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Notebook
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Reference
- MS.1978
- Part of
- Curie (née Sklodowska), Marie (1867-1934), and Curie, Pierre (1859-1906), scientists
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Licence
Public Domain Mark
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About this work
Description
Holograph note-book containing notes of experiments, etc. on radio-active substances, with rough pen-drawings of apparatus. Dated from 27 May, 1899 to 4 December, 1902. Produced in Paris.
Publication/Creation
1899-1902
Physical description
1 volume 76 ll. + 5 ll. 8vo. 161/2 x 101/2 cm. Original cloth covers.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased 1932.
Ownership note
Pasted on the upper cover is a small label inscribed 'M. Curie 1900'. Inserted is a visiting card 'Madame P. Curie Professeur à la Faculté des Sciences', with a two-line inscription acknowledging the receipt of a book from Dr. de Fleury (i.e. Paul Louis Édouard Maurice de Fleury [1860-1931]), and five sheets (v.s.) of work-notes, one dated 1902.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Terms of use
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Languages
- French
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request