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The discovery by Monsieur and Madame Curie that a sample of radium…
Quote byJoseph John Thomson · 1856–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (quote from p. 601).
English (original)
The discovery by Monsieur and Madame Curie that a sample of radium gives out sufficient energy to melt half its weight of ice per hour has attracted attention to the question of the source from which the radium derives the energy necessary to maintain the radiation; this problem has been before us ever since the original discovery by Becquerel of the radiation from uranium.
— Joseph John Thomson
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