RADIO ACTIVE ORES.
\ USE IN "WT—IEL---3S. j jy ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY. (Received 10.51 a.m.)" ADELAIDE, this day. i suite unexpected discovery of the •srties o! ra di um baring-mineral hai D been made in connection with the of wireless telegraphy be- ... Melbourne and Clifton Springs. It übeen found that by the use of radicle ores in the installation the transjS_i"_,3 0 f messages was strikingly faciliifej. Steps are being taken to protect Er_i_covery. The first experiments were ='__-c with Bohemian pitch-blende, but by '■-;_- some ore was used from the __":-" Eiii mine at Oiary. This demon-f-fcsted tna *' through some unknown ?_E—-tv the South Australian carnotite J_L which contains 50 per cent of I fca-iam oxide, is much superior to BoheLE__ pitch-blende for the purposes of I Ereiess telegraphy.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 38, 14 February 1910, Page 5
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