Curies Collection

Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet
536622 Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet, as used in Curies' laboratory, Paris, 1904; (add.info.: Paths of alpha, beta)

Electroscope fitted with microscope, used in the Curies' laboratory, Paris, to detect presence of radioactivity
537804 Electroscope fitted with microscope, used in the Curies' laboratory, Paris, to detect presence of radioactivity

Pierre and Marie Curie. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, December 1904. In 1903 Curies shared Nobel prize for physics with Henri Becquerel for work on radioactivity

A stage in the separation of radium from pitchblende using sodium carbonate. Curies laboratory, Paris c1900. Engraving

Apparatus used by the Curies to investigate the deflection of the beta rays from radium (R) in magnetic field. Engraving published Paris 1904

Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet, as used in Curies laboratory, Paris. Engraving published Paris, 1904

Mining Pitchblende, Cornwall, England. Radium, isolated by the Curies in 1898, is extracted from this ore. Chromolithograph card published 1916

Electroscope fitted with microscope, used in the Curies laboratory, Paris, to detect presence of radioactivity. Engraving published 1904

Discovery of radium by the Curies, 1898
Discovery of radium by the Curies, as depicted in a caricature published in the British weekly magazine Vanity Fair in 1904

Joliot-Curies Photo
FREDERIC JOLIOT-CURIE and his wife IRENE, daughter of the Curies, both eminent scientists in their own right - photo 1935. Date: 1900 - 1958

Curies on Bikes
MARIE AND PIERRE CURIE The two scientists set out on a Sunday afternoon cycle ride

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping