Printed document signed M. Curie".

Curie, Marie, French Physicist and Chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1903 (with her husband, Pierre Curie), and Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1911 (1867-1934).

Published by Paris, 29. VI. 1926.

About this Item

Folio. 1 p. Age toned. Printed letterhead "Institut du Radium Laboratoire Curie." Official certificate titled "Dosage de radium par le rayonnement ," completed in manuscript and signed by Marie Curie in her capacity as Director of the Curie Laboratory. The document certifies the measurement of radium by gamma radiation, issued to accompany an "appareil à sel de radium solide" corresponding to "vingt-cinq mille grammes, vingt-huit centimes." - A rare and important scientific document demonstrating Curie s meticulous supervision of the Radium Institute s analytical work and her direct involvement in the standardization and calibration of radioactive substances. Such certificates were issued only under her authority, attesting to the precision of her laboratory s pioneering radiometric methods.

Seller Inventory # 103519

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Printed document signed M. Curie".
• Publisher: Paris, 29. VI. 1926.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autographen: Wissenschaft