A grain of radium, eealed in eleven vials of glass and lead and Bteel, and costing nearly £20,000, arrived in Philadelphia from Colorado, and was deposited by its escort of seven men in safety vaults. The vice-president of the Radium Company of Colorado, which sold the radium to the city, brought it in person in a battered fibre suitcase.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17297, 8 November 1921, Page 5
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59Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17297, 8 November 1921, Page 5
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