£480,000 PER OUNCE.
A certain amount of the 154 grains o? radium chloride (equivalent to 15| grains of pure radium), which represents the output of 18 months from the works at St. Joaehimsthal, in Bohemia, is to be put on the market by th« Austriar: Government The Viennese hospitals and scientific institutions will first bo supplied free of cost, and the rest will be offered for sale at the price of £15.000 a gramme (15.4 grains). The precious store, the largest quantity of radium that exists in one mass in the world, is at present in a burglar-proof safe- at St. Joachimsthal, guarded day and night by armed watchmen. For conveyance to Vienna the radium will be packed m a. lead capsule, and a number of responsible officials will have charge of the tiny parcel.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 50, 3 December 1909, Page 8
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135£480,000 PER OUNCE. Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 50, 3 December 1909, Page 8
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