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Who was the first person who used the dual space? In which paper / book did he or she use the dual space?

Who was the first who called it dual space and in which paper / book?

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    See [this question](http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/165389/history-of-dual-spaces-and-linear-functionals) for some comments.2012-08-29
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    Do you mean the "algebraic dual" of all linear functionals or the "topological dual" of just the continuous ones?2012-08-29
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    @rschwieb: I mean the "algebraic dual".2012-08-29
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    @moose Hmm, that might go back at least as far as the development of vector analysis... I have no idea!2012-08-29
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    So ... 19th century physics has "vectors" and "co-vectors".2012-09-28

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