Lot 313
Discovery of Radium and Polonium.- Curie (Marie Sklodowska) Sur une nouvelle substance radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende, in Comptes Rendus no.3 pp. 175-78, 1898; and 2 others papers.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Discovery of Radium and Polonium.- Curie (Marie Sklodowska) Sur une nouvelle substance radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende, in Comptes Rendus, vol. 127, no.3, pp. 175-78, [G & M 2003]1898 bound with Sur une nouvelle substance fortement radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende, in Comptes Rendus, vol. 127, no. 26, pp.1215-17, 1898 and Rayons emis par les compose de l'uranium et du thorium, in Comptes Rendus, vol. 126, no. 15, pp. 1101-03, 1898, together 3 works in 1 vol., diagrams, tables and illustrations, modern cloth, gilt lettered label to upper cover, 4to, Paris.
⁂ First printings of three significant papers by the Curies, including their discovery of Radium and Polonium.
Description
Discovery of Radium and Polonium.- Curie (Marie Sklodowska) Sur une nouvelle substance radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende, in Comptes Rendus, vol. 127, no.3, pp. 175-78, [G & M 2003]1898 bound with Sur une nouvelle substance fortement radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende, in Comptes Rendus, vol. 127, no. 26, pp.1215-17, 1898 and Rayons emis par les compose de l'uranium et du thorium, in Comptes Rendus, vol. 126, no. 15, pp. 1101-03, 1898, together 3 works in 1 vol., diagrams, tables and illustrations, modern cloth, gilt lettered label to upper cover, 4to, Paris.
⁂ First printings of three significant papers by the Curies, including their discovery of Radium and Polonium.
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