The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-22
RARE, WONDERFUL METRL.
Radium Is Now Quoted at 100000 Per Pend Reduced
From 100000.
New YORK Herald.l


had been rom to H s pIss az ponn
Tor ene small poa ne fb t nen ana
An hnssh 0 CHEMIST hss made the public
thai ready to Sell the precious metal at
$4,000 fo every Two and Ghree-tenths poands9n otner
has only aboaf one hundred m Rrsa on
and the chances are that there VIII be no oveTsuppiy
. ltsdiam a scientific sensation. 1t is said to be
eDoch ab S gScoyeFy IL the s5a and
IS a powder combination of metals. which gives
as far hea ST Of as as the light 9 the sp u
When with the so-caed X-rays scientists actually
Tks Accomplishments would De The mefest chii
6rouah three feet Of IRON or foO5 81 Lead ifs Vaae
not even be aoroxmsed o MODEST s serGe can
search it is wha6 the discovery of the telescope
One wee bit Of The almost priceless metal is in New
Eineer and scientist who prefers for the at
obtaned fom the deover n Press PARIS ss a3d
ee ct sp abd a5 Rdf5 en
ing suTgeons is making experiments which promise
Others in Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin ana Rome are
sped rae to @ WHICH Sh sb 5 co ont bea ana ant thus
record himself the first person make practical
With With its rays which escaped through many timex
closed and almost hermetcaly sealed trunk. In dark
it blister on the body exactly ike sunburn
care Of Paris the discoVsreP says he
OF pure radu as i would Without o9bt Ger hS
burn all the skin off his body perhaps
instant death From carrying small metallic
tanned burn which fifty days in healing
SklodOWSka wi
husband in the experiments which led
of the metal. They had found that a metal known
uranium possessed great radio activity and later dis
covered stun greater radiant substance which, in honor
This led them believe there metal of even
greater radio activity, they finally came upon
radiu 1t will never be plentiful because of the
quantity of other substances in themselves,
which are required to produce it, To obtain kiO
1.-TWO and threatening pounds 5000 tons of uranium resi-
The new metal differs from suphate of lime and
compounds of barium calcium. stronum uranium
which possess the property of glowing the dark,
that radfum requires to light become
candeseen but viii glow for months and for all
anyone knows and will other substances
become radio active. 1t is white crystalline powder,
In the light looks inoffensive harmless. when
the dark CLOVIS like steel melted its highest
And whether II be in daylight dark it is constantly
sending out the which pierce three feet Of
metallic cases faras is known, it retains ITS
fun strength perpetuay Its travel almost fast
sunlight.
The metal could, OF course be used for heating.
generating for dozen things. but until the
cos is reduced somewhat from the presentS200OO00
ANYTHING Its ultimate win aid surgeons.
physicians and medical practitioners and to each of
them it is said. Ii will be invaluable assistant Doc
tors predict that 1t efficacous for the treat
ticallv undstGrbed by the best treatment
Leading scientists all the world just now
looking with keenest anxiety to the results of
ments being made with the singular metal New York
physicians hope be able to make the first announce
ment They are hard at work