I have found that the A260/A280 was apparently first introduced by Warburg and Christian in 1942, but I haven’t been able to find the original publication about the A260/A230 ratio. Can anyone help?
Please search for analog questions in R.G (p.e. link 2 in my answer) and , in other part , here are these links (see 1,2,3) with the wished reference. Have you the possibility to contact the Uni library e.g. librarian in Düsseldorf for a pdf file copy of the Biochem Zeitschrift?
1. Warburg, O. and W. Christian (1942) Isolation and crystallization of enolase. Biochem. Z. 310:384-421.