The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27

es+ is tho rronart,, - nooto- =
Bro,,ov OF 81 Ior;s
There ,ro three ,,po,v,, snacimens in This
country that have n radio activitv s,re,t.
er Than , mn and az these tho 81 Iou,s
specimen Is propaoly the strongest
Pictures taken with the strongest speci-
mems in cbicapo and New York show
7N,- - .-,--'oI %.
only haf the power OF lmpressinS pno-
tographic plate, and all attempts to take
q picture through the bones of the foot
-, 1.'a-S..',
nave peen unsuccessful until the ac-
companying photograph was taken, in
which the radiurn ravs are shown IN have
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penetrated through Inc pones ana IN part
to have taken away all sembiance of bone
from them
,r,.so -.,.., ~, g.. .,.,.
p'elaies are 'ne iirsl 'aheLi Win
radium outside New York and Chicago
and thew show to a marked degree the
il;f,a-o,,co a., che or,o,,ot,,,, Fro,,, r,s;,,r,
ehce IN li IN. e!iiahd'ioli from rauiuiii
and that from the X-ray.
Not only massive objects. such as surgi-
cal Instruments and kevs can he taken
but a Photograph of the skeleton of a
EN Was soec GSiay taken oy ooetoa
of radium now in ST louis Every par-
ticle of the internal structure of the but
terny Is SHOWN.
LOOKS LIKE COMMON SALT
Fxar,,r.d On ao,,r;,,, IT. IL, ,o,,.s
49, al ua!hsH 'he rauiu'h looAa
Ike common salt. 1t has similar crys-
talline appearance and is pure white. The
r,..,.
n weisns nfseen grams and Is Kept
tban Iaa a,, huoo, aiiiaSt III ,.e
ion.r ne pst as, anu aneut .hree ,licnes
most ti,,a e II ,,;i tiie
x,st baon 1,, toi,i III Wiiem rduila nas as
fnba oha,,t ptI eppi, she I'll inafhe'hiis 'he
narfor,nad h. oia,t;. IN iiS
ma he dr,iScstad a,,S az over ne "or ,,
nsssed 90 tro,Ss 60 t, many vi tt gu,
ing from this t;S,, t,,be eiAiaiia' ious CUM
whiie No Iii iigb AMY Z sas,, o,,,n ,r, .. -
.be das no lSa ah Is seen coming from i IN
dark rom tbe r o Wien ieI - piaSsH ~
is seen II l. not ~ .hs Iuuiu,,
uba,' ,,,btaS LA S,nen on oy Hatchs s.
I'M ,sa s Win tIls ailerenee' mat IN
nboro, 90 S,re ~ sns ~ OF pnos
sro,,, a. IL Js'i " seeh ~ sldeah ivy
IRON Ntn the tha match Itch while d the Tasium Flows
a ntrni ~, .ne tHpe anu tiie ngnt pulsates
nn,.s 'i tS 'upS NJ" brighter at one anu
INV d. 'he otner.
VALUE GREATER THAN GOLD 5000
Times
me cost Oh this specimen was not stat
ea' OUT as It's actiVity is known to be at
teast WVVo ana perhaps doupie or even
.Ilpie tnat amount, II Is worth 1900 times
al,, 4
ss 20 a tiie nrLnt wicn Weu.u pe apous
ss.oV. ana were It oitered for sale there
are many pnys a,a MS IN st. Louis and Chi is
cago VINO would giadly gave double TINS
amount Tor the little glass tube and Its
contents
Ihougn the price Is almost prohipltive'
pnysicians an over the world are oesieg-
ING my the dlscoverers OF the substance IN
Earls with personnl calls, letters ana ca
programs ASKING THAT they pc alio%ed 70
Duy sample OF !nerapeutle aetiSiIy AZ
a
who was said to own specimen of "a
dunn, one that was OF high activity, was
beaeged by doctors until he made state
ment that ne had sent his specimen away
They all wanted to buy 1t and were a pub
nc sale OF raoium announced there IS 1T
tie doubt that its selling, price would be
far above the figure at which the prpt1Et
of the Paris laboratory Is held. 7.'.
The specimen in st. Louis gives of
heat and light continually. thermome-
ter placed alongside 1t registers tenn
perature III degrees centgrade higher
which Is nearly degrees on the Fair
enheit scale. A piece OF zinc blende. such
as Is common IN the joplin mines, gloWs
near this wonderfui substance.
CAUSES DIAMONDS TO GLOW.
Not only zinc hIende. but many other
minerals serve 70 demonstrates the mar
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VENUS pfoperues OIL TINS sups.ahoe. "heh
6rought close to diamond the gem
tincial diamond, however, remains dead,
dull and inert.
In its power to take photographs
through the rubber slide of the plate
holder, the st. Louis specimen of radium
SURPRISES all others that have as yet
reached the United States. The accom-
panying Illustrations were made by plac-
Ing the tube containing the radium on
wooden block so that it was not nearer
than three inches to the rubber slide of
the plate holder. The time of exposure
varied from twenty to twenty-five hours.
rms power OF taking photographs. as
greater degree nv the Xray thar nv The
radium emanations. With the X-ray APP
p pa aus an exposure OF .t rev minutes Is
can be delineated on the plate with abso-
lutte safety to the subject.
Lo place one mar. hanu unaer TINS TUBE OF
r Ky; tor ant siins Heeessa,y 70 alec5
bt pnS cnl,lT eparcel, he tne ess ~
sias nanI souu ,,,,,.oii,s " ,pa In',si
the ana %0 se os