See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• BECQUEREL

BECQUEREL (1852-1908)  , son of the last-named, who succeeded to his See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair at the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle in 1892, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1852, studied at the Ecole Polytechnique, where he was appointed a See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor in 1895, and in 1875 entered the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department See also:

• DES

des ponts et chaussees, of which in 1894 he became ingenieur en chef . He was distinguished as the discoverer of See also:

• RADIOACTIVITY

radioactivity, having found in 1896 that See also:

• URANIUM [symbol U, atomic weight 238.5 (0=16)]

uranium at See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary temperatures emits an invisible See also:

• RADIATION, THEORY OF

radiation which in many respects resembles See also:

• RONTGEN, DAVID
• RONTGEN, WILHELM KONRAD (1845– )

Rontgen rays, and can affect a photographic See also:

• PLATE

plate after passing through thin plates of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal . For his researches in this department he was in 1903 awarded a See also:

• NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD (1833-1896)

Nobel See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize jointly with See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• CURIE, PIERRE (1859-1906)

Curie . He also engaged in See also:

• WORK

work on See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism, the polarization of See also:

• LIGHT

light, See also:

• PHOSPHORESCENCE

phosphorescence and the absorption of light in crystals . He died at Croisic in See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany on the 25th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1908 .