexes and their use as an ionisation aid.7.8 Metal-acetylene/acetylide complexes, and complexes of metal-acetylides.7.9 Transition metal s-alkyl and aryl complexes.7.10 Mass spectrometry of lanthanide organometallic complexes.7.11 Summary.References. 8. A selection of special topics. 8.1 Introduction.8.2 Characterisation of dendrimers using ESI and MALDI-TOF MS techniques.8.3 Investigating the formation of supramolecular coordination assemblies using ESI MS.8.4 Using ESI MS as a tool for directing chemical synthesis: A case studyinvolving the platinum metalloligands [Pt2(m-E)2(PPh3)4] (E = S, Se).8.5 Applications of ESI MS in the detection of reactive intermediates and catalyst screening.References. Appendix 1: Naturally occurring isotopes.Appendix 2: Periodic table of the elements.Appendix 3: Alphabetical list of elements.

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Fascinating facts, figures, and foibles of the forty-two U.S. presidents and their first ladies. Do you know . . . Which president could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other? As a young law student, what president broke into the dean's office at Duke University Law School? Which president, at age seventeen, underwent a gall bladder operation without anesthesia? Who was the first president to be born in the twentieth century? What was Bill Clinton's name at birth? When finding himiself short of funds during poker games, President Warren G. Harding sometimes used what White House items with which to ante? Which president became stuck in a White House bathtub? In the May 1995 issue of Outlaw Biker magazine, who was selected as "First Lady of the Century"? Early morning skinnydipping in the Potomac River was a frequent activity of which president? Who became president of the United States without having been elected as president or vice president? In Presidential Trivia more than 1,200 unusual, interesting, and little-known facts are assembled in a volume that will tantalize the mind and teach history. It's a handy guide offering more than 200 years of facts about those who have served in the position that is today the most influential one in world politics. Presidential Trivia will encourage readers to learn more about each of the fascinating individuals who have served as president of the United States of America.

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