The Hartman Radium Collection, 1918-1977.

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The Hartman Radium Collection, 1918-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79891366

Collection includes: diary of radium retrival efforts (1930s-1956); clippings regarding radium in Philadelphia area (1930s-1960s); reprints, flyers in German and English for radiation therapies (1920-1930s); Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. publications (1950s-1970s); U.S. Atomic Energy Commission publications, pamphlets, pricelists (1940s-1960s); Books on radium and radioactivity (1904-1968); magazine articles; photographs, Marie Curie's visit to the United States, 1920 and Hartman Laboratories in Philadelphia (1940s-1950s). Topics include: Radioactive isotopes, Philadelphia Hospitals, Medical Radiation therapies and treatments, (medical physics and nuclear physics).

ca. 7 linear ft.

ger,

eng,

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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