M0011485: Glass beaker used by Marie Curie that contained the first solution of radium salts

Date:: 1950

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/102/17

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011468-M0011583WT/D/1/20/1/102
        M0011485: Glass beaker used by Marie Curie that contained the first solution of radium saltsWT/D/1/20/1/102/17

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Original apparatus belonging to Marie Curie

Description

Original apparatus belonging to Marie Curie that contained the first solution of radium salts (note discolourisation of glass). The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection

Publication/Creation

1950

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.