A MAN WHO WORKS FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS EACH YEAR.—“Mr X. ” the head needle-filler at the laboratories of a radium specialists’ firm in London, works only six months in the year, three months’ work alternated by three months’ holiday. “Mr X.” holds death in his hands as he fills each needle, but he also holds life, for he knows that if each needle is not correctly filled someone will suffer for his error. To protect himself from the radium he works with his hands in a box lined with lead.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7067, 28 January 1933, Page 5
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90A MAN WHO WORKS FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS EACH YEAR.—“Mr X. ” the head needle-filler at the laboratories of a radium specialists’ firm in London, works only six months in the year, three months’ work alternated by three months’ holiday. “Mr X.” holds death in his hands as he fills each needle, but he also holds life, for he knows that if each needle is not correctly filled someone will suffer for his error. To protect himself from the radium he works with his hands in a box lined with lead. Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7067, 28 January 1933, Page 5
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