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Radium and radioactivity

The Curies' 1898 discovery spurred scientific excitement and speculative medical claims. Newspaper pages from 1898 to 1905 on a map and timeline.

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17045 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (1101 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. New York Journal and Advertiser — 1898-08-07, page 21

    … native reglmenl in wnicn natives were ancwcu to oe omcers or a inner iuiik uum radium, ne shs?i ized a revolt, and one day 011 purade tlie men shot all their Spanish …

  2. The Sun — 1898-09-25, page 15

    … Judith und Holofernes. but with ran us the hero "William Huss" is u new opera by a radium composer. Niccolo van Wester boui.ib,' young composer of several opera, died the …

  3. The Sun — 1898-12-28, page 1

    … closo affinity to barium. Its discoverers, SIM. Curio and Bremona. have namod it radium. It is ao sensitive to light that it will tako photographto Impressions. BEXOR …

  4. New-York Tribune — 1899-01-07, page 5

    … shown us after reachand while en route to this city. ally ANOTHER NEW ELEMENT. “RADIUM” DISCOVERED BY TWO FRENCH ay ENTISTS. More than a year ago M Beequerel, a French …

    … Academy of Sciences of the discovery by M. and Mme. Curis an element which they name “radium.” From the brief account of the matter which has reached this tt is not clear whether …

    … radium and polonium are identical or separate. Nothing is said about atomi weights, but …

  5. New-York Tribune — 1899-03-08, page 11

    … leave New York, foot of Chambers-et, calves, $3 50ST Trade In hogs was brisk qn "radium and fine, 12@15¢; scoured, #42; staple ihc, A8 follows, and five minutes earlier …

  6. New-York Tribune — 1899-12-17, page 8

    … None of them, however, such Immediate practical importance as the discovery of radium. The finding of helium in terrestrial minerals awakened a peculiar degree of interest …

    … in declining to let any more s0 on through the list of recent discoveries, until radium {is reached, Regarding this element, Professor Barker showed in Philadelphia last …

    … famous. The investigations of M. and Mme. Curie, which resulted in the finding of radium, began early in 1808 if not before, and were doubtless stimulated, If not suggested …

  7. New-York Tribune — 1899-12-18, page 2

    … legislation affecting the Amer- {ean exhibit next summer at the Exposition in Paris. lp RADIUM BETTER THAN THE X RAYS A DISCOVERY OF MUCT! 7% “CTICAL AND THEORETICAL IMDMRTANCE …

    … last week for the first time in America the newly discovered chemical element, radium, which seems destined to create a great stir in the scientific world. Years ago …

    … manner, but are far more active, One of them she called polonium" and} the other “radium.” The latter is said to be one hundred thousand times as intense as uranium in …

  8. New-York Tribune — 1900-01-01, page 6

    … however, of the mosquitos share in the propagation of malaria. The discovery of radium eighteen months ago has been followed by a demonstration of its value as a substitute …

  9. The Evening World — 1900-01-03, page 5

    … and nuhJtltutlng one nf the reel the extra baa can Ioe car ried anywhere within a radiuM of feet and the prolIr ttn nriunti and uiwratrl The eniliio will be placed In fr …

  10. The Sun — 1900-01-14, page 1

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