GB 0120 MSS.1978-1979 - Curie, Marie (1867-1934), and Curie, Pierre (1859-1906)

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GB 0120 MSS.1978-1979

Title

Curie, Marie (1867-1934), and Curie, Pierre (1859-1906)

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  • 1899-1932 (Creation)

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2 volumes

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GB 0120 MSS.1978-1979 1899-1932 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Curie , Marie , 1867-1934 , née Sklodowska , scientist

Curie , Pierre , 1859-1906 , scientist

Received in two accessions: purchased, 1932 and presented, 1934.

Notebooks of Marie and Pierre Curie comprising holograph note-book containing notes of experiments, etc on radio-active substances, with rough pen-drawings of apparatus, 27 May 1899-4 Dec 1902, produced in Paris and notebook incomplete entitled 'Les rayons, a,b,g des corps radioactifs en relation avec la structure nucléaire' illustrated with a few rough pen-drawn diagrams, produced in Paris.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

French

Collection description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by S.A.J. Moorat.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Curie , Marie , 1867-1934 , née Sklodowska , scientist Chemical elements Physics Magnetism Nuclear physics Electromagnetic waves X-rays Chemicals Inorganic chemicals Metals Radium Curie , Pierre , 1859-1906 , scientist Paris France Western Europe Europe

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Received in two accessions: purchased, 1932 and presented, 1934.

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Notebooks of Marie and Pierre Curie comprising holograph note-book containing notes of experiments, etc on radio-active substances, with rough pen-drawings of apparatus, 27 May 1899-4 Dec 1902, produced in Paris and notebook incomplete entitled 'Les rayons, a,b,g des corps radioactifs en relation avec la structure nucléaire' illustrated with a few rough pen-drawn diagrams, produced in Paris.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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French

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Collection description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by S.A.J. Moorat.

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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