NEW USE FOR RADIUM.
- The. possibility^of driving ships with *\ ■ ■ radium was suggested by Professor C. \ Phillips, at thorLondon Cancer Hospital \ ■ on December 12.. He' said radium in j >; solution decomposes, water,. giving off 1 ' ; an explosive mixture of, gas. The lee- | !■ turner produced this gas, which,' fused | by< an electric; spark> exploded and | drove a small fan. He said' that the I ocean contains 20,000 tons of radium H and that the wofld,'s coal supply will I] ■ be exhausted" 200' /ears hence. &>■■
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 3, 9 February 1914, Page 11
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82NEW USE FOR RADIUM. Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 3, 9 February 1914, Page 11
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