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ANTOINE HENRI BECQUEREL (1852-1908)

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ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:
HENRI
HENRI See also:
BECQUEREL
BECQUEREL (1852-1908) , son of the last-named, who succeeded to his See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair at the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle in 1892, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

Paris on the 15th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1852, studied at the Ecole Polytechnique, where he was appointed a See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor in 1895, and in 1875 entered the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department See also:

DES

des ponts et chaussees, of which in 1894 he became ingenieur en chef. He was distinguished as the discoverer of See also:

RADIOACTIVITY

radioactivity, having found in 1896 that See also:

URANIUM [symbol U, atomic weight 238.5 (0=16)]

uranium at See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary temperatures emits an invisible See also:

RADIATION, THEORY OF

radiation which in many respects resembles See also:

Rontgen rays, and can affect a photographic See also:

PLATE

plate after passing through thin plates of See also:

metal. For his researches in this department he was in 1903 awarded a See also:

NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD (1833-1896)

Nobel See also:

PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize jointly with See also:

PIERRE

Pierre See also:

CURIE, PIERRE (1859-1906)

Curie. He also engaged in See also:

WORK

work on See also:

magnetism, the polarization of See also:

LIGHT

light, See also:

PHOSPHORESCENCE

phosphorescence and the absorption of light in crystals. He died at Croisic in See also:

BRITTANY

Brittany on the 25th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1908.

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