{"product_id":"radio-active-substances-thesis-presented-to-the-faculte-des-sciences-de-paris-classic-reprint","title":"Radio-Active Substances: Thesis Presented to the Faculte Des Sciences De Paris (Classic Reprint)","description":"Excerpt from Radio-Active Substances: Thesis Presented to the Faculte Des Sciences De Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHE object of the present work is the publication of re searches which I have been carrying on for more than four years on radio-active bodies. I began these researches by a study of the phosphorescence of uranium, discovered by M. Becquerel. The results to which I was led by this work promised to afford so interesting a field that M. Curie put aside the work on which he was engaged, and joined me, our Object being the extraction of new radio-active substances and the further study of their properties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the commencement of our research we thought it well to hand over specimens of the substances, discovered and prepared by ourselves, to certain physicists, in the first place to M. Becquerel, to whom is due the discovery of the uranium rays. In this way we ourselves facilitated the research by others besides ourselves on the new radio-active bodies. At the termination of our first publications, M. Giesel, in Germany, also began to prepare these substances, and passed on specimens of them to several German Scientists. Finally, these substances were placed on sale in France and Germany, and the subject growing in importance gave rise to a scientific movement, such that numerous memoirs have appeared, and are constantly appearing on radio-active bodies, principally abroad. The results of the various French and foreign researches are necessarily con fused, as is the case with all new subjects in course of investigation, the aspect of the question becoming modified from day to day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the chemical point of view, however, one point is definitely established the existence of a new element.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":35123457032237,"sku":"9781528571715","price":15.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39838053728301,"sku":"9781332277896","price":9.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781528571715.jpg?v=1735483264","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/radio-active-substances-thesis-presented-to-the-faculte-des-sciences-de-paris-classic-reprint","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}