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From Madame Curie (1938) by Eve Curie
[ London June 1903 ]
On the evening of the lecture Lord Kelvin was seated beside Marie—the first woman who had ever been admitted to the sessions of the Royal Institution. In the crowded hall, the whole of English science gathered : Sir William Crookes, Lord Rayleigh,
Lord Avebury, Sir Frederick Bramwell, Sir Oliver Lodge, Professors Dewar, Ray Lankester, S.P. Thompson, Armstrong. . . . Speaking in French, with his slow voice, Pierre described the properties of radium. Then he asked for darkness and proceeded to make several striking experiments : by the witchcraft of radium he discharged a gold-leaf electroscope at a distance, rendered a screen of zinc sulphate phosphorescent, made impressions on photographic plates wrapped in black paper, and proved the spontaneous release of heat from the marvelous substance.
The enthusiasm aroused by that evening had its repercussion on the morrow : all London wanted to see the parents of radium. �Professor and Madame Curie� were invited to dinners and banquets.
Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Doran 1938, pp. 206-207.
Title Proofs of life after death : a collation of opinions as to future life some of the world's most eminent scientific men and thinkers / by Sir Oliver Lodge and others ; compiled and edited by Robert J. Thompson.
Publisher Boston : Small, Maynard, 1906.
Description 365 p. ; 21 cm.
Language English
Note First published 1902.
"Index: contributors and authorities": p. 361-365.
Robert John Thompson 1865-1931
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