 | American Institute of Electrical Engineers - 1902 - 1272 pages
...being still a considerable trace of barium in it, which tube had a value of $5,000. Prof. Curie told me that he would not care to trust himself in a room with a kilo, of pure radium, as it would doubtless destroy his eyesight and burn all of the skin off of his body, and probably kill him. He... | |
 | 1903 - 626 pages
...radio-activity imparted by the radium. The energy represented by radium is something enormous. . . . He would not care to trust himself in a room with...as it would burn all the skin off his body, destroy hiseyesight, and probably kill him. The writer felt the effects for weeks of a slight burn from inadvertently... | |
 | 1903 - 794 pages
...writer's mind that the effect is upon the nerve center. Professor Curie is authority for the statement that he would not care to trust himself in a room...kilo of pure radium, as it would burn all the skin from his body, destroy his eyesight, and probably kill him. From its physical properties and physological... | |
 | 1903 - 456 pages
...the discoverer, Professor Curie, by Mr. WJ Hanmer, of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, that he would not care to trust himself in a room with a kilogrm. of pure radium, because it would doubtless destroy his eyesight, burn all the skin off his... | |
 | 1904 - 472 pages
...a shock as before, but the fish did not make upon him the slightest impression. Says Mr. Hammer, " Prof. Curie told the writer that he would not care...would burn all the skin off his body, destroy his eye sight and probably kill him. The writer felt the effect, for weeks, of a slight burn from inadvertantly... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, Forrest Morgan, George Edwin Rines, E. T. Roe, Nathan Haskell Dole, Thomas Campbell Copeland - 1904 - 782 pages
...guinea pigs, and other animals, and would undoubtedly similarly affect human beings. Professor Curie has told the writer that he would not care to trust himself in a room with a kilo (2.2 pounds) of radium, for it would destroy his eyesight, burn all the skin off his body, and probably... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1904 - 1182 pages
...discoverer, Professor Curie, by Mr. WJ Ilanmer, of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, that he would not care to trust himself in a room with a kilogram of pure radium, because it would doubtless destroy his eyesight, burn all the skin ofl'his... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1904 - 1206 pages
...discoverer, Professor Curie, by Mr. ~\VJ Hanmer, of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, that he would not care to trust himself in a room with a kilogram of pure radium, because it would doubtless destroy his eyesight, burn all the skin off his... | |
 | Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - 1904 - 436 pages
...considerable time before reliable results can be secured. Professor Curie is reported to have said that " he would not care to trust himself in a room with a kilogram of pure radium, because it would doubtless destroy his eyesight, burn all the skin off his... | |
 | American Electrochemical Society - 1903 - 488 pages
...in the residue to which the name UrX was given, Crookes, as already stated, claims that Actinium is but another name for his UrX. The only case of radioactivity...pure radium, as it would burn all the skin off his body,-destroy his eyesight and probably kill him. The writer felt the effects for weeks of a slight... | |
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Engineers, that he would not care to trust himself in a room with a kilogram of pure radium, because it would doubtless destroy his eyesight, burn all the skin off his body, and probably kill him. 
